INTERVENTIONS

STRATEGIES- are well-

planned actions formulated to
improve performance and
increase organizational
effectiveness. OD intervention
should possess the following
features.
 Specificity of goals
 Specificity of change
target
 Specificity of the extent of
the organization
development. Specificity of
external support and
 managerial sponsorship
needed to bring about the
desired change.
FACTORS THAT AFFECT OD
INTERVENTION SUCCESS
 Individual, group and
organizational factors:
 The change process itself:
 The readiness and
capability for change: The
capability of the OD
professional: The
organization culture: More
specifically an organizational
culture is characterized by
the following: 1. A shared
vision among the
organization members that
provides direction to the
organization. 2.
Identification of the
employees with the vision,
mission, goals and
objectives of the
organization. 3. Distinct
behavioral norms shared by
each of the organization
members. Organizational
 climate - It describes the
atmosphere permeating
among organization members.

TYPES OF ORGANIZATION
DEVELOPMENT
INTERVENTIONS

Organizational
Interventions – include self-
intervention, training on self-
knowledge, managerial,
survey research and feedback.

Productivity Interventions
-Include quality concepts and
tools.

Strategy Interventions
Focus on the use of balanced,
culture change, and
knowledge management.

Criteria of an OD Intervention
technique.
 Result of the OD
intervention strategies:
 Implementation of the OD
intervention strategies:
 Acceptability of the OD
intervention strategies:
Organization development
interventions?
➢ Are organizational,
productivity, and strategy
courses of actions that are
instituted to improve,
refocus, or solve a given
situation through change
efforts.