ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT- AN

INTRODUCTION

Lecture 1

By
Dr. Shilpa Pandey
Amity Business School
Amity University Chhattisgarh
INTRODUCTION

 Organisational development is a collection of

change method that try to improve organisational
effectiveness and employee well –being.

 Organisation development encompasses a

collection of planned-changed interventions built
on humanistic democratic value that seek to
improve organisational effectiveness and
employee well-being.
FEATURES OF OD
 Planned Change
 Comprehensive Change

 Long Term Change

 Participation Of Change Agent

 Dynamic Process

 Emphasis On Interventions

 Emphasis On Action Research

NATURE OF OD
 Focus on culture and process
 Collaboration

 Accomplishment of tasks

 Human and social sides

 Participation

 System change

 Facilitation

 Developmental view
ASSUMPTIONS
 The basic building blocks of an organization are groups
(teams).
 An always relevant change goal is the reduction of
inappropriate competition.
 Decision making is located where the information sources are.
 Controls are interim measurements, not the basis of managerial
strategy.
 Develop open communication, mutual trust, and confidence
between and across levels.
 People support what they help create.