“Organizational Development is the

“ process for applying behavioral

science principles and practices in
organizations, to increase individual and
organizational effectiveness”.
FUTURE OF OD
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
 To explore the Trends affecting, how OD is
likely to be practiced in the future

 To explore How OD is likely to change in the

future

 Mergers, Acquisitions & Alliances in the

context of OD
TRENDS AFFECTING OD
PRACTICE IN THE FUTURE
 Traditional Trends

- Wealth is becoming more concentrated

- Economy is more globalized
- Ideologies are shifting from consumption to
coexistence and ecological sustainability
 Pragmatic Trends

- Workforce is becoming more diverse, more

educated
- Shift toward contingent employment & change
in psychological contract
- No careers
 Scholarly Trends
 Emphasis on values of understanding,

prediction, and control

 Search for variables that explain change and

effectiveness
How OD is likely to Change in Future

Economy Organization Development

will be:

• More embedded in the

Workforce
organization’s operations
• More technologically enabled
• Shorter OD cycle times
Technology • More interdisciplinary
• More diverse in client
organizations
• More cross-cultural
Organizations • More concerned with
ecological sustainability
In the Future...…
 OD will become a part of organizational
operations and OD skills will be acquired by
employees at every level in the organization.
 OD processes will use advanced technology and
the duration of OD interventions will be reduced.
 As OD practitioners have to work with diverse
client organizations and cross-cultural teams, they
will need to develop the required competence.
Though OD seems to have a promising future, there are certain
factors that have the potential to make the future of OD
uncertain. These include nature of organizational leadership and
the values of top management, knowledge of management about
OD, the importance given by management to training employees
in OD skills, interdisciplinary nature of OD, dissemination of
OD techniques, integration of techniques in the field of OD with
those in other fields and the recording and maintenance of the
history of OD.
Mergers, Acquisitions & Alliances
in the context of OD
As the tempo of business transactions
worldwide increases, the phenomena of
acquisitions, mergers, ands alliances will
also become evident. The interventions
that have grown out of the OD field can
be highly relevant in helping two or
more organizational cultures meld.
Thus, the future of OD lies in
Transformational Leadership,
i.e.,
“The influencing process of
leaders and followers to
achieve organizational
objectives through change.”
OD’s Future
 Leadership and Values
 Knowledge about OD
 OD training
 Interdisciplinary Nature of OD
 Diffusion of technique
 Integrative Practice( TQM , QWL etc.)
 Rediscovering and Recording history