Published by: sadikshya
Published date: 02 Jun 2021
Organizational Development (OD) is the process of improving organizational efficiency through planned change. It is a long-run plan to change the behavioral attitude and performance of the organization. Its main motive is to improve the overall operating efficiency of the organization. The OD paradigm values human and organizational growth, collaboration, and participation processes.
Griffin R.W-“Organizational development is the process of planned change and improvement of the organization through the application of knowledge of the behavioral science.”
1. Long term plan
OD is a planned approach to manage change. It emphasized a long term plan to improve the working efficiency of the organization.
2.Broad-based
It is the broad-based approach implemented to bring comprehensive change in the overall system of the organization. These changes involve organizational redesign, change in organizational philosophies, Culture, system, and skills, etc. These changes are initiated to adapt the organizational performance based on time.
3. Dynamic process
It is a dynamic process and amendable based on the requirement of huge capital and time to modify its system and procedures. It is an ongoing and interactive process up to the functioning of the organization.
4. System perspective
It is an overt and wide system. All the subsystems of an organization are inter-connected and inter-related to each other. Only some change in the subsystem may become worthless if it can not affect the whole system. So, it emphasizes the change in the whole system based on the requirement.
5. Empowered process
It emphasizes employees to utilize their full potentiality and talent. They have the independence to decide on the work they are responsible for. They can use their idea and knowledge to complete the assigned job.
6. Teamwork
OD emphasizes collaborative and group effort. It recognizes that teamwork would be the strength for the achievement of the goal.