Section: Organization Development Unit - I - A
Section: Organization Development Unit - I - A
UNIT - I
Section – A
1. Define OD
-- Bennis
Change means the new state of things is different from old state of things. Change
is everywhere; change will be one of the few constants during this end of this century and
into the next. This book is about planned change for organizations and the people in
them.
Change has different facets for example it can be deliberate or accidental. Its
magnitude can be large or small. It can affect many elements of the organization or only a
few. It can be fast or slow. The new state of things can have an entirely different nature
from the old state of things or new state of things can have the same nature modifications.
1
3. What is action research?
Particularly important for accomplishing tasks and are targets for OD activities,
OD focuses on the human and social side of the organization in so doing also
intervenes in the technological and structural sides.
OD takes a developmental view that seeks the betterment of both individuals and
the organization.
2
5. What are the basic components of OD?
Diagnosis:
It represents a continuous collection of date about the total system, its subunits, its
processes, and its culture.
Action:
Program management:
Section - B
Organizational Change
3
Growth
Work Processes
Product Innovation
4
The beginning of organization development was in the forties, when Kurt Lewin
realized with his T-group experiments that “a special learning opportunity resides in, if a
group puts itself into the center of the learning”, The first executed T-group in a small
group training with behavioral scientists and researchers‟ participation was in Bethel in
1947 where they could get experiences about the feedback of the collective interactions.
This behavioral based training supported the basis model of the so-called experimental
learning.
The next formation of organization development was the attendance of feedback
surveys, where the company would be able to know more about itself with using
questionnaire survey and the results and it would be motivated itself to make organization
change.
The third important step is the engagement of the action research method, which
due to the collaboration of social scientists and employees was included organizational
diagnosis, analysis of diagnosis‟ data, exhibition of organizational problems‟ reasons,
proposals to change and examination of obtained results. Under this process the decision
on changes would be improved, commitment for changes and effectiveness of implement
Skip to main content.
Lewin second ideas was a model of the change process itself he suggest that
change is the three stage process unfreezing the old behavior the moving to a new level of
behavior and refreezing the behavior at the new level. Change entails moving from one
equilibrium point to another.
5
Example a man who smokes cigarettes and wants to quite. the stage model says
he must first un freeze the old behavior of smoking this is believes that can cigarettes
smoking is a bad for him and that he should stop smoking.
I was asked the other day what my three essentials of Organization Development are.
People
6
If your OD intervention isn‟t people centered, and unashamedly humanistic it is probably
not an OD intervention.
A mechanic doesn‟t try to fix your car engine without knowing how the
combustion engine works „in theory‟ – by understanding the process the mechanic can
quickly identify where the process is broken and know what tool/method required to
make the engine roar back into life. OD is no different.
Be Sustainable
I could have chosen a number of things for number three, but the one I plugged
for is that of legacy. The OD practitioner is the catalyst in OD interventions. They must
have the ability to build the business case for the leadership team, get the leadership team
on board to sponsor the programmer, build relationships with key change agents within
the business and draw together disparate groups to make the intervention successful.
They become the center of the intervention. The use of self as a catalyst of change is a
central pillar of OD practice.
7
This is the paradox of the life of the OD practitioner. You are the center of
change whilst at the same time building a legacy which means that the organization
learns how to change itself. The OD practitioner must translate the practices, and tools
that they use so they become embedded into the way that the organization does things.
The questions you ask become the organization‟s questions. The techniques you use, are
understood and used by the organization you are working with and more importantly you
leave the organization in a position where they have learnt how to develop themselves
without the „self‟ of the OD practitioner being present.
8
UNIT – II
Section- A
1. What is diagnosis?
Diagnosis represents a continuous collection of data and data analysis about the
total system, its subunits, its processes, and its culture.
9
Section – B
1. What are the steps is diagnosis?
It represents a continuous collection of date about the total system, its
subunits, its processes, and its culture.
Step-1
Step-2
Action plan are developed in this step and to correct problem. These action plans
are OD intervention
Step-3
It consist Fact finding about the result of the action. Is the problem is solved or
the opportunity is achieved means the organization members move on to and different
problem and opportunities. Is the problem is unsolved the initiate new action plans
and intervention to resolve the issues.
Step-4
Further steps are just interaction of the basic sequence of diagnosis action evaluation
action. Again this process looks logical and liner.
There are five set of activities required for effective change management.
Motivating change
10
Creating vision
Mission
Valued outcomes
Valued conditions
Midpoint goals
Influencing stakeholder
Activity planning
Commitment planning
Management structure
Sustaining momentum
11
Motivating change
One of the oldest and most effective strategies for overcoming resistance
is to involve organizational members directly in planning and implementing
change.
Creating a vision
It provides a picture of the future and show how individual and group fit into that
future. Well defined vision reduces uncertainty serves as goals to energize
behavior, show that the future will be beneficial, and demonstrate that the future
is attainable.
12
3. What are parallel learning structures? And its intervention process?
Bushe and Shain explain generic parallel learning structure intervention process.
13
4. What are the significations of action research?
14
UNIT – III
2. Define OD.
- Argyris
The quality circles concept is a form of group problem solving and goal setting
with a primary focus on maintaining and enhancing product quality. Quality circles have
been extensively used in Japan.
Robert Blake and jane mouton identified the following types intervention based
on the Underlying casual mechanisms
Theory intervention: where behavioral science knowledge and theory are used to
explain present behavior assumption underlying the behavior.
15
Procedural intervention: which represents a critiquing of how something is being done
to determine whether the best methods are being used?
Dilemma intervention: in which two different action plans are tested for their
consequences before a final decision on one is made.
Perspective intervention: which draws attention away from immediate action and
dements and allows a look at historical background, context, and future objectives in
order to assess whether or not the action are “still on target”?
Cultural interventio0n: which examines traditions, precedents and practices the fabric of
the organization‟s culture in a direct focused approach?
This different kind of intervention provides a range of ways for the OD practitioner
intervene in the client system.
Diagnostic Activities;
Fact finding activities designed to ascertain the state of the system, status, the
“why things are”. Available methods range from projective devices such as “build a
collage that represents your place in this organization”. to the more traditional data
collection methods of interviews, questionnaires, surveys, meeting and examining and
organizational records.
16
Team Building Activities;
Designed to enhance the effective operation of system teams. These can focus on
task related issues such as way things are done, necessary skills and resources,
relationship quality between team members and between team members between team
and leaders and effectiveness. In addition, structural issues must be addressed. “Outdoor
Adventure” teambuilding programmers are currently very popular.
Activities that help the client “perceive, understand and act upon process event
which occur in the client environment”. Gained insight into the human process in
organization and learns skills in the diagnosing and managing them. Emphasis on
communications, leaders and members roles in groups. Problem solving and decision
17
making group norms, leadership and authority and inter group cooperation and
competition.
A six phase model designed by Blake and Mouton involving the whole
organization. The models starts with upgrading individual manager‟s skills and
leadership abilities, moves to improvement activities, then to inter group relations
activities. Later phases include corporate planning for improvement, developing
implementation tactics and finally evaluation of the change in organization culture. A
long term process lasting up to five years.
Activities focused on life and career objectives and how to go about attaining
them. Include goals setting, assessment and training.
18
Planning and goal setting activities:
Theory and experience in planning and goal setting, problem solving models,
planning paradigms and “idea vs. real” discrepancy models.
The member listen well to each other: there is a lot of task-relevant discussion
in which most members participate.
Conflict and disagreement are present but are centered on ideas and method,
no personalities and people.
19
Decisions are usually based on consensus, not majority vote.
When actions are decided up on, clear assignments are made and accepted by
the members.
According To McGregor, when these conditions are met, the team is likely to be
successful in accomplishing its mission and simultaneously satisfying the personal and
interpersonal needs of its members.
Third-party interventions into conflict situations have the potential to control the
conflict or resolve it. This intervention technique is somewhat related to inter group
relation, but many aspects are unique to conflict situations involving only two people. We
explicate some of the features of the theory presented by Walton.
The third party must be able to diagnosis conflict situations, and Walton presents
a diagnostic model of interpersonal conflicts based on four basic elements. The conflict
issues, the precipitation circumstances. The conflict relevant acts of the principals and the
consequences of the conflict in addition, conflict is a cyclical process.
20
Intervention tactics for the third party structuring confrontation and dialogues
between the principals many choice points exist for the consultant. Walton lists the
ingredients of productive confrontation.
Third party will intervene directly or indirectly in facility dialogue between the
principals. Exampling of direct interventions would be interviewing interview the
principals before a confrontation meeting, helping to set the agenda, attending to
the pace of the dialogue and refereeing the interaction: example of more should
intervention of the third would be setting the meeting on neural turf.
Getting to yes, by fisher, dry, and Patton does suggest method for negations-
called principled negotiations – that is congruent with Walton‟s approach for
constructive dialogue.
21
Options : generate a variety of possibilities before deciding what to do.
A description of the problem in terms of what‟s wrong and what the current
symptoms appears to be.
22
A team approach to reviewing individual and group targets and their achievement.
23
UNIT-IV
OD has to satisfy dual objectives of making the organization and its members and
work groups more effective while also making the organization a better place to fulfill
human needs. To do this the OD process uses various techniques.
Theory guided research is more efficient, and more definitive. With theory,
researchers know what to look for and where to look for it in their research efforts.
Research either confirms or does not confirm the theory is disconfirmed, it is modified
and new avenues for further research are indicates.
In their review of OD research, white and Mitchell draw on facets theory to propose a
classification for independent and dependent variables found in OD interventions.
The first faces, target of change and consists of four element the individual subgroup, and
total organization. The context areas of change consist of four elements.
Conceptual,
Behavioral,
Procedural,
Structural,
24
The concept of change consist of five elements,
Intrapersonal,
Intra-group,
Interpersonal,
Inter-group,
Organizational,
Almost all the OD intervention and their desired effects can be specified on these
three faces and twelve elements. For examples a team building intervention would have
as a target the subgroup, the content area of change would be either interpersonal or inter
group. With such a classification system in mind, researcher can design data collection
method better and can start to test for the effects of various interventions on the different
faces and elements.
If responses stay the same or become less favorable, that result is taken as
evidence the intervention had on effects or had a negative effect.
Golembiewski, Billingsled and Yeager suggest that three different kind of change
can occur between the pre and post measures. They labeled these alpha, beta and gamma
change. Alpha change is real or true change, attitude is more positive or negative after the
interventions and the questionnaire accurately reflect the change. Beta change is change
based on scale recalibration. You view the scale intervals differently after the
interventions for examples a 5 on a 10 point scale of “trust in my group” has taken on a
25
different meaning for you. Gamma change is a change based on a re-conceptualization or
redefinition of the concept being measured.
The implication for practitioners and researchers are that additional cares that and
planning must go into research that involves measuring attitude change.
A number of recent management book provide direct and indirect support for the
viability of organization development principles and practices. These studies demonstrate
the important of the human side of organizations structures, job designs, leadership style,
human resource practices, participative processes, and putting people first practices and
designing intervention that “get it right”.
They are better organized to meet the needs of customers so that they attract better
people than their competitor do and their people are more greatly motivated to do
a superior job, whatever it is they do.
That are better organized to meet the need or customer so that they are either
more innovative in anticipating customer needs more reliable in meeting customer
expectation, better able to deliver their product or service more cheaply or some
combination of the above.
The right kind of organizational arrangements are those that meet employees needs.
To feel in control,
To be challenge
26
To be recognized for their achievement
A firm‟s competitive advantage comes from its people and people produce those results
because of the way they are treated and managed. Pfeiffer has performance identified
seven efficient practices.
Employment security
Extensive training,
27
UNIT-V
From the beginning, OD developed and applied its theories of people and change
to organisational life and functioning. Many of the interventions originally pioneered and
practiced by OD professionals are based on the field‟s firm commitment to the human
side of the enterprise. Though being criticised as „too narrow‟ sometimes, many of its
interventions have now become mainstream, shaping the way we all think about how
organizations work. This included „change management‟ (the term was coined by Linda
Ackerman Anderson in 1968), which emerged as a subfield of OD. It also included
organization role design, defining how tasks, authority and systems will be organized and
integrated across organisational units and within individual jobs. As Edgar Schein (2006)
points out, OD has been and will remain extremely influential in organisational life:
It is in fact hard to imagine how organizations will be the same, especially in the West, if
we take away the seminal influence of those early OD thinkers and practitioners. Much
has changed since OD‟s beginnings in the 1950s. There are the ruthless pursuit of
efficiency, in the form of business reengineering in the 1980s, rationalization in the
1990s, and aggressive outsourcing in the 2000s – all these stemmed from the combined
impact of changes in technology, globalization, competitive pressures, unpredictable
socio-political and economic factors, which together with other factions have all altered
the world of work and the ways we organize work groups. However, despite the changing
challenges, the following concerns remain constant for leaders and OD practitioners.
How do we:
Appropriately build engaged, proactive, empowered staff when there are limited
reward levers organization can pull while needing to hold staff accountable?
Ensure there are fluid two-way communication channels – so that information can
flow upward as well as downward within hierarchies?
28
Help organizations to be externally sensitive and internally agile?
Build organisational climates that will release human potential and creativity at
work and foster continuous learning and renewal culture within organizations?
In the past few decades, the OD practitioners and academic community have continued to
hold true to their value while shaping and adapting their approaches and methods to
address key organization issues that affect organization success. The rich heritage of OD
will continue to help organizations to meet these challenges, and new concepts and tools
will continue to be invented to tackle ever tougher problems of change and organisational
dynamics in an increasingly complex, global and diverse world. OD practitioners believe
that human capital, and the quality of relationships between people, and between people
and organizations, will be more important than ever in predicting organisational success.
We must therefore continue to build and strengthen the field of OD and maintain its core
values while seeking innovative solutions to resolve the new sets of challenges facing
organizations.
OD is not obsolete. But a claim that OD is alive and relevant requires us to ask tough
questions about how it works and what it can still do. Without a tough approach to
exploring and understanding the current state of the field and its possibilities, we might
indeed start singing OD‟s demise. In fact, OD‟s focus on promoting organizational
adaptability, learning, and integration carries potential benefits that modern and future
businesses clearly need. Without “O-change” (changes in the “softer” organizational
processes, practice, and strategies), hard economic or “E” change efforts often fall flat.
In the modern organizational world, Bradford and Burke write O-change and E-change
need to go hand-in-hand.
Too little “O” in OD: few consultants are engaged in the system-wide efforts that are OD;
most are using OD techniques in limited ways because of
29
the common lack of business perspective
limit OD’s capacity to objectively assess the impact of its intervention efforts
30
31