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The field of organizational development (OD) is concerned with the performance, development, and effectiveness of human organizations. An organization is defined as two or more people brought together by one or more shared goals.1 Important figures
The OD field, which emerged in the first half of the 20th century, has been influenced by many figures including:
2 OD topics
Topics in OD include:
- strategic planning
- systems
- team buildingIn Organizational development, whenever a team embarks upon a process of self-assessment in order to gauge its own effectiveness and thereby improve performance, it engages in team building . Assessing team effectiveness To assess itself, a team seeks fee
- action researchOriginally formulated by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, action research is a disciplined method for intentional learning from experience. External links http://www. au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome. html http://carbon. edu/~mryder/itc/act_res. html http://www.
- leadership developmentIn organizational development, leadership development refers to the strategic investment in, and utilization of, the human capital within the organization. In the belief that the most important resource that an organization possesses is the people that co
- managing changeIn organizational development, OD specialists assist their clients in recognizing that "the only constant is change" and in acknowledging the critical role of managing change . Organizational development (OD) practitioners help organizations to manage cha
- organizational cultureOrganizational Culture refers to the values, beliefs and customs of an organization. Whereas organizational structure is relatively easy to draw and describe, organizational culture is less tangible. There have been numerous studies in this area. Influenc
- performance improvementIn Organizational development, performance improvement is the process whereby the organization looks to modify the current level of performance in order to achieve a better level of output. Performance defined Performance can be thought of as Actual Resul
- employee researchIn organizational development (OD), employee research involves the use of surveys, focus groups and other data-gathering methods to find out the attitudes, opinions and feelings of members of an organization. Also see Surveys Interviewing Focus group Cust
- qualityThe term quality is used to refer to the desirability of properties or characteristics of a person, object, or process. In the case of a person this is considered in a particular context, such as worker, student, sportsperson, etc. The term is often used
- process improvement
- meetings
- organizational learning
- group process
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