4. Organization Development as a Process of Change
Recall the definition of organization development (OD): a planned process of change in an organization’s culture through the utilization of behavioral science technology and theory. The focus of this chapter is on the process of change and on utilization of theory.
Although the practice of OD may be based on portions of several theories from the behavioral sciences, as stated in the previous chapter, there is no single, all-encompassing theory of OD. This no doubt constitutes a weakness of the field, but it is not surprising because it is a very young field, having its origins around 1959, and is based on several disciplines. Nevertheless, most practitioners agree that three models are the underlying ...
Get Organization Development: A Process of Learning and Changing, Third Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
