Practicing Organization Development: A Guide for Leading Change: A Third Edition

CRITICAL ISSUES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON GLOBAL OD

Many would be surprised at the success rate of OD both in the United States and internationally. The best-documented work on OD success is the work of Robert Golembiewski (Golembiewski & Luo, 1994). He presents more material on this topic in Chapter Thirty-Six. Golembiewski reports success rates for OD at approximately 90 percent, with relatively comparable success rates for OD in developing countries and in Southeast Asia. Golembiewski’s work is supported by other studies reporting high rates of success for OD (see, for example, a summary of other studies in Yaeger, Sorensen, & Bengtsson, 2005, or for other information see Yaeger, Head, & Sorensen, 2006). But what are the issues and questions ...