WHAT SHOULD OD’S STANCE BE VIS-A-VIS SUBCULTURES? WHAT IS ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH?
Having been critical of some OD practice, let me now shift to a more positive view. How should OD evolve as an occupation? What basic mental models should it operate from? If OD consultants care about the developmental part of that label, they must have a concept of organizational health.
Organizations are dynamic systems in a dynamic environment. My preferred model of health is, therefore, a systems model of the coping process. What does a system have to do to cope with a perpetually changing environment? There are five critical processes to be considered, and each of them provides some mental models of what the consultant should pay attention to strategically. ...
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