Together, MSLD 630 and MSLD
631 provide an overview of Organizational Development (OD). The courses present
an OD view of managing change and organizational transformation. In this final
chapter of your textbook, Brown presents two opposing ideas: some as a rapidly
changing field keeping up with the times and by others as a fad that will
become irrelevant views OD. Given what you have learned over the past two
courses, what do you see as the future of the OD discipline?
According to Brown (2011,)
Organizational Development or OD as it is affectionately referred, is the
discipline that applies behavioral science techniques to managerial problems.
It advocates the installation of long range change through the use of
opportunities through efforts that are planned, organizational wide and managed
from the top by increasing organizational effectiveness and health through
planned interventions in an organizations processes and procedures that utilize
the knowledge of behavioral science. With
this in mind several items immediately become relevant regarding OD like
Organizational Transformation (OT,) which is a large scale program designed to
assist organizations with large scale change and the issues generally associated
with environmental or technological changes, corporate culture, vision,
strategy including strategy change management and changing the organizational
culture.
Considering the above
observations, including the nature of todays global business and market place,
that so many organizations and governments find as the new normal place to
conduct business. It would only seem fitting that the discipline of OD would
naturally evolves with the changing needs of its customers as a method of
establishing a hierarchy of information that its previous and future customers
alike can draw from a repository of information relevant to its individual and
joint needs as in the case of joint-ventures between organizations and
governments.
In other words, for OD to
survive like Total Quality Management (TQM) or Lean Manufacturing (LM) it is
indicative to seek out new and improved methods of reaching out to current and
potential customers, much like TQM and LM has in the past. Much like the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Safety Management System (SMS)
that is based upon ISO 9000 requirements. It too looks for improved methods of
reaching out to and partnering with government regulatory bodies and
organizations to collaborate with and enter into a joint-venture with
organizations, for the betterment and sustainability of the craft and business
models that OD is seeking to partner with for the continued improvement and
development of global organizations.
Reference:
Brown, D. R. (2011). An
experiential approach to organization development (8th ed.). Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice Hall
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