Management 104

To my classmates in Management 104 as promised, here’s my report

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

Development – is a planned step – by – step growth towards the perceived pre-set end.

 

2 Kinds of Development

 

1. Positive Development – from good, to better, to best
2. Negative Development – from bad, to worse, to worst

 

Organizational Development – is an intervention strategy that uses group processes to focus on the whole culture of an organization in order to bring about planned change.

 

CHARACTERISTICS:

 

1. Focus on the whole Organization – In order to achieve a strategic planned change a member or leader needs to have a holistic and integral overview of the entire organization
2. Systems Orientation – Active interactions of various parts of the organization; Familiarity of one department to another, Knowledge of the entire system of the organization
3. Use of Change Agent – People with the role of stimulating and Coordinating Change (Personntel Director, Supervisors). However, sometimes it is advisable and more effective to have an external agent to influence change
4. Problem Solving – Real On-going problems that requires “Action Research”
5. Experiential Learning – A process of learning by experience, interactions and by mistakes.
6. Group Processes – Group discussions, confrontations and procedures for cooperationo
7. Feedback – The process of evaluation and assessment
8. Contingency Orientation – the ability of the organization to be flexible to specific situations the organization encounters
9. Team Building – The process of integrating the elements of people, structure, technology and environment to the entire organization

 

STEPS/PROCESS OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

After performing the process of Decision Making:

1. Diagnosis of Needs
2. Collection of Data
3. Data Feedback
4. Action Planning
5. Team Building
6. Inter-group Development
7. Evaluation and Follow-up

Reference:

 

Andres, Tomas. Team Building and Creating effective work systems. New Day Publisher. Quezon City.1992

 

Davis, Keith. Human Behavior at work: Organizational Behavior.McGraw Hill

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