Organization Development (OD)

Organization Development (OD)

Introduction

I have selected the article Sharp, B. S. (2013). Organizational Development in the Public Sector. Oklahoma Politics, 18, 167-170. The article shows that organizational development, which is often referred to as DO, refers to planned changes in the organization which focus on the quality of human relationships. Organizational development should be a dynamic, dialectic and continuous process from planned changes realistic situation using diagnostic strategies, methods and tools that look to optimize interaction between individuals and groups, for constant improvement and renewal of open systems technical economic and administrative behavior, so as to increase the efficiency and health of the organization and thus ensure mutual survival and development of the company and its employees.

Organizational development requires global vision of the company, open systems approach, compatibility the conditions of the external environment, direct contract and responsible management, development potential of people and their subsystems (internal and external) relations shooting groups. Organizational development involves realistically humanistic values ??(the company for man and man for the company), adaptation, evolution and / or non-renewal, ie changes, although they were technological, economic, administrative or structural, in the final analysis will involve modifications of habits or behaviors. In this context, management theory says that the DO is also a tool to "learn" the environment and help the company to "survive" in a "global and competitive" world and allows you to see the "threats" and "opportunities" . Concealing under that tone "neutral" implied a conservative political tendency whose brainy writers, owners usually human resources consultants say in their articles hot dog type that the "challenge" is "work teams achieve high potential to enable more rapid adaptation to market

Discussion and Analysis

The author discuss that organizational development is a complete analysis of the company, its departments, its products and services, their manufacturing processes and formulation services, infrastructure and resources, both personal and financial resources to address the needs of even the business Company, both present and future. This analysis often uses corporate analysis tools, such as those of Professor Michael Porter or consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) with its parent. In order to ensure the effectiveness and viability of the business, assessing all aspects of the organization is essential in a changing business environment where all these aspects change over time and the bulk of organizational development is driving the changes in culture structure and ways of working relationships to ensure the best company ever responds to your new environment.

Many major companies have incorporated quality circles to their transactions with results very promising. The U.S. Postal Service uses what it calls the lecture method for implement the planned changes in the fifty largest post offices. Retail employees level supervisors begin by identifying the problems and are encouraged to initiate changes on their own account to improve the effectiveness of the organization. Quality circles appear to contribute to increased employee participation and allow them more proud of their work. The result is increased quality and efficiency. In summary, the organizational development process can be ...