ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT

Organisation Development



Organisation Development

Introduction

The field of organizational development (OD) is about the operation, development and effectiveness of human organizations. An organization is defined as two or more people gathered for one or more common goals. Organizational Development is conceived as free and relentless effort of management and all members of the organization to make credible, sustainable and functional to the organization over time, putting emphasis on human capital, streamlining processes, creating a style and pointing north from the institutional one (Anthony, 1994, p. 38-40). The OD is also seen as a tool that, through the internal review of the organization and the surrounding environment, allows information to guide you to take one path or strategy to change, to evolution, according to the requirements or demands of the environment in which they are placed, making the efficiency of all its constituent elements for success of organization. This is required for an organization is able or has the elements necessary to enter and compete in today's world, thereby becoming a necessity OD. To use this tool is used or made ??use of a fundamental process such as the learning, which is the means by which access to knowledge and skills acquired skills to produce changes in behavior, is for this reason that we must take into account the factors which influence the performance of the elements that constitute the organization (Anthony, 1994, p. 38-40).

Comprehensive diagnosis of the situation at the company

Richard Bowman, who was in charge of industrial relations at B.R. Richardson Timber Products Corporation, contacted Jack Lawler, an Organization Development Practitioner. Bowman said he was looking for someone to conduct a “motivation course” for the blue-collar employees of the lamination plant. He advised that morale in the plant was very low, the plant manager was a bit “authoritative”, and that there had been a fatal accident at the plant a few months before. Lawler then arranged a meeting between himself, the President of the company and Bowman; he stated that he would have to conduct a diagnosis before any action could be suggested (Anthony, 1994, p. 38-40). After his meeting with Richardson and Bowman, Lawler later made a one day visit to the company with two of his graduate students to gather information, which he would later analyze and present to the company. These are some of the problems that became evident after evaluating the case. The laminating plant has been growing ever since its inception, it is very profitable and busy, yet Richardson seems to be reluctant to spend money to expand the facilities and to upgrade the machinery and technology, and hire additional staff. Adequate communication at all levels is lacking, and the proper lines of communication are not followed (Anthony, 1994, p. 38-40).

One of the major issues at the production plant was also related to the safety of employees at the workplace. It can be said that the safety measures taken by the organisation at the workplace for the employees was not up to the standards, due ...