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Characteristics of Organizational Development

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Manu Melwin JoyAssistant Professor

Ilahia School of Management Studies

Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114

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• Focus on culture and process

– Organization development on culture : following suitable and positive culture level and process success organization development program.


• Collaboration

– Organization development

encourages heartfelt

collaboration between top

management, managers and

employees.


• Accomplishment of tasks

– Various kinds of teams and

groups play important roles

for accomplishment of

organization development

activities. Thus targets can

also be achieved.


• Human and social sides


focuses on both human and

social sides. By doing so, it

intervenes in the

technological and structural

sides also.


• Participation

– Participation and involvement

of managers and players can

make the organization

development process a

success. It helps to exchange

views and ideal related to

organization development.


• System change


focuses on total system

change. Because every change

is inevitable for the success of

any development program.


• Facilitation

– There are three parties to

organization development

process. They are facilitators,

collaborators and co-learners in

the client system. Cooperation

of all these parties can help the

organization to develop.


• Over arching goals

– An overarching goal of the

organization is to make the

client system able to solve its

problems. It is done by teaching

the skills and knowledge on

continuous learning through self

analytical methods.


• Action research model


activities are undertaken

following the conclusions and

recommendations of action

research members related to

client system.


• Developmental view

– Organization development takes

a developmental view for the

betterment of both process and

organization. Another practice

in organization development

programs is to create win-win

solutions.