OD Defined OD is an effort… Planned Organization-wide Managed from the top, in order To increase organizational effectiveness, through Planned interventions in organizational processes, using behavioral-science knowledge
Forces For Change Workforce Competition World Politics Technology Social Trends Economic Shocks
Attitude Toward Change Desirable Accept change as inevitable Proactive Not Desirable Feel threatened by change Reactive
Managing Planned Change First-OrderChangeFirst-OrderChange IncrementalIncremental LinearLinear ContinuousContinuous Second-OrderChangeSecond-OrderChange MultilevelMultilevel RadicalRadical DiscontinuousDiscontinuous
What Can Change Agents Change? Physical Setting Structure People Technology
However……. Structure Physical Setting Technology People
Resistance to Change Selective Information Processing Fear of the Unknown Force of Habit Need for Security Economic Factors Individual
Resistance to Change Organizational Threat to Existing Relationships Threat to Existing Allocations Structural Inertia Limited Focus of Change Threat to Expertise Group Inertia
Education and Communication CommunicationParticipationParticipation NegotiationNegotiationFacilitation and Support Facilitation CoercionCoercionManipulation and Cooptation Manipulation Overcoming Resistance to Change Overcoming
Unfreezing Changing Refreezing Lewin’s Three-Step Process Organizational Change
Unfreezing the Status Quo Desired State Status Quo Restraining Forces Driving Forces Time
Action Research Process One:DiagnosisOne:Diagnosis Two:AnalysisTwo:Analysis Three:FeedbackThree:Feedback Four:ActionFour:Action Five:EvaluationFive:Evaluation
Five OD Interventions Intergroup development Process consultation Sensitivity training Survey feedback Team building
Managing Change: It’s Culture Bound! Is change possible? How long will it take? Does culture influence resistance? Does culture influence implementation? Does culture influence idea champions?