OD Intervention

INTRODUCTION

Intervention: A deliberate attempts to change an organization or sub-unit toward a different and more effective state.

OD intervention: A sequence of planned activities, actions, and events intended to help an organization improve its performance and effectiveness.

Criteria for Effective Interventions

① The extent to which it fits the needs of the organization

② The degree to which it is based on causal knowledge of intended outcomes

③ The extent to which it transfers change-management competence to organization members

The extent to which it fits the needs of the organization

Criteria: The extent to which the intervention is relevant to the organization and its members.Valid information: Reflects perception of

organisation members about their primary concerns and issues.

Free and informed choice: Active involvement of members in decision making about change.

Internal commitment: Being responsible for implementing it.

FACTORS THAT IMPACT THE SUCCESS OF OD INTERVENTIONS

Factors relating to Change Situation:Readiness for Change.Capability to Change.Cultural Context.Capabilities of the Change Agent (OD

Consultant)

FACTORS THAT IMPACT THE SUCCESS OF OD INTERVENTIONS

Factors Related to the Target of Change:Organizational Issues:

○ Strategic Issues.○ Technology and Structure Issues.○ Human Resource Issues.○ Human Process Issues.

Organizational Levels

CATEGORISATION OF OD INTERVENTION

Human process intervention.

Techno-structural intervention.

Human resource intervention.

Strategic intervention.

HUMAN PROCESS INTERVENTION

Interpersonal and group process approachT-GroupsProcess ConsultationThird Party InterventionsTeam Building

Organisation process approachesOrganization Confrontation MeetingInter-group RelationsLarge-group Interventions

TECHNO-STRUCTURAL INTERVENTIONS

Structural Design

Downsizing

Re-engineering

Human Resource Interventions Goal Setting

Performance Appraisal

Reward Systems

Career Planning and development

Managing workforce diversity

Employee Wellness

STRATEGIC INTERVENTION

Integrated Strategic Change

Trans-organization development

Merger and Acquisition Integration

Culture Change

Self-designing organizations

Organization learning and knowledge management