| Organizational Development is a long-term effort, led and supported by top management, to improve an organizational visioning, empowerment, learning, and problem-solving processes,through an ongoing, collaborative management of organizational culture- with special emphasis on the culture of intact work teams and other team configurations-using the consultant-facilitator role and the theory and technology of applied behavioural science, including action research. The important aspects include: (a)Long-term effort (b)Led and supported by top management (c)Visioning processes-viable, coherent and shared picture (d)Empowerment processes (e)Learning processes (f)Problem solving processes (g)Ongoing collaborative management of the organizational culture (h)Intact work teams and other configurations (i)Cross- functional teams (j)Consultant- facilitator role (k)Theory and technology of applied behavioural science (l)Action research |
