OVERVIEW OF OD INTERVENTIONS

Presented By:

Priyanka Dhanuka

• OD Interventions are set of Structured activities in which

organizational units engage in a task or sequence of task

with the goals of organizational improvement and individual

development.

OD Interventions

• Practitioners have created an array of interventions to help

organization members address specific problems effectively.

• OD Practitioner brings 4 set of attributes to the organisational setting:

• Set of values

• Set of assumptions about people

• Organizations & interpersonal relationships

• Set of goals for pratitioner & organization & its members

• Set of structured activities that are the means for achieving the values,

goals and assumptions.

Aims of interventions include:

• Developing self directed teams

• High performance work systems

• Self designing organizations

• Large scale systems change model to help organizations

adapt & survive

• To improve Quality of work life (QWL)

• Work redesign using sociotechnical systems theory (STS)

• Strategic planning methods

Classification of OD Interventions

• Diagnostic activities

• Team building activities

• Intergroup activities

• Survey feedback activities

• Education & training activities

• Technostructural or Structural activites

• Process Consultation Activities

• Grid Organization Development Activities

• Third-party peacemaking activities

• Coaching & Counseling activities

• Life & Career planning activities

• Planning & Goal-Setting activities

• Strategic Management activites

• Organizational Transformation

Following points help practioners structure activities in “better” ways:

• Preplanning the group composition

• Structure the activity so that it is people oriented and

oriented to the problems & opportunities generated by

clients.

• Goal should be clear

• Ensurance of high profitabilty of success

• Activity should contain both experience based learning &

conceptual learning

• Structure the climate

• Create learning environment

• Structure the activity so that individuals work as a team

Michael Beer suggets the following guidelines to sequence

intervention activities:

1. Maximize diagnostic data

2. Maximize effectiveness

3. Maximize efficiency

4. Maximize speed

5. Maximize relevance

6. Minimize psychological & organizational strain

Robert Blake & Jane Mouton identified the following types of interventions:

1. Discrepancy intervention

2. Theory intervention

3. Procedural Intervention

4. Relationship intervention

5.Experimentation intervention

6. Dilemma Interventions

7. Perspective Interventions

8. Organization Stucture interventions

9. Cultural Interventions

Results from OD Interventions

• Feedback

• Awareness of changing Sociocultural Norms or Dysfunctional

Current Norms

• Increased Interaction & Communication

• Confrontation

• Education

• Participation

• Increased Accountability

• Increased energy & optimism

Thank you everyone!