Organization Development (OD) is a unique organizational improvement
strategy. The sets of structured/planned activities adopted by groups or
individuals in an organization as a part of the organization development
program, are known as OD techniques or OD interventions. While change
programs may involve either external or internal consultants, OD
interventions mostly involve external consultants.
Some OD interventions include sensitivity training, survey feedback, process
consultation, team interventions and intergroup interventions, third party
peace making interventions, and structural interventions. The most widely
used structural interventions are parallel learning structures, self-managed
teams, Management by Objectives (MBO), Quality Circles, Total Quality
Management (TQM), Quality of work life (QWL) projects, large-scale systems
change, organizational transformation, and process reengineering.
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