"In a study of 27 definitions of organization development published since 1969, Egan (2002) Found that there were as many as 60 different variables listed in those definition" (Anderson, D. L. (2019). Organization development: The process of leading organizational change. Sage Publications.)
Let us take a look at three definitions and try to find commonalities.
Connecting the dots
- Each one of these definitions, spanning 50 years, all call for change by using behavioral science applications.
- All three agree that organizational effectiveness is a key player. This means from the top of to the bottom and back up to the top.
- Burke and Bradford goes It little deeper in demonstrating the many facets of what is required for change.
The definition of organizational development has been growing and changing for years; even the name (change management, for example.) But all of them know you wont gain
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