What are the pre-requisites to organizational development?
4 years ago
Organizational Behavior
Organizational development does not emerge itself. There are some conditions, which must be accomplished as prerequisites.
Some of the key pre-requisites to organizational development are explained as follows.
- Top level management's commitment: There should be the explicit commitment of the top management to change and improve the organization, denote its time and resources to this long term effort. The management should take the risk and experiment, with new methods of handling the problems, be keen to assess its own behaviours and attitudes for personal development purpose, and be able to tolerate confusing results which may occur at the initial stages of OD programme.
- Strong and influential change facilitator: The existence of strong and competent internal change facilitators and resourceful individuals, who can perform the role of internal change agents, provides momentum to the OD work.
- Successful past experience: Successful experience with the earlier efforts in some parts of the organization provides momentum to further efforts and thus, forms a significant prerequisite, to the effective performance of an organization development programme.
- Capable external consultants: The involvement of capable and experienced external consultants, especially during the earlier stages of OD work, provides the objectivity and variety of skills, which may make the programme highly effective. However, it is necessary that the consultant develop the internal change facilitators and the problem solving ability of the organization instead of making the organization dependent upon himself.
- Influential managers: The presence of some influential mangers, who act as like link pins between crucial groups and we are willing to introduce change and experiment with new methods of work, forms another prerequisite to a successful OD programme.
- Internalization of OD efforts: The internationalization of concern for renewal, re- education, constant assessment of the organizational health and corporate excellence forms a very crucial prerequisite to effective OD effort.
- Built-in reward system: There is the prerequisite in the form of built-in reward system. Attempts should be made to build the reward systems for the effective performance of results.
Bijay Satyal
Oct 31, 2021