Team Building Processes in the United States and Asia
There arises a time in every industry that it becomes necessary for a manger to institute a renovation in the design or functioning of an organization in order to become more effective at achieving goals. This is termed organizational change. While varying degrees of change can occur for a variety of positive and negative reasons, it is implicitly understood that a controlled change is more likely to produce beneficial results than an uncontrolled change. There are a variety of methods available for a manager to choose from once he or she has decided to implement organizational change. One particular strategy is that of organizational development (OD).
Founder of the Organization Development Network, Richard Beckhard, defines OD as: a planned effort, organization-wide, managed from the top, to increase organization effectiveness and health, through planned interventions in the organization's ‘processes' using behavioral......
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