2. Growth of OD
Major factors making organizations to
grow includes:
Globalization
Information Technology and
Managerial innovation
3. Globalization
Is the process by which businesses or other
organizations develop international influence
or start operating on an international scale.
Globalization has impact on markets and
environment in which organization operates
and the way they function
4. The following components have direct or
indirect impact:
Govt. policies
New leadership
New market
New competitors
5. Information Technology
IT is redefining the traditional business model.
IT is changing how work is performed, how
knowledge is used, and how the cost of doing
business is calculated.
6. IT helps in collecting and transmitting the
information and increase the value and quality
of products and services.
Growth in IT foster innovation in business.
E-commerce
Electronic data interchange
Internet and the World wide web
7. Managerial Innovation
Managerial innovation has responded to the
globalization and IT trends.
It has resulted in new organizational forms:
Networks
Strategic alliances and
Virtual corporations.
8. These provide organizations with new ways of
thinking about how to manufacture goods and
deliver services.
New methods of change, such as, downsizing
or reengineering have emerged which reduced
the size of organizations and increased their
flexibility.
9. Growing number of organizations are untaking
the changes to survive and prosper in such a
changing environment.
They are taking the initiative in innovating and
managing change, rather than simply
responding it.
10. Relevance of OD
OD is playing a significant role in helping
organizations:
To change themselves
To assess themselves and their environments
and revitalize and rebuild their strategies,
structures, and processes.
11. To go beyond surface changes
To transform underlying assumptions and
values governing organizational member’s
behaviors.
To become more responsive and relevant to
organizations need to operate effectively in a
highly competitive world.
12. To become more responsive and relevant to
organizations need to operate effectively in a
highly competitive world.
OD is highly relevant to anyone having to work
with and through others in organizations.
