Organizational development
Organizational development is a collection of planned change interventions, built on humanistic-democratic values, that seeks to improve organizational effectiveness and employee well-being.
Definitions
According to Organizational Behavior by Robbins and Judge (17th edition),
- Organizational development. A collection of planned change interventions, built on humanistic-democratic values, that seeks to improve organizational effectiveness and employee well-being.
According to Management by Robbins and Coulter (14th edition),
- Organizational development. Change methods that focus on people and the nature and quality of interpersonal work relationships.
According to the HRBoK Guide,
- Organizational development (OD). Planned process to improve an organization. Planned process that uses the principles of behavioral science to improve the way an organization functions.
