Organization Development and Change

Paper Code: 
MHR 423
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Objective: 

Paper has been designed such that it acquaints the students with the organizational change facilitators using the various techniques of behavioral sciences

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Unit I: 

Organization Development: Concept, Historical background of OD, Process of OD. Values, assumptions and beliefs in Organization Development. Action Research and Organisation Development

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Unit II: 

Organization Development interventions-introduction, team intervention, inter group and third party peacemaking interventions

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Unit III: 

Organization Development interventions- comprehensive interventions, Structural interventions. Laboratory training stem, survey research and feedback stem, Action Research stem.

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Unit IV: 

Change Management- meaning, triggers for change, types, focus on individual, role, teams, organization.

Key roles in managing change: consultant, internal resource persons, implementation team, chief implementer. Role of change agents.

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Unit V: 

Skills for managing change. Managing resistance to change. Role of leadership in managing change.

Managing transitions: introduction, rules, stages, process, role of a leader in managing transition.

*Case studies related to entire topics are to be taught.

Essential Readings: 

•• French & Bell., “Organizational Development” ,Prentice Hall Of India, New Delhi.
• Harvey, D.F. &Brown, D.R., An Experimental approach to organizational Development, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
• R.K. Gupta & Udai Pareek: Training for OD Facilitation, Prentice hall of India, New Delhi
• J.S. Sehgal, Organisation Development, Rupa Book Company

References: 

•• Ignou module: Managing Change in Organizations.
• Udai Pareek., “HRD & Organizational Development”, Tata Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi.
• S.Ramanarayan, T.V. Rao and Kuldeep Singh:Organisational Development

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