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.

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Organization Development

Concept, Historical background of OD, Process of OD.

Values, assumptions and beliefs in Organization Development.

Action Research and Organisation Development

12.00
Unit II: 
Organization Development interventions

Introduction, team intervention, inter group and third party peacemaking interventions

10.00
Unit III: 
Organization Development interventions

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

12.00
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.

14.00
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.

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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