ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT & CHANGE

Paper Code: 
MHR423
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students with skills in organizational Development and change Management to diagnose issues and design interventions.

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching

strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24MHR423

Organization Development & Change (Theory)

CO514: Analyze the dynamics of organization development, including its values, briefs and Assumptions.

CO515: Appraise the skills to assess organizational development interventions.

CO516: Evaluate the impact of organizational development through Comprehensive and Structural Interventions. 

CO517: Analyze the implementation of  Change Management.

CO518: Examine the significance of Transition Management in the organization.

CO519: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Group Discussion, Tutorials, Case Study

 

Learning

activities for

the

students: Self-learning assignments,

presentations

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Organization Development

Organization Development: Concept, Characteristics of OD, Historical background of OD-First Generation, Second Generation and Third Generation OD, Process of OD. Values, Beliefs and Assumptions in OD: Concept, Types of Values-Humanistic, Optimistic and Democratic values, Implications of OD Values, Beliefs and Assumptions

12.00
Unit II: 
Organization Development interventions I

Organization Development interventions: Concept, Types of OD Intervention Team Intervention-Concept, Types of Teams, Characteristics of effective team, Formal Group Diagnostic Meeting, Process Consultation, Gestalt Approach to Team –building, Role Analysis Technique, Role Negotiation Technique, Force field analysis and Responsibility Charting Inter group and third party peace-making interventions-Concept, Intergroup team building intervention. Third party peace-making Intervention, organization Mirroring and Partnering

Unit III: 
Organization Development interventions II

Organization Development interventions: Comprehensive Intervention-Concept, Approaches of Comprehensive Intervention- Getting the whole system in one room, Confrontation Meetings, Stream analysis, Strategic Management Activities, Grid OD and Transformational Development Structural Interventions-Concept, Approaches of Structural Intervention- Sociotechnical Systems, Work Redesign, Quality Circles, MBO and appraisal, Quality of Work Life Projects, Parallel Learning Structures, Total Quality Management, Self- Design Strategy, Large Scale System Change

12.00
Unit IV: 
Change Management

Change Management: Meaning, Factors of Change-External and Internal, Types of Change, Process of Change Resistance to Change- Meaning, Factors affecting resistance of Change-Individual, Group and Organization, Strategies to overcoming resistance to change

12.00
Unit V: 
Change Agent and Transition Management

Change Agent-Meaning, Role of Change Agents- consultant, internal resource persons, implementation team and chief implementer

Transition Management: introduction, rules, stages, process of managing transition.

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

Essential Readings: 

French, Bell & Vohra., “Organizational Development”, Pearson Publications, New Delhi, Sixth Edition
Ashwathappa K. “ Organizational Behaviour”,Himalaya Publishing House,12th Edition 2017

References: 

Suggested Readings:

Ramnarayan,Rao., ”Organization Development”,SAGE Publications,2nd Edition 2011 Bhattacharya D Kumar., “Organization Change & Development,Oxford Publications 2012 Krishnamacharyulu, Ramakrishnan., “ Organization Development”, PHI Learning Pvt. LTd. 2014 Udai Pareek., “HRD & Organizational Development”, Tata Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi.

E-resources:

Organization Development and Training,French & Bell,Mc Graw Hill Education., https://www.expresslibrary.mheducation.com/bookshelf

Journals:

Vikalpa , http:// sagepub.com Asian Journal of Management Cases, http:// sagepub.com South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, http:// sagepub.com Journal of Organizations and Human Behaviour., http://publishingindia.com

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