Grade "A+" Accredited by NAAC with a CGPA of 3.46
To familiarize the students with fundamentals of organizational development, essential interventions and effective methods in organization development.
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
Unit I (3 Weeks)
Organisational Development:
Organisational Development: Introduction, Meaning and Definition, History of OD, Relevance of Organisational Development for Managers, Assumptions of OD.
References:
French, W.L., Bell, C.H. and Vohra V, Organization Development: Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement, Revised 6th Ed., Pearson. [ Chapter 1,2 and 3 ]
Unit II (3 Weeks)
Change Process and Models:
Organisational Change, Strategies for Change, Theories of Planned Change (Lewin’s change model, Action research model, Positive model), Action Research as a Process, Resistance to Change.
References:
French, W.L., Bell, C.H. and Vohra V, Organization Development: Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement, Revised 6th Ed., Pearson. [ Chapter 4,5 and 6 ]
Hackman, J.R. and Suttle, J.L., Improving Life at Work: Behavioural science approach to organisational change, Goodyear, California. [ Chapter 2 ]
Unit III (4 Weeks)
Process of OD and OD Interventions:
Process of OD, Components of OD program, OD program phases, Making an Entry, Developing Contract, Launch, Situational Evaluation, Closure.OD Interventions: An overview; Classification of OD Interventions: Team Interventions, Inter group and third party peacemaking interventions, Comprehensive OD interventions, Structural Interventions.
References:
French, W.L., Bell, C.H. and Vohra V, Organization Development: Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement, Revised 6th Ed., Pearson. [ Chapter 7, 8, 9,10 and 11 ]
Hackman, J.R. and Suttle, J.L., Improving Life at Work: Behavioural science approach to organisational change, Goodyear, California. [ Chapter 3 and 4 ]
Unit IV (2 Weeks)
Evaluating OD Interventions: Evaluation, Types of Evaluation, Methods of Evaluating Interventions. Future of OD: Organisational Development and Globalization, Emerging Trends in OD
References:
French, W.L., Bell, C.H. and Vohra V, Organization Development: Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement, Revised 6th Ed., Pearson. [ Chapter 11 and 15 ]
Hackman, J.R. and Suttle, J.L., Improving Life at Work: Behavioural science approach to organisational change, Goodyear, California. [ Chapter 6 ]
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