Both organizations and the people who work in them are constantly changing.
As old goals are reviewed and modified, new ones are established, new departments are created, and old ones are restructured; people leave the company or change jobs; new people are admitted; products undergo profound variations; technology advances inexorably.
People also develop, learn new things, change their behavior and attitudes, develop new motivations, create new problems.
The field of organizational development (OD) is recent and not yet clearly defined.
It is based on the concepts and methods of behavioral science, views the organization as a total system and is committed to improving the effectiveness of the company in the long term, through constructive interventions in business processes and structure.
The field of organizational development (OD) is recent and not yet clearly defined. It is based on the concepts and methods of behavioral science, views the organization as a total system and is committed to improving the effectiveness of the company in the long term, through constructive interventions in business processes and structure.
Today organizations face multiple challenges and threats to effectiveness, efficiency and profitability; to the challenges of an environment, of increasing competition and changing customer demands, to the constant challenge of maintaining a congruence between the dimensions of the organization, such as strategy, culture and processes.