Organisational Development is concerned with an organisation’s:
- health;
- effectiveness;
- capacity to solve problems;
- ability to adapt and change;
- ability to create a high quality of life for its employees.
Organisational development uses a number of strategies to intervene in organisations in order to facilitate learning and to help the organisation with any it may have.
The steps involved in Organistaional Development are
1. Needs assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Design
4. Implementation
5. Evaluation
Needs Assessment & Diagnosis
To solve organisational problems first involves a thorough diagnosis. This diagnosis is usually based on a needs assessment. This needs assessment could involve one or a combination of the following methods of collecting information.
- Interviews
- Focus Groups
- Questionnaire
- ‘360’ Assessment
Once organisational need is determined a variety of methods and programmes can be used to help, which the Association can help with, such as
- teambuilding
- strategic planning
- intergroup problem solving
- confrontation meeting
- goal setting
- alignment of systems (i.e. performance management, human resources, communication, leadership, etc.)
- third party facilitation
- peer learning
- coaching
- mentoring
- training
For more information contact: Daniel Hurford