Organizational Development (OD)

From Chapter 10 entitled Organizational Alignment in the sub section Organizational Development (OD) on pages 323 – 326 OD professionals express three lessons they have learned: (1) People still want to be inspired, (2) People are more likely to support something they helped to create, and (3) Actions still speak louder than words. Organizational development “deals with the facilitation of strategic systems of change,” and the lessons above are things that must be promoted in order to facilitate change and have people are willing to go along with it. It is important to remember that you cannot force anyone to change, they will when they are ready. Work is still looked at as something with meaning through the lives of an organization’s employees and they must be given ample opportunities to be a part of that organization. When I was a manger I did my best to make my employees feel like they were doing something good for others, especially by making sure lives were safe and keeping the facility clean. I also rewarded guards for going above and beyond while at work in order to show others that working hard does have its good sides and that everyone is happy when the employees are.