Editing Organization development (section)

{{Short description|Study and implementation of practices, systems, and techniques that affect organizational change}}
{{Essay|date=March 2012}}

{{Business administration}} 

'''Organization development''' ('''OD''') is the study and implementation of practices, systems, and techniques that affect [[organizational change]]. The goal of which is to modify a group's/organization's performance and/or culture. The organizational changes are typically initiated by the group's [[Stakeholder (corporate)|stakeholders]]. OD emerged from [[human relations]] studies in the 1930s, during which psychologists realized that organizational structures and processes influence worker behavior and [[motivation]]. 

Organization Development allows businesses to construct and maintain a brand new preferred state for the whole agency. Key concepts of OD theory include: [[Organisation climate|organizational climate]] (the mood or unique "personality" of an organization, which includes attitudes and beliefs that influence members' [[collective behavior]]), [[organizational culture]] (the deeply-seated norms, values, and behaviors that members share) and organizational strategies (how an organization identifies problems, plans action, negotiates change and evaluates progress).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.med.upenn.edu/hbhe4/part4-ch15-organizational-development-theory.shtml|title=Organizational Development Theory|access-date=2016-01-20}}</ref> A key aspect of OD is to review [[organizational identity]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Organizational Identity and Identification: Charting New Waters and Building New Bridges |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/259260 |publisher=Jstor |jstor=259260 |access-date=3 April 2023 |last1=Albert |first1=Stuart |last2=Ashforth |first2=Blake E. |last3=Dutton |first3=Jane E. |journal=The Academy of Management Review |year=2000 |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=13–17 |doi=10.5465/amr.2000.2791600 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Organizational Identity: A Reader |date=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=0-19-926946-7 |pages=223–274 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BgBREAAAQBAJ&dq=organizational+identity+development&pg=PR7 |access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref>