Editing Organization development (section)

===Sponsoring organization===
The initiative for OD programs often comes from an organization that has a problem or anticipates facing a problem. This means that top [[management]] or someone authorized by top management is aware that a problem exists and has decided to seek help in solving it. There is a direct analogy here to the practice of [[psychotherapy]]: The client or [[patient]] must actively seek help in finding a solution to his problems. This indicates a willingness on the part of the client organization to accept help and assures the organization that management is actively concerned.<ref name="Johnson1">{{cite book|author= Richard Arvid Johnson|title= Management, systems, and society : an introduction|publisher= Goodyear Pub. Co.|location= Pacific Palisades, Calif.|year= 1976|pages= [https://archive.org/details/managementsystem00john/page/219 219–222]|isbn= 9780876205402|oclc= 2299496|url= https://archive.org/details/managementsystem00john/page/219}}</ref>