OD INTERVENTIONSPRESENTED BY,

HIMABINDU & JESSY…

INTRODUCTION:OD interventions are sets of

structured activities.

Selected organizational units engage

in a task or sequence of tasks.

Interventions constitute the action

thrust of organization development.

OD Interventions:OD interventions has four sets of

attributes to the organization setting;

1. A set of values

2. A set of assumptions

3. A set of goals

4. A set of structured activities.

Classification of OD Interventions:Interventions are just one component of

the OD formula.

OD Interventions are classified on the

basis of;

1. The objectives of interventions

2. The targets of the interventions.

Major families of OD Interventions:Diagnostic activities:

1. Fact finding activities designed to

ascertain the state of the system.

2. Data collection methods are interviews,

questionarie

surveys meetings and examining

organizational records.

Major families of OD Interventions:Team-building activities:

1. Activities designed to enhance the effective

operation of system teams.

2. Different kinds of teams are formal work

teams, temporary task force teams newly

constituted teams and cross functional

teams.

Major families of OD Interventions:Inter group teams:

1. Activities designed to improve the effectiveness

of independent groups.

2. They focus on joint activities and output is

considered as a single system.

3. When more than two groups are involved , the

activities are called organizational mirroring.

Major families of OD Interventions:Survey feed back activities:

1. Activities that rely on questionnaire

surveys to generate information.

2. Groups analyze the data regarding their

performance and design action plans to

correct problems.

Major families of OD Interventions:Education and training activities:

1. Activities designed to improve individual skills,

abilities and knowledge.

2. The activities may be directed toward technical

skills required for performing tasks.

3. The activities may be directed toward

leadership issues, responsibilities and functions

of group members.

Major families of OD Interventions:Techno structural and structural activities:

1. Activities designed to improve the effectiveness of

organizational structures and job designs.

2. The activities may take form of;

--- experimenting with new organization structures

and evaluating their effectiveness

--- devising new ways to bring technical resources

to bear on problems.

Major families of OD Interventions:Process consultant activities:

1. Activities that help the client to perceive understand

and act up on process events.

2. These activities perhaps more accurately describe

an approach.

3. Primary emphasis is on process such as

communications, leader and member roles in groups

and intergroup co-operation and competition.

Major families of OD Interventions:Grid organization development activities:

1. Activities developed by Robert Blake and

Jane Mouton, constitute a six phase change

model involving the total organization.

2. Internal resources are developed to conduct

most of the programs which may take 3 to 5

years.

Major families of OD Interventions:1. SIX PHASE:

Upgrading individual managers

Skills and leadership abilities

Moves to team improvement activities

Intergroup relations activities

Planning for improvement

Developing implementation tactics

Evaluation phase