Theorists agree that having a strong stable culture is a component to organizational effectiveness and lasting performance. It stabilizes the organization by providing a sense of purpose and predictability for those who participate in the organization. Stabilization can, however, become… Read More ›
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5 Strategies for Resolving Conflict
Understanding what causes most conflicts, and knowing definite strategies to resolve them, makes conflicts manageable. Decide on Your Ultimate Goal What do you really want to do? Isolate the conflict from side issues like what others want… Read More ›
How to Develop Ethical Standards for Your Organization
Organizational leaders can no longer choose whether or not to have an ethical culture, with measurable and enforceable standards. The Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations (FSGO) both dictate that leaders of organizations will be… Read More ›
The Role of Leaders in Creating & Establishing an Ethical Culture
Why have an ethical culture? Because experts agree that the degree of ethics in the culture of an organization has a direct impact on the financial success of the organization. This makes having an ethical culture an important issue. This… Read More ›
Organizational Culture: The Hidden Key to Success
Organizations are a pervasive part of the every-day lives of most people. We enter the world through an organization called a hospital. We live in virtual organizations called communities that have laws and rules that we generally obey without question. … Read More ›
Group Development Interventions
Intergroup development interventions OD change is not only about altering what organizations are culturally, but it specifically focuses on how organizations do whatever it is they do. The focus that in times past was on the skills of the individual… Read More ›
Changing Organizational Culture to Improve Performance
Corporate Culture and organizational performance A second key component to the OD process is changing some aspect of the corporate culture of the target organization. Shared beliefs, values, assumptions, and norms all play a major role in what organizational stakeholders… Read More ›
Managing Change In Your Organization
Change – the ultimate OD objective Change is the primary method by which the OD process achieves the ultimate goal, the transformation of an organization from a static hierarchical ineffective structure, to a flexible, viable, and adaptable organization that is… Read More ›
What is Organization Development (OD)?
Previously, the primary focus of organization development (OD) was defined differently, depending upon what professional was being asked. W. Warner Burke, a professor of psychology and education at Columbia University viewed OD as planned change in the culture of an… Read More ›
Empowering Employees
The greatest benefit of empowering and enabling employees is the increased productivity that empowered and enabled employees bring to an organization. The more employees are empowered and enabled, the greater is the cumulative and collective value… Read More ›
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