Contribute to Organisational Development

Running head: CONTRIBUTE TO ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Contribute To Organisational Development
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1. Lewin’s theories of organisational behaviour and dynamics relevant to planning
and implementing organisational development.
Answer- Lewin’s theories of organisational behaviour and dynamics is based on a three
step process and they are Unfreeze, Change and Freeze or Refreeze. This model provides
a very high level approach to change in organisational development. Unfreeze refers to
the process of ensuring that the employees are all ready for the change. In the process of
Change, the company or the managers execute or implement the intended change. Lastly,
in Refreeze, the organisation ensure that the change is permanent. This theory helps the
leaders do make radical change and decrease the disruption of the operation structure
(Cummings, Bridgman and Brown 2016). It also ensure that the change has been adopted
permanently in the organisation.
2. Impact of legislation on organisational development and change?
Answer- There are certain laws that are necessary to be followed at the time of
organisational change and development. These laws contribute in the betterment of the
organisation, employees and the society. Breaking these laws lead to legal matter and
penalty and could also result in ruining the reputation or value of the firm in front of the
community.
3. Who are the relevant groups and individuals you would consult to understand
the organisation’s culture and readiness of organisation development?
Answer- A Management committee who would be appointed by the Chief Executive or
the Board. The individuals who would be involved in this are- the management team and
the staffs who would be implementing the very plan, the management committee who
would monitor the implementation process, the users or the customers who would be
affected.

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4. Various change management techniques that must be used by a company for
developing an organisation
Answer- The various change management techniques that must be used by a company for
developing an organisation are as follows:
 Flowcharting
 Data and metrics collection
 Force field analysis
 Mapping of the culture
 Project plan
 Choosing right leaders (Mohapatra, Agarwal and Satpathy 2016)
 Establishing a strong and efficient change team
 Making the employees involved in the change and development process.
5. The advantages of brainstorming alternatives? How would you negotiate and
agree on outcomes?
Answer- Brainstorming assists in overcoming the barriers to the new processes and the
total number of ideas that could be generated for finding out better solutions (Chiaroni et
al. 2017). Using this with the team members bring the expertise and diversity of each of
the team members into play. I would negotiate and agree on the outcomes by using my
style of collaborating and competing.
6. Ways in which one can undertake surveys to identify success of the organisation
development program and activities
Answer- One can take a 360 degree survey to find out how the people in the organisation
are performing and behaving. It must include an action plan that would address all the