Organizational Development and Effectiveness

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1ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS
Executive Summary
Organizational development (OD) is identified as a field of study which seeks change and the
way it leverages organizations and individuals with those organizations. Effective organizational
development can facilitate organizations and employees to deal with change. Strategies can be
developed in order to initiate strategized change such as team-building effort to enhance
organizational operation. Organizational development is considerably a newly developed area of
interest for business as well as employees. The paper has offered an overview of change and
organizational development implemented by Morrison PLC, a UK based food retailer which
acquired rival grocer Safeway for 3 billion pounds in 2004. The paper offered comprehensive
insights of the way Morrison has employed change management model and proficient employee
training and talent development to increase employee performance with organizational efficacy.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................4
Value of Organizational Development in Business.....................................................................4
Kotter’s Change Management in Morrison PLC.........................................................................7
Impact of Training and Development in Morrisons’ Effectiveness..........................................11
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................14
References......................................................................................................................................16

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Introduction
Organizational development is identified as a complex strategy purposed to shape the
beliefs, attitudes, ideologies, culture and structure of organizations in order proficiently adapt to
advanced technologies, markets and competitive challenges. Bolman and Deal (2017)
emphasizes that organizational development not only focuses on improvement of the
organization but is identified as a particular change process designed to successfully generate a
particular kind of end result. Process of organizational development thus involves organizational
reflection, system advancement, planning as well as self-evaluation. The notion of development
in organizations has magnetized substantial investigation over the years (Cummings and Worley
2014). Bolman and Deal (2017) have viewed organizational development as a collection of
planned-change interventions established on humanistic-democratic values which aims to
enhance organizational efficacy as well as employees’ welfare. Organizational growth signifies
change and change further reflects on development. Schaltegger, Hansen and Lüdeke-Freund
(2016) view development as concerned with strategizing as well as implementation of
programmes outlined in order to improve the effectiveness with which an organization operates
and responds to change. An effective organization can be perceived significantly as one which
attains its purposes by accomplishing the needs and demands of its stakeholders, aligning its
resources to opportunities, further adapting approaches to management and leadership
techniques, training and organizational culture and change management. The following report
will evaluate ways in which Morrison Supermarket in the United Kingdom can use the complex
strategy of organizational development and enhance its effectiveness through organisational
culture and change management, management and leadership styles and integration of coaching
and mentoring.