Organizational Development Project on Coles: Analysis and Findings

This project analyzes the organizational development of Coles, focusing on key areas such as organizational change, performance management, and workplace diversity. It explores the application of planned change within Coles, examining how changes are implemented to enhance performance and adapt to market competition. The project highlights the importance of workplace diversity within the company, discussing factors such as age, gender, race, and culture. It also examines the principles and theories of organizational development, emphasizing values like inclusion, respect, and collaboration. The analysis includes both internal factors, such as managerial changes and workforce diversity, and external factors, such as competition and technology. The project aims to demonstrate an understanding of organizational development principles in a contemporary business setting, as well as the nature and application of planned change, offering insights into how Coles can improve its organizational structure and achieve its goals. The project references relevant literature to support the analysis.

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ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Organizational Development
The changes occur in the organization due
to the higher competition in the market.
The changes occurs in the working method
of the company.
To deal with the new market the changes
are occurred so that the situations can be
dealt.
It also occurs when any transition changes
occur in the company.
Organization change in Coles
The targets are achieved in the
company Coles by setting the
targets in the company.
The proper planning and controlling
cycle is followed in the company
Coles for the better performance.
The tools and mechanism are used
to improve the performance of the
company and they are continuously
measured at the regular basis in the
public sector.
Principles and theory of
organisational development
•In the company Coles there are many
workforce diversity such as age,
gender, race, language, culture,
religion, etc.
•It is important in the company Coles
for building the good reputation.
•It increases the profit and the
opportunity for the employees.
Workplace Diversity
• It is the study of the changes in
the organization.
• It is the study of the performance
of the Coles company.
• It is the study of the
organizational structure and the
behavior of the people in the
companies.
References
Performance management in the
public sector
• Principles of Organizational
development of the company
Coles are based on the values.
• The goals and the strategies of
the company is focused on the
values.
• The values of the company
includes the certain factors such
as inclusion, respect,
empowerment, collaboration, etc.
• By expanding the knowledge of
the individuals in the company
Coles the performance can be
enhanced.
•Cummings, T.G. and Worley, C.G.,
2014. Organization development and change.
Cengage learning.
•Hoobler, J.M., Lemmon, G. and Wayne, S.J.,
2014. Women’s managerial aspirations: An
organizational development
perspective. Journal of Management, 40(3),
pp.703-730.
•Geisler, E. and Wickramasinghe, N.,
2015. Principles of Knowledge Management:
Theory, Practice, and Cases: Theory, Practice,
and Cases. Routledge.
Coles

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ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Coles
The application of planned
change for enhancing the
performance
• Changes are required in the
company for enhancing the
performance.
• For the structural adjustments
planned change is needed in Coles
which helps in adopting the
changes.
• The success of the company can be
achieved when there is the planned
change as it helps in directing the
new goals and objectives.
Role of organizational
Development
Internal factors of organization
development change
• It can be due to the change
in the managerial
personnel because of the
promotion, retirement,
transfer, etc.
• The workforce diversity of
Coles is changing rapidly.
• The existing structure of
the company have some
deficiencies.Design of organizational
development and change
• The structure of the company is
aligned according to the objectives of
the Coles.
• The organizational structure of the
company Coles is designed to
improve the effectiveness and
efficiency by doing the proper
planning, managing and monitoring
of the changes.
External factors of organization
development change
• The organizational
development change in the
company occurs due to many
factors such as due to the
competitors, change in the
technology, social and the
political conditions, etc.
• The ability of the business get
impacted due to the external
changes so to analyze the
social, technological, political
and economic environment is
very essential.
References
• Tushman, M.L. and Nadler, D.A., 2018.
Information processing as an integrating
concept in organizational
design. Academy of management
review, 3(3), pp.613-624.
• Thomas, R., Sargent, L.D. and Hardy, C.,
2011. Managing organizational change:
Negotiating meaning and power-
resistance relations. Organization
Science, 22(1), pp.22-41.
• Benn, S., Edwards, M. and Williams, T.,
2014. Organizational change for corporate
sustainability. Routledge.
• Jones, B.B. and Brazzel, M., 2014. The NTL
handbook of organization development
and change. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.
It helps in bringing the more value
to the company.
It helps in making the relevancy
changes in the working
environment so the performance
can be increased.