Organizational Development Report: Analysis and Implications

This report delves into the realm of organizational development, exploring key concepts such as organizational change, performance management, and workplace diversity within both the private and public sectors. The research analyzes the theories and practices of organizational development, emphasizing the impact of internal and external factors on organizational performance and change. It examines the importance of organizational climate, culture, and strategic planning, while also addressing challenges in performance management, particularly within the public sector. The report highlights the significance of change management approaches, including diagnosing resistance, assessing change levels, and influencing employee acceptance. Furthermore, it underscores the role of employee training and development in fostering organizational growth and improvement. The report uses the research of Ikpeze, Miner, Shockley-Zalabak, and Van Dooren & Van de Walle to support its findings.

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Objective of the research
The objective of the research is to gain an understanding of the organizational
development. The areas that are selected include organizational change, performance
management, workplace diversity and performance management in the public sector. The
report throws light on the understanding of theories as well as principles of organizational
development in the contemporary business settings along with the nature of organizational
performance. In addition to this, it also discusses about the external and internal factors that
influence the process of organizational development and change.
Data collection and analysis
According to Ikpeze (2015), the data collection and analysis plan of the research
comprises two different types that are primary and secondary data analysis techniques. The
researcher has undertaken secondary data analysis technique that is, reviewing the existing
journals, literatures and articles based on organizational development and change.
Findings and Implications
As per Miner (2015), organizational development is the field of research, practice and
theory that is dedicated to expand the effectiveness or knowledge of people in order to
accomplish more successful organizational performance and change. The key concepts of
organizational developmental theory in the contemporary business environment comprise
organizational climate, organizational culture and organizational strategies. Moreover,
Shockley-Zalabak (2014) suggested some critical points for enhancing the performances of
the employees. This can be done by initiating the processes of internal change, self
assessment and strategic planning. Enhancing the organizational performance demonstrates
how the organizations cooperate to yield better outcomes.

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However, as per Van Dooren & Van de Walle (2016), the expected improvements in
the accountability, performance, transparency, quality of the services as well as value for
money have not been materialized yet, at the public sector. There are mainly three classes of
the problems that come along performance management within the public sector. This mainly
includes involvement, systems and technical issues. The externally imposed reorganizations
as well as restructurings restrict the implementation of the performance management, in a
successful manner.
Moreover, in the words of Miner (2015), there are certain internal and external factors
that affect the organizational development and change. The internal forces mainly include
management change, organizational restructuring and intrapreneurship. On the other hand,
the external forces typically include economics, competition, technology, globalization and
legislation. Understanding the changes can help the company to a large extent and moreover,
it is important to keep a track of the organizational changes and adopt appropriate change
management approaches, at the right time. In addition to this, the organizations employ
certain strategies in order to affect change and development which involves diagnosing the
resistance, assessing the level of changes and influencing the employees for accepting
change. The design or structure also describes how the environment, organizational strategy
and technology affect change. Lastly, educating and training the employees lead to
betterment of the organization and its development.

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References
Ikpeze, C. H. (2015). Data Collection and Analysis. In Teaching across Cultures (pp. 29-37).
SensePublishers, Rotterdam.
Miner, J. B. (2015). Organizational behavior 1: Essential theories of motivation and
leadership. Routledge.
Shockley-Zalabak, P. (2014). Fundamentals of organizational communication. Pearson.
Van Dooren, W., & Van de Walle, S. (Eds.). (2016). Performance information in the public
sector: How it is used. Springer.