Organization Development and Change

Paper Code: 
MHR 423
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objective :

This paper has been designed to acquaint students with the organizational change facilitators using the various techniques of behavioral sciences.

Course Outcomes (CO):

Course

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

PAPER CODE

Paper Title

MHR 423

Organization Development & Change

CO 162Analyze and evaluate the process of Organizational Development.

CO 163Develop an insight into how to lead, adopt and manage change.

CO 164 Develop skills to collaboratively manage the culture of an organization

CO 165 Develop the skills to design interventions as needed.

CO 166Analyse and evaluate various aspects of Change Management and Key roles involved in managing change in organizations.

CO 167Examine the technicalities of counselling and develop skills for counselling as intervention.

 

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Group Discussion, Tutorials, Case Study

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, presentations

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation
 
12.00
Unit I: 
Unit 1

Organization Development: Concept, Historical background of OD, Process of OD.

Values, assumptions and beliefs in Organization Development.

Action Research and Organisation Development

12.00
Unit II: 
Unit 2

Organization Development interventions-introduction, team intervention, inter group and third party peacemaking interventions

12.00
Unit III: 
Unit 3

Organization Development interventions- comprehensive interventions, Structural interventions. Laboratory training stem, survey research and feedback stem, Action Research stem.

12.00
Unit IV: 
Unit 4

Change Management- meaning, triggers for change, types, focus on individual, role, teams, organization.

Key roles in managing change: consultant, internal resource persons, implementation team, chief implementer. Role of change agents.

12.00
Unit V: 
Unit 5

Skills for managing change. Managing resistance to change. Role of leadership in managing change.

Managing transitions: introduction, rules, stages, process, role of a leader in managing transition. 

Essential Readings: 
  • French & Bell., “Organizational Development”, Prentice Hall Of India, New Delhi.
  • Harvey, D.F. &Brown, D.R., An Experimental approach to organizational Development, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
  • R.K. Gupta &Udai Pareek: Training for OD Facilitation, Prentice hall of India, New Delhi  
  • J.S. Sehgal, Organisation Development, Rupa Book Company
  • Ignou module: Managing Change in Organizations.
  • Udai Pareek., “HRD & Organizational Development”, Tata Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi.
  • S.Ramanarayan, T.V. Rao and Kuldeep Singh:Organisational Development

 

Academic Year: 
2021-2022
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