Comments on: OD: The Field of Organization Development Defined http://plusdelta.net/2009/10/oddefined/ Plus Delta Consulting Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:03:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jonathan Troper http://plusdelta.net/2009/10/oddefined/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Jonathan Troper Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:53:16 +0000 http://plusdelta.net/?p=990#comment-5 Nice find. It's interesting how times have changed. Some old-time OD folks decry how change management has turned OD from a values-driven profession that cared most about the fulfillment of the workers and then about profits to a scientific, top-down force to conform workers to the needs of technology-driven processes. Of course, we know that most of our consulting is top-down, whether it comes from the top of an organization or the top of a department. But isn't it refreshing when we learn about little revolutions from the middle, such as the infusion of a results-oriented workp environment led by two HR professionals at Best Buy! (See the cover article in Businessweek on December 11, 2006 for a nice telling of that story.) Nice find. It’s interesting how times have changed. Some old-time OD folks decry how change management has turned OD from a values-driven profession that cared most about the fulfillment of the workers and then about profits to a scientific, top-down force to conform workers to the needs of technology-driven processes.

Of course, we know that most of our consulting is top-down, whether it comes from the top of an organization or the top of a department. But isn’t it refreshing when we learn about little revolutions from the middle, such as the infusion of a results-oriented workp environment led by two HR professionals at Best Buy! (See the cover article in Businessweek on December 11, 2006 for a nice telling of that story.)

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