Reframing organizations

PART: 1 When talking about Organization development (OD) the first question that comes in mind is What is OD? Beckhard (Beckhard 1969) defines OD as "an effort, planned, organization wide and managed from the top, to increase organization effectiveness and health through planned interventions in the organization's processes, using behavioral-science knowledge." In essence, OD is a planned system of change. Today's Organizations operate in a rapidly changing environment. Consequently, one of the most important assets for an …

…University of Melbourne. Managing the Educational Organisation. 27 February 2003. *<Tab/>http://www.eng.fiu.edu *<Tab/>http://www.speakwell.com/speakers/bios/reframing2.pdf *<Tab/>http://ollie.dcccd.edu *<Tab/>http://www.wordspy.com Appendix: Figure 1: Bolman & Deal's four frame model. (Ref: http://www.speakwell.com/speakers/bios/reframing2.pdf) Figure 2: Geographical departmentalization (Source: http://ollie.dcccd.edu)