PRESENTED BY,

HIMABINDU & JESSY

INTRODUCTION:
OD interventions are sets of structured

activities.
Selected organizational units engage in a task

or sequence of tasks.
Interventions constitute the action thrust of

organization development.

OD Interventions:
OD interventions has four sets of attributes to the

organization setting;
1. A set of values
2. A set of assumptions
3. A set of goals
4. A set of structured activities.

Classification of OD Interventions:
Interventions are just one component of the OD

formula.
OD Interventions are classified on the basis of;
1. The objectives of interventions
2. The targets of the interventions.

Major families of OD Interventions:

Diagnostic activities:
1. Fact finding activities designed to ascertain the state

of the system.
2. Data collection methods are interviews,

questionarie
surveys meetings and examining organizational
records.

Major families of OD Interventions:

Team-building activities:
1. Activities designed to enhance the effective operation of

system teams.
2. Different kinds of teams are formal work teams,

temporary task force teams newly constituted teams

and cross functional teams.

Major families of OD Interventions:

Inter group teams:
1.

Activities designed to improve the effectiveness of

independent groups.

2.

They focus on joint activities and output is considered as

a single system.

3.

When more than two groups are involved , the activities

are called organizational mirroring.

Major families of OD Interventions:

Survey feed back activities:
1. Activities that rely on questionnaire surveys to

generate information.
2. Groups analyze the data regarding their

performance and design action plans to correct

problems.

Major families of OD Interventions:

Education and training activities:
1.

Activities designed to improve individual skills, abilities

and knowledge.

2.

The activities may be directed toward technical skills

required for performing tasks.

3.

The activities may be directed toward leadership issues,

responsibilities and functions of group members.

Major families of OD Interventions:

Techno structural and structural activities:
1.

Activities designed to improve the effectiveness of

organizational structures and job designs.

2.

The activities may take form of;

--- experimenting with new organization structures and
evaluating their effectiveness
--- devising new ways to bring technical resources to bear
on problems.

Major families of OD Interventions:

Process consultant activities:
1.

Activities that help the client to perceive understand and act

up on process events.

2.

These activities perhaps more accurately describe an

approach.

3.

Primary emphasis is on process such as communications,

leader and member roles in groups and intergroup cooperation and competition.

Major families of OD Interventions:

Grid organization development activities:
1. Activities developed by Robert Blake and Jane Mouton,

constitute a six phase change model involving the total

organization.
2. Internal resources are developed to conduct most of the

programs which may take 3 to 5 years.

Major families of OD Interventions:

1.

SIX PHASE:

Upgrading individual managers

Skills and leadership abilities

Moves to team improvement activities

Intergroup relations activities

Planning for improvement

Developing implementation tactics

Evaluation phase