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large part the organizational old paradigm is dying. The new paradigm proclaims that the most innovative and successful organizations will be those that derive their strength and vitality from adaptable ,committed team players at all levels and from all specialties. Indian organizations also started changing and upgrading themselves. OD will help organizations in sustaining in the new paradigm.

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and governmental environment Expanding OD practices which created a blending of attention to people oriented process. Organizations are recognizing a need for assistance in getting right people together and making things better.

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future is depended upon a number of interrelated conditions.

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OD to flourish, top management must place high value on strong individual, team and organizational performance.

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future will hold a need for availability of T-group training as a training intervention particularly for both aspiring OD practitioners and managers The attainment of a doctorate with an OD concentration offered by the American University and NTL Institute for Applied behavioral science , are examples that suggest in-depth training.

Highly interdisciplinary in nature. Has been built from theory, research, and practice from various areas such as: Social psychology Adult education Community development General systems theory Family group therapy Anthropology

 Philosophy

Counseling
Psychiatry General

management Social work Human resource management Large conference management..etc

OD processes are being widely perceived as having considerable value. But there are problems as well: 1. Techniques may be used without sufficient understanding of the theoretical , historical foundation which may lead to misapplication and in turn, unnecessary doubt and resistance on the part of clients.

2. Gradual diffusion of the OD field across other specialties with the resultant loss of some of its integration of values, theory, research and practice.

 Solution

: Availability and support for quality training and research in OD Careful selection of consultants Widespread understanding of OD processes

The main interventions are : TQM QWL Re-engineering programs

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author believe that the search for community will be increasingly high on agendas of organizations and OD efforts in the future. we mean by Community?

What

Super ordinate goals of most of the organizations : Production of high-quality goods and services Making profits Staying viable and competitive Clearly served by : Being productive Efficient Adaptable

Different people have different perspectives (narrow or wide) for meeting the goals

But they know cooperation is better than fighting.

People Universally Believe that how work is accomplished and how people relate to each other are highly important matters. Organizations worldwide pay attention to this as evidenced by large amount of experimentations and research relative to these dimensions.

 Therefore

Top executives look for harmonious workplace.

And

that creates a SENSE OF COMMUNITY

What words would describe a sense of community? From interacting with OD and group dynamics professionals From membership in various organizations From family interactions From reading and Conceptualizing People tend to experience some or lot of each item on the following list when sense of community is present.

 They feel included, and they work hard at making others feel included They like what they are doing and they like each other. They participate in setting goals, solving problems, and in organizational direction

They value individuality, creativity and differences of opinion

They see themselves in others and others in

themselves, they are empathic listeners and observers; they are attentive to each others emotional needs.

 Enormous Future Much

opportunity and potential exist for the OD movement in the future. of OD is bright, as long as the highquality, hard work of the past continues. challenging, difficult work remains to be done along with great fun and many rewards in working with people in making their organizations more successful and satisfying.