Organizational+development

 = Organizational development is a necessary process that all organizations must undergo. There are many factors that make organizational development important for organizations to  evolve  and be successful. = =  Organizational development is a complex process that is described as a "set of behavioral science-based theories, values, strategies, and technologies aimed at planned change of the organizational work setting for the purpose of enhancing individual development and improving organizational performance, through the change of organizational members. The process of organizational development will cause changes in the daily workplace routine, and these changes will cause success and productivity in the workplace. Organizational developments help an organization to improve and evolve into a more successful organization. = = = = There are several theories associated with organizational development. Lewin's three step theory on organizational development is simple but very valuable; it suggests that organizational change has three steps known as unfreezing, transformation, and refreezing. = = During the first step an organization realizes there is a need for change. During transformation the changes in organizational development occur, and in the final step the implemented changes are refreeze into the organizational routine. = = Another of Lewin's theories is the action-research model. it suggests that organizational development can come through the use of problem identification, hypothesis development and testing, and data analysis. This theory is cyclical, and can be repeated several times during organizational change. =