Bus 370 Week 3 Assignment

Bus 370: Organizational Development

Week 3

Introduction

Organization Development (OD) increases the use of human resources in order to improve administrative efficiency. Its goals focus on making an organization more effective and to provide individuals the best opportunity to meet or exceed their potential. Brown (2011, p.4) states "employee involvement and commitment are the true keys to successful changes in continued operations of any company". With change comes employee resistance, if this is mishandled it can prevent a change from successfully taking place. Implementing OD specialists and principles will make sure continued operation of any business. This paper will analyze the challenges facing a retail dry goods store using OD principle and how OD...