Organization Development: A Practitioner's Guide for OD and HR

the studying of these forces – what gives rise to them, what conditions modify them, what consequences they have, etc,

continuous change in the external environment and the need to adapt the internal organization systems to meet these challenges.

Second, find someone within the organization to mentor you and to take you through the complex political terrain in which these various stakeholders sit.

Social Constructionism – Appreciative Inquiry

to adapt our approaches in a changing work context without compromising our core values.

Three-step Model – unfreezing, movement, refreezing

how to think and act more as a whole.

The core of the diagnostic phase is still about getting robust and valid data to help the organization and you to make sound intervention decisions. However, on top of that, we need to pay special attention to human dynamics within a power differential domain.

Mapping the key political players in the organization will help to make up the first list of people whom you need to contact.