The document outlines conditions leading to both the failure and success of organizational development (OD) efforts. Key failure conditions include discrepancies in management behavior, overdependence on external help, and poor internal communication, while success factors involve pressure for action, effective interventions, and collaborative problem identification. Successful OD also requires a willingness to face data, leadership vision, and systems that reward long-term improvements.

1. Conditions for Failure in OD Effort
OD Process

2. Prepared By
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Manu Melwin Joy
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Ilahia School of Management Studies
Kerala, India.
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3. Conditions for Failure in OD Effort
• A continued discrpancy between
top management statements of
values and styles and their
actual work behaviour.
• A big program of activities
without any solid base of change
goals.
• Overdependence on outside
help: With the incresing
complexity of organizations and
of the demands of the
environment, it is easy to let
consultants or specialists `solve
the problem.’

4. Conditions for Failure in OD Effort
• A large gap between the
change effort at the top of
the organisation and efforts
in the middle of the
organisation.
• Trying to fit a major
organisation change into an
old structure.
• Lack of process-consultation
skills among key members
of the organisation.

5. Conditions for Failure in OD Effort
• Applying an intervention or
strategy inappropriately.
• Too rapid changeover in top
posts, and new people not
interested in OD.
• Lack of courage and
willingness of top
management to call a spade
a spade, in relaton to
strategy, task, relationships,
and concrete achievements.

6. Conditions for success in OD Effort
• There is a pressure on the top
management which induces
some arousal to action.
• There is some form of
intervention at the top, either a
new member of the
organisation, or a new staff
head in organisation
development.
• There is diagnosis of the
problem areas and this induces
an analysis of specific
problems.

7. Conditions for success in OD Effort
• There is reinforcement in
the system from positive
results and this produces
acceptance of the new
practices.
• There is pressure from the
environment, internal or
external for change.
• There is collaboratory
problem indentification
between people in the
organisation.

8. Conditions for success in OD Effort
• There is a willingness to face
the data of the situation and
to work with it on changing
the situation.
• The system rewards people
for the efforts of changing
and improvement, in
addition to rewarding them
for short-term results.
• There is leadership and
inspired vision among key
people.