Organizational Change and Development by Pearsona

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remains a non-defensive and non-reactive environment. Only in a non-threatening atmosphere

will organizational members be willing to receive, examine and assimilate information in a con-

structive manner.

5. Planning change: In this stage the task is to generate solution alternatives to the problem that has

been identied at the previous stage and to analyse the possible consequences of each of these on

the organization. Like all OD efforts, this too is based on a collaborative approach between the

client and the consultant to decide upon the action plan. In the process, organizational members

are encouraged to ...