Practicing Organization Development: A Guide for Leading Change: A Third Edition

SUMMARY

It is the best of times and the most challenging of times for the field of OD. The authors surveyed for this chapter feel strongly about the relevancy of OD and are optimistic about the future of OD, but they are concerned about the challenges facing OD. It is time to apply OD to OD. The challenges are real, but they are no less than the challenges facing the organizations OD practitioners work with—and they are manageable. However, it will take OD champions who are willing to practice what they preach and contribute to making the field more understandable, to find avenues for promoting the value of OD, and to create opportunities for getting OD practitioners and educators together to address the challenges and develop a change plan ...