organizational development

In practice, organizational development has a lot to do with managing change. So a number of links here are about change.

What is organizational development?
Short introduction with references to approaches, tools and cases.

Organizational development game
Experience OD with this game.

Basic context for organizational change
A nice overview article.

How to deal with resistance?
Different reasons for resistance to change and ways to overcome them.

Elephants and fleas: Is your organization prepared for change?
Excellent article on the readiness for change by Charles Handy

The four emotional stages of change
Practical article about the four well-known stages of change and how to deal with them.

Making change happen one person at a time
A practical guide how to deal with the human factor during change processes.

Teaching the caterpillar to fly
Original ideas about change, including a training toolkit.

The biggest mistakes in managing change
Nice articles with lessons learned.

Different large-scale changes approaches
A description of different large-scale changes approaches.

Change management checklist
A short checklist.

Change management guide book
An elaborate guideline on planning and executing change management.

Powerpoint: Managing change
A nice presentation.

Further links

Organization Development Network