Grid organizational development - comprehensive OD interventions - Organizational Change and Development - Manu Melwin Joy

Designed by Robert R. Blake and Jane S. Mouton.
Six phase program lasting about 3-5 years.
An organization can move systematically from the stage of examining managerial behavior and style to the development and implementation of an ideal strategic corporate model.

1. Grid Organizational Development Comprehensive OD interventions

2. Prepared By Kindly restrict the use of slides for personal purpose. Please seek permission to reproduce the same in public forms and presentations. Manu Melwin Joy Assistant Professor Ilahia School of Management Studies Kerala, India. Phone – 9744551114 Mail – [email protected]

3. Grid Organizational Development Designed by Robert R. Blake and Jane S. Mouton. Six phase program lasting about 3-5 years. An organization can move systematically from the stage of examining managerial behavior and style to the development and implementation of an ideal strategic corporate model. It enable individuals and groups to assess their own strengths and weaknesses. Based on two dimension- a) Concern for people b) Concern for production

4. Phases in Grid OD Phase 1: The Managerial Grid- Grid seminar is conducted by the company manager. Attention is given to assessing an individual’s managerial styles; problem solving; and communication skills etc. Phase 2: Teamwork Development- The goal is perfecting teamwork in the organization through analysis of team culture, traditions etc.. Feedback given to each manager about their individual team behavior . Phase 3: Intergroup Development- The goal is to move groups from their ineffective ways towards an ideal model. The phase includes building operational plans for moving the two groups.

5. Phases in Grid OD Phase 4: developing an ideal strategic corporate model- the focus shifts to corporate planning. Top management design an ideal strategic corporate model that would define what the corporation would be like. Phase 5: Implementing the Ideal Strategic Model- the organization implement the model developed in phase 4. E ach component appoints a planning team whose job is to examine every phase of the component’s operation . After the planning and assessment steps are completed, conversion of the organization to the ideal condition is implemented. Phase 6: Systematic Critique- Systematic critiquing, measuring, and evaluating lead to knowledge of what progress has been made, what barriers still exist and must be overcome.