Question

In an effort to simplify what organisational development is, some have suggested that organisational development and change management are the same, I disagree.

Evaluate five logical arguments to set apart organisational development from change management

Answer 1

Organisational development is about how an organisation achieves its purpose through its design, function, structure and processes. sometimes it's also refferred to as Organizational Effectiveness.

Following are the five logical arguments to set apart organisational development from change management,

• it is unfortunate that Organisational Development had become narrowly positioned as part of the Human Resource especially Learning and Development- when individual development is far different from organizational development. As Organisational Development practitioner you help develop an organization to optimise its function in delivering its strategies, goals and objectives.
• Change Management is about an organization achieving a desired future state from its current state with minimal disruption or negative impact to the organisation
• The prime difference in Organisational Development and Change Management is that Organisational Development is considered as a broader, operational function.
• Organisatioban Development is usually concerened with ongoing initiatives, where Change Management is typically more focused on projects.
• Change Management has roots in engineering and IT, and historically focused more on how changing a one aspect of a technical system affects the whole.