ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT [FT 405H] MBA (HR)- IV Sem. Syllabus for DAVV Indore Affiliated Institutions

DEVI AHILYA VISHWAVIDYALAYA, INDORE

MBA (Full-Time) FHuman Resource Management 
 fourh-4th-IV Semester Curriculum/ Syllabus

ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Syllabus

Human Resource Management  - ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT [FT 405H] Course Contents

1.  Introduction:  Definition,  History,  Assumptions,  Values  and  Beliefs  in  O.D,  Organization

Development & Transformation  

2.  Theory and Management of OD: Foundations of OD, OD Process, Action Research and OD.  

3.  OD  interventions:  Overview,  Types,  Team  interventions,  inter-  Group  interventions, Comprehensive  and  Structural  interventions.  Choosing  the  Depth  of  Organizational  Intervention. 

4.  Issues and Considerations in OD: Consultant-Client Relationships, System Ramifications,  and Power- Politics. 

5.  Emerging Trends in OD with special emphasis on future organizations.

6.  Organisation Design, Processes and Culture. Life Cycle & Phases of growth Organisational Effectiveness & Excellence, Organisation Culture, Values & Ethics 

7.  Organisation Development Planned change strategy  Managing Change in Times of Turbulence.

Text Books

• Srivastava Organization Design and Development: Concepts and Applications,Wiley
• Kavita Singh Organisation Change and Development, Excel Books
• Wendell L. French and Cecil N. Bell Jr., Organization Development  Prentice Hall

Course Objectives

The objectives of this course are to acquaint the students with the importance of  OrganizationDevelopment, and to offer insights into design, development and delivery of OD programmes. 

Examination Scheme:

Students shall be evaluated on two components , internal and end semester examination. Internal component shall be of 20 marks based on continuous evaluation .The Semester Examination will be worth 80 marks, it will have two Section, A and B. Section A, worth 60 marks will comprise of seven theory questions out of which a student will be required to attempt any four questions. Section B worth 20 marks will contain Cases.