REVISION: Organization Development

Introduction

This presents an overview of an article by Padraig Healy on training in Zimbabwean public sector organizations . It outlines the methods of organization development as detailed by Healy and offers a critique of the article produced as a report on the implementation of his own training program as an alternative to previously implemented ones . The then goes on to assess the company Petroleum Development Oman , offering insights into the company 's leadership structure organizational culture , communication practices , and organizational structure . It also offers some analysis of these practices in light

of organization development theory

Article Idea Summarized

In the article by Padraig Healy , Training and Public Sector Reform An Integrated Approach ' the author defines organization development as a strategic method of defining and aligning companies underlying goals in an effort to increase its effectiveness within the sphere of its operation . Healy reminds his readers that one of the main goals of such development is to facilitate the organization 's ability to compete with rival companies , and such competition takes place at the levels of performance and output . He emphasizes that it is through carefully planned developmental strategies as well as through their proper execution that these goals can be met . He shows , also , that the ability to set and achieve these goals is of immense importance to managers in today 's work environments

Healy demonstrates his understanding of the need for training in building company capacity . Yet the article then gets more specific in addressing the limitations of training as a stand-alone method of organizational development . As a method of strengthening the capacity of an organization to handle all the aspects of its responsibilities , Healy offers an alternative that mixes capacity building with a top-down cultivation of trust between /among managers and employees (Lesmeister 1992 . It therefore goes without saying that the role of the manager is indispensable to the proper development of any organization , whose efforts are to be coupled with an thorough understanding of the organization 's culture in to attain the general and specific developmental goals set forth for the company

Discussion of themes and arguments

Healy begins his article with a discussion of organizational development . He stresses the fact that managers cannot afford to consider organization development as something that takes place spontaneously . Rather , he shows how it is generated through the orchestrated efforts of the stakeholders involved in a particular company . Planning is particularly necessary as such development involves a long range approach and a long-term commitment to the general course of action decided upon (CODL , 2004 Leadership and Organization Development , 2004 . Such plans also involve detailed analysis of the organization 's cultural climate as well as its performance as it regards trends as well as alongside its competitors . This particular point made by Healy hits on an important aspect of management , as without a detailed understanding of the positive and negative aspects of the current organization 's performance , it becomes impossible for management to formulate and execute an effective plan...