Organisation Development

Organisation development is the planned and systematic enabling of sustained performance in an organisation through the involvement of its people. You’ll find here information on organisation design, organisation effectiveness and transformation, reorganisation, restructuring, organisation tools, techniques and diagnostics.

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18 resources currently available for Organisation development: Factsheets, Podcasts, Survey reports, Guides, Research, Practical tools, Event summaries

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Managing careers for organisational capability

This report looks at supporting employees to make career choices that will equip both individual and organisations with the capability needed for the future.

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Factsheets (3)

Organisation development
December 2011
Introductory guidance covering definitions and a brief history of organisation development. Discusses the link between OD and human resource management. Includes the CIPD viewpoint.
SWOT analysis
August 2011
Introductory guidance covering SWOT analysis (a diagnostic tool for assessing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats), its development, the process and possible applications.
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Survey reports (1)

Innovation in the workplace: how are organisations responding to Generation Y employees and Web 2.0 technologies?
April 2011
Looks at how changes in technology, employee expectations and the working environment are placing new challenges on organisations

Guides (1)

Smart working: How smart is UK PLC? Findings from organisational practice
March 2011
Report on second phase of a CIPD study on smart working. Shows that smart working represents a new organisational paradigm.

Research (6)

Developing organisation culture: six case studies
February 2012
Provides detailed case studies of six organisations who are undertaking cultural change and gives a checklist of issues to consider for effective culture transformation.
Managing careers for organisational capability
February 2012
This Research Insight looks at how career management can be used as a tool to manage change, drive capability and organisational flexibility, and contribute to performance through enhanced engagement and productivity.
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Practical tools (2)

Achieving alignment, shared purpose and agility
January 2012
The second in a series of four tools building on the Shaping the Future research. It focuses on developing agility and aligning values, behaviours and purpose to achieve sustained organisation performance.
Building capability and talent to meet short- and long-term priorities
January 2012
This practical tool is the third in a series of four which build specifically on the Shaping the Future insights. The tool focuses on insights related to building capability and talent.