Organization & Management - Organization Development Certificate

What is Organization Development? - Organization Development Certificate Program - Organization & Management - Antioch University New England

What is Organization Development?

O & M Students in the classroom Today’s workplace presents a world of challenges. The global economy creates new markets, unprecedented opportunities, and endless sources of competition. Revolutionary technologies promise superior products and service that require organizations to make choices that work for both customers and employees. Organizations’ growing list of challenges includes:

Producing results that enable the organization to grow or survive in an environment where customers are changing, needs are changing, and competition may be increasing.
Attracting and retaining qualified and committed employees.
Meeting regulatory, environmental, and often political requirements.

This complex environment requires organizational leadership that is focused on accomplishing its core mission, satisfying customer needs, and improving productivity and quality of work life for its employees. The ability to lead change in this dynamic world is vital to organizational effectiveness and survival.

Organization Development (OD) is about developing the organizational and human capacity to produce more effective business results. This may include increased revenue, profitability, efficiency, higher quality, or attracting and retaining qualified employees.

OD is the planned effort to bring about change for a work group or organization. Successful OD efforts involve those affected and impacted by the change, focus on both task and process, are long-term in nature, and have the impact of creating both new outcomes and the capacity to within the work group or organization to continually develop and learn.

Organization Development (OD) offers the skills, tools, and values that help organizations and their leaders to thrive in this turbulent environment. The Antioch University New England’s OD Certificate provides you with the training and development to become an effective OD professional.

Last Updated: 4/21/08