Discipline: Psychology, Business Management
With the current adversities in business, where stakeholders are in search for strategies to contain business havoc, there is one sure-fire way that gathers the resources of an organization and transform them into the much sought after competitive advantage. This advantage can be brought about by Organization Development (OD). It is a system-wide application of behavioral science knowledge to the planned development, improvement, and reinforcement of the strategies, structures and processes that lead to organization effectiveness (Cummings & Worley, 2005). In the words of Warrick (2005), organizational development equips organizations the advantage of being the best-led, best-prepared, best-run with the best skills in adapting and managing change.