• Organisational Development – Meaning, Features, Evolution, Components, Objectives, Principles, Process, Importance
• Relevance of Organisational Development for Managers, OD- HRD Interface, Participation of Top Management in OD
• OD Practitioner – Meaning, Role of OD Practitioner, Competencies of an OD Practitioner
• Emerging Trends in OD
• OD in Global Setting

• Organisational Diagnosis – Meaning, Need, Phases, Levels of Organisational Diagnosis, Techniques of Organisational Diagnosis, Tools used in Organisational Diagnosis
• Organizational Renewal, Re-energising, OD and Business Process ReEngineering (BPR), OD and Leadership Development
• Organisational Change- Meaning, Organisational Life Cycle, Planned Change, Organizational Growth and its Implication for Change
• Change Agents- Meaning, Features, Types, Role, Skills required

• OD Interventions- Meaning, Features, Factors Affecting Success of Interventions, Steps in OD Interventions
• Types of Interventions- Human Resource Intervention, Structural Intervention, Strategic Interventions, Third Party Peace Making Intervention
• Techniques of OD Intervention :

# Traditional: Sensitive Training, Grid Training, Survey Feedback.
# Modern : Process Consultation, Third Party, Team Building, Transactional Analysis

• Evaluation of OD Interventions : Process, Types, Methods, Importance

• Issues Faced in OD- Issues Related to Client Relationship, Power-Individual skills and Attributes as a Source of Power, Power and Influence Tactics, Politics and OD
• Values in OD – Meaning, Professional Values, Value Conflict and Dilemma
• Ethics in OD – Meaning, Factors Influencing Ethical Judgement, Ethical Guidelines for OD Professionals
• Organisational Effectiveness- Meaning , Effectiveness v/s Efficiency, Approaches of Organisational Effectiveness : Goal Approach, System Resource Approach, Strategic Constituency Approach, Internal Process Approach; Parameters for Judging Organisational Effectiveness, Ways to Enhance Organisational Effectiveness