Ashford University History of Organizational Development Discussion

1- Describe the origination of OD and the purpose of its creation.

2- Explain how OD has changed during the past 80 years and the reasons for the change.

3- Analyze OD values and ethics, and their importance to OD credibility.

Guided Response: Your initial post must be specific and significant. The initial post must be between 250 and 300 words. You must support your post with at least two applicable resources in addition to the course text to defend your positions and findings. 

Required textbook: Bierema, L. (2020). Organizational development: An action research approach (2nd ed.). Zovio.

• Chapter 1: Organization Development: An Introduction to the Fields, Its History, and Its Practices
• Chapter 2: Organization Change
  • Section 2.3: Identifying Levels of Change module