What OD strategies would you recommend to facilitate the major transformation that's needed?
Further to your question on the strategies I would recommend to actively facilitate much needed transformation. I would say that prior to any recommendation of Organisation Development intervention or strategies being implemented that committed approach by key stakeholders must be sought through elements of Transformation planning, which can be defined as the process of developing a strategic plan for modification of an Organisation’s business processes through the modification of policies, procedures, and processes to move the organization from its current state to a desired state of functionality.
Currently a situation exists where despite functional coordinated operations unit much independent action takes place due to individual manager’s disregard and non acknowledgement of existing channels of interoperability based on their individual and viewpoints, that ideology exists that as long as their department meets their monthly targets that the situation is acceptable. This approach causes dislocation and much reprociticy of effort across the business. In terms of Organisational Transformation as highlighted in my earlier post. I do believe we are being driven to change our strategic direction due current market dynamics and shifts. The following excerpt perhaps provides an interesting snapshot of some of the realities currently existing within the business. “Innovation — in markets, products, services and operating models — is back on the agenda … IT leaders should watch for signals of breakout innovative change within their organization and their industries and consider how technology can be most supportive to the pace of that growth endeavor.” © 2006, Gartner Symposium, "CEO Concerns and How They Must Drive IT Agendas," Mark Raskino, November 5-9, 2006.