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ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (OD) Definition & Legal Meaning

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Systematic changes to the behavior and attitudes of an organization?s employees, through long-term training. An action-oriented process, OD begins with an analysis of current trends and the desired organizational culture. Techniques, such as behavior modeling, sensitivity training and transactional analysis, are employed to adjust employee behavior.

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