1. Breaking Down the Process of
Organizational Development
By Neela Seenandan

2. Introduction
• As a business grows in size and productivity, the
climate, culture, employees, and strategies must
grow with it in order for the company to remain
successful. Professional development specialists like
Neela Seenandan, managing partner of the executive
search firm Hanold Associates, know the important
role that organizational development can play in
promoting successful business practices.
Organizational development can be broken down
into three primary components. The first,
organizational culture, is concerned with the values
of employees and the company as a whole.

3. Organizational Development
• It is important to determine if a company culture is more nurturing,
industrious, or competitive, and what effect that culture has on
employee values and interactions. If there is a disconnect between
employees, especially between managers and the managed,
organizational development can assist companies in finding
strategies to make the relationship productive.
The second component is organizational climate, which focuses on
the general mood that stems from the attitudes and beliefs of
company employees. When a company has a negative organizational
climate, it has a tendency to impact employees’ willingness to
perform, and curbs productivity. Organizational development helps
business leaders identify where organizational climate issues
originate, and in what way they need to be changed.

4. Conclusion
• Organizational strategy is the third and most critical
component of organizational development, because
it is the step in the process that incites change. The
first step is to identify problem areas. Once the
problem areas are identified, a plan for positive
change is designed and implemented, and progress
is monitored to assess the impact. This step
produces the direct results of the entire process.
Human resources professionals like Neela
Seenandan and firms that specialize in
organizational development can be an asset to
companies looking to improve business operations.