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Lesson 2: Organizational Development and the Impact on Communication

The Basics of Organizational Development

Regardless of the emphasis placed on OD, it is important to understand that "OD comprises the long­range efforts and programs aimed at improving an organization's ability to survive by changing its problem-solving and renewal processes", as stated in Chapter 1.

"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order."

— Alfred Lord Whitehead

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