Evolution of Organization Development

_{Organization Development gained prominence as an established field in 1960s although nobody can clearly identify how and who was behind its origin sequentially with absolute certainty. But it is said to have been coined to compile the works of behavioral scientists such as Robert Blake and Jane Mouton, Herbert Shepard, Douglas McGregor and Richard Beckhard who were working in different organizations around the same period on the behavioral aspects of employees and the effect of organizational structure on them leading to personal and organizational effectiveness. The name was propounded to distinguish the relative importance of OD from other contemporary approaches.}

_{However Organizational Development has taken a lot from the various principles of Fredrick W Taylor who in 1911 gave ‘Principles of Scientific Management’ which are considered as the backbone of modern management field. He emphasized on the adoption of scientific methods to improve work efficiency and employee productivity and started the process of streamlining the production process. He proposed “time and motion studies” and “focused on specialization and standardization of work”, to correct the problems related to the employees everyday work among the employees and develop the best methods of doing every job leading to optimum results. Its application illustrated the positive impact of examination and deliberate intervention by external experts in the work processes of organizations on human efficiency and productivity.}