Centrality of Primary Task in Organization Development

In: Management and labour studies: a quarterly journal of responsible management, Band 44, Heft 3, S. 285-302

Abstract

The idea of organization development (OD) was introduced in India through the work of behavioural scientists working with the technology of sensitivity training (T-Group). In their work, task, perhaps the most important structure of an organization, was ignored which led to focus on creating happy and docile organizational personnel. The approach of social scientists based on Wilfred Bion's path-breaking work, which led to the development of what came to be known as the work based on the Tavistock framework that focused on creating conditions for the personnel to manage their relationship with various organizational structures and resources, was brought to India by the present author at the end of 1972.