Organization development
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Organization Development originated in the 1960s from planned change theory. Organization development refers to change in an organization and improvement in its members' behavior in order to build the organization's capacity to adapt to changes in its internal and external environment. In other words, it efficiently promotes the various changes and reforms that raise the efficiency of the organization as a whole and increase business performance. As the process by which a modern organization strengthens its competitiveness and improves long-term business performance, organization development includes a variety of changes and reforms, as described below.