The Comparative Impact of Organization Development Interventions on Hard Criteria Measures

Little systematic research has concentrated on the effects of organization development (OD) in terms of hard-criteria measures of performance and behavior.This paper assesses the impact of three classes of OD interventions based on 65 empirical studies.A typology of outcome variables is used to show how OD has affected organizational behavior.Certain classes of interventions appear to be more effective than others.