M.A. (Psychology) Organizational Development Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
Semesters III and IV are from the Board's own Semester III and IV syllabus approved on 12 July 2024 (item 5.7 (N)), in force from 2024-25. The 2023 document's credit table shows an earlier plan for Semesters III and IV; the 2024 syllabus is the one the University examines, and its Winter 2026 timetables name these papers.
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Syllabus for Organizational Development
Course objectives
- 1 To acquaint the student with nature, foundations and overview of organization development
- 2 To understand the values, assumptions and beliefs in organization development
- 3 To Help students understand the process and intervention in organization development
Course outcomes
- CO1 Explain the Nature and Foundation of Organization Development
- CO2 Understand the process of Organization Development
- CO3 Demonstrate the Understanding of Process and Intervention in Organization Development
- CO4 Understand the Role and Types of Interventions in Organization Development
Unit 1: Introduction to organization development
- a Definition, nature and history of organization development
- b Approaches to OD: laboratory training stem, survey research and feedback stem, action research stem and sociotechnical stem
- c Values, assumptions and beliefs in organization development
- d Role, Styles and Competencies of an effective organization development practitioner; Identifying your OD consultant style
Unit 2: Managing the organization development process
- a Models and theories of planned change
- b Diagnosis: diagnostic models, diagnosing the state of the systems, its subunits and organizational processes, red flags in diagnosis; Instruments for diagnosis
- c Action research and organization development
- d The program management component.
Unit 3: Managing change and organization development
- a Organization change: an introduction; forces of change and types of change
- b Approaches to organizational development and change; Models of change- Lewin’s 3 step model, McKinsey 7-S model, ADKAR model, Kubler-Ross model, Porras-Robertson Model, Kotter’s 8-step model
- c Resistance to organizational change; Life Cycle of Resistance to Change.
- d Leading and Implementing organizational change; Model of evolving managerial interpretations of change
Unit 4: Organizational development interventions
- a Human Process interventions
- b Intergroup and third‐ party peacemaking interventions
- c Human resource interventions
- d Strategic interventions
Books of study
- 1 Cummings, T.G. & Worley, C.G. (2001).Organization Development and Change. USA: Thomson Learning.
- 2 French, W.L., Bell,Jr, C.H. & Vohra, V. (2011).Organization Development (6th ed.). New Delhi: Pearson Prentice Hall.
- 3 Ramnarayan, S. & Rao, T.V. (2011).Organization Development: Accelerating Learning and Transformation (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Sage Publication.
- 4 Rothwell, W. J & Sullivan, R. L. (2005).Practicing Organization Development: A Guide for consultants. San Francisco, CA: Wiley Imprint.
Books of reference
- 1 French, W.L. & Bell, Jr,C.H. (2006).Organization Development. Sixth Edition, Prentice‐ Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi.
- 2 Allcorn, S. (2006).Organizational Dynamics and Intervention: Tools for Changing the Workplace. New Delhi: Prentice‐ Hall of India Private Limited.
- 3 Sharma, R.R. (2010).Change Management: Concepts and Applications. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for M.A. (Psychology), Semester III and IV, AC 12/07/2024, Item No. 5.7 (N), in force from the academic year 2024-25. Wording and numbering are as printed there; the marks scheme is in the PDF above.
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