Organizational development (OD) is a planned effort, which is organization-wide, it is managed from the topmost level in the hierarchy with the main aim to increase the organization’s effectiveness and health through planned interventions in the organization’s processes using behavioral sciences knowledge, a set of values that are largely humanistic, and open systems theory. Overall organization effectiveness is aimed at improvement by way of improving the organizational dimensions such as the external environment, mission, strategy, leadership, culture, structure, information and reward systems, and work policies and procedures.
The S-Saba team undertakes organization development processes that are guided by a holistic diagnosis of organizational health. Some of the tools that guide our diagnostic processes are McKinsey’s 7’s Model and tailored Organizational Capacity Assessment tools (OCAT).
Some outcomes of OD processes that our clients have realized are;
1. Organizational renewal
2. Organization culture change
3. Improved health and well-being of the organization’s employees
4. Facilitated learning and development
5. Improved problem-solving skills and competencies
6. Increased effectiveness
7. Successful change management processes
8. Strengthened systems and process development
9. Support adaptation to change
10. Improved openness and ability to have open and difficult conversations
Which organizations have benefited from our services?
Oxfam GB in Ethiopia, DRC, and South Sudan, Oxfam Novib in Somalia and Uganda, Kenya Community Development Foundation, SNV-Netherlands Development Organization, Centre of Parliamentary Studies and Training (CPST), Action Aid Kenya, VSO, Amnesty International etc.