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<p><b>Organizational development</b> (<b>OD</b>) is the study and implementation of practices, systems, and techniques that affect <a href="page.php?w=organizational_change">organizational change</a>, the goal of which is to modify the performance and/or culture of a group or organization.  Organizational changes are typically initiated by the group's <a href="page.php?w=Stakeholder_%28corporate%29">stakeholders</a>. OD emerged from <a href="page.php?w=human_relations">human relations</a> studies in the 1930s, during which psychologists realized</p><p>
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