2.2. Characteristics and Objectives of Organizational Development
Organizational Development activities
human resources focusing at openness, integrity, self-confidence and innovation. It is vital to develop
harmonious and efficient human relations oriented to common goals and benefits. Rice points out that
organizational structure determined in compliance with the goal also affects Organizational Development activities. Therefore
organizational structure must be consistent with the organizational vision, mission and employees' personality
(Rice, 1977). This relation may be seen in Figure 1 below: