These core components of effective organizations offer a framework for understanding the goals of organizational development work. Specific skills, such as leadership skills, group process skills, communication skills and problem-solving skills, are essential in order for these components to be developed and maintained. The process through which each organization approaches OD work must be developed in relation to several factors, including its age and stage of development, the current conditions under which it is operating externally and internally, and the history and identity of the organization. Taken together, these components present a vision
for organizational health that can help guide and direct organizational development efforts.