Experimenting with organisational development in Bhutan: a tool for reform and the achievement of multi-level goals?
By: Oflynn, Jannie.
Contributor(s): Blackman, Deborah.
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ArticlePublisher: 2009Description: p.133-44.Subject(s): Administrative reform - Bhutan | Administrative reform
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Public Administration and DevelopmentSummary: In this article we present a unique study of how a nation, Bhutan, is using a specific change management approach - organisational development - as the lever for system-level change in pursuit of a complex, multi-level suite of goals to, ultimately, enhance Gross National Happiness (GNH). We argue that this represents one of the first attempts at using OD for wide-scale change, something hinted at decades ago, and flagged by recent work coming out of the United Nations Development Program and civil society organisations (CSOs). Conceptually, we point to a high level of fit between the Bhutanese development philosophy and OD, and argue there is a great potential for using OD in the context. However, we raise a series of issues around the practical feasibility of this approach highlighting important points of tension which pose major challenges for the Bhutanese experiment. - Reproduced.
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 29, Issue no: 2 | Available | AR82787 |
In this article we present a unique study of how a nation, Bhutan, is using a specific change management approach - organisational development - as the lever for system-level change in pursuit of a complex, multi-level suite of goals to, ultimately, enhance Gross National Happiness (GNH). We argue that this represents one of the first attempts at using OD for wide-scale change, something hinted at decades ago, and flagged by recent work coming out of the United Nations Development Program and civil society organisations (CSOs). Conceptually, we point to a high level of fit between the Bhutanese development philosophy and OD, and argue there is a great potential for using OD in the context. However, we raise a series of issues around the practical feasibility of this approach highlighting important points of tension which pose major challenges for the Bhutanese experiment. - Reproduced.
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