Force-field
analysis is the oldest OD intervention kit for OD practitioners. It is a device
which helps in understanding problematic situation and planning corrective
actions. It is developed by Kurt Lewin in 1947. The force-field analysis involves the
following steps:-
Step
1: Identifying a problematic
situation you are interested in improving.
Step
2: Carefully and completely
describe the desired condition.
Step
3: Identify the forces and factors
operating in the current force field (Pushing towards desired condition and pushing away
from desired condition)
Step
4: Examine the forces founded in
previous step.
Step
5: Execute strategies for moving
the equilibrium from the current condition to the desired condition (By adding more driving
forces, removing restraining forces or both)
Step
6: Implement action plans that
should move towards the desired condition
Step
7: Describe what actions must be
taken to stabilize the equilibrium at the desired condition and implement those actions.
