This report introduces some OD intervention in Korea and demonstrates how OD can be applied in a broad range of cultural settings. It sketches the historical development of OD in Korea. It also collects and analyzes 20 Korean OD applications in the public sector as well as in business. The key findings are: (1) OD applications in Korea are relatively diverse. (2) Team-building, technostructural, and system-building activities are dominant in Korean OD applications. (3) In the public sector, the cases center on technostructural activities. (4) With some reservations, the success rates of Korean OD applications are quite high.
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