Evaluation of an OD project:
A) happens at the end.
B) cannot deliver the necessary detail for strategic decisions.
C) is only of one type.
D) begins as early as the diagnostic phase.

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Evaluation does not have to wait until the end of the OD project. In an OD change program, evaluation begins as early as the diagnostic phase. Waddell et al. (2000) suggested that evaluation intended to guide the implementation of changes be termed implementation feedback, and evaluation to assess if the intervention is producing the intended effects be termed evaluation feedback. The first type of information helps to keep the change project on track; the second type helps to discover whether the project has reached the intended destination.

Evaluation of an OD Project