Organisationsentwicklung und Organisationsberatung im Zeichen reflexiver Modernisierung

The theory and practice of Organizational Development and Consulting are in a phase of transition from classic to reflexive modernization. While the readiness to not perform the modernization of organisations according to classic rational models is growing, conflicting expectations ensure their persistant use in practice. Using various research concerning the transformation process in Eastern Germany it is shown that this phase did not create a break with the classic rational model of organization. The theory of Organizational Development and Consulting needs to reflect on this and other problems of the transitional phase and itself become more reflective on the relationsship of the theory and practice of organizational development.