Trends And Paradoxes Affecting The Present And Future Environments Of Public Organizations

A dynamic, global, technology-driven economy is altering all facets of life including governments, families and communities and even the ecosystems within which we live. Some trends, such as the aging of America, are well known, but much of the future is very uncertain. The environments of public organizations are replete with paradoxes. Administrators and practitioners of OD who are aware of the paradoxes might contribute to societal transformation by undergirding the social philosophy of democratic society.