What is OCTAPACE?

Answer 1

An optimum level of "Development Climate" is essential for facilitating HRD. Such a climate is characterized as consisting of the following characteristics i.e. known as OCTAPACE. A brief explanation to each characteristic/ dimension is as follows:

Openness & Risk Taking: Employees feel free to express their ideas & the organization is willing to take risks & experiment with new ideas & new ways of doing things. The degree of openness of the organization is an important factor in determining the nature of various dimensions of HRD being designed.

Confrontation: Employees face the problems & work jointly with others concerned to find its solution. They face the issues squarely without hiding them or avoiding them for fear of hurting each other.

Trust: A minimum level of trust may be deemed necessary for the introduction of the performance appraisal system and other elements of HRD. Employees department & groups trust each other & can be relied upon to 'do' whatever they say they will.

Authenticity: It is the value underlying trust. It is the willingness of a person to acknowledge the feelings he/she has, and accept himself/herself as well as others who relate to him/her as persons.

Pro-activity: Employees are action - oriented, willing to take initiative & show a high degree of proactivity. They anticipate issues and act or respond to the needs of the future.

Autonomy: It is the willingness to use power without fear, and helping others to do the same. Employees have some freedom to act independently within the boundaries imposed by their role/job.

Collaboration: Collaboration involves working together and using one another's strength for a common cause. Individuals, instead of solving their problems by themselves, share their concerns with one another and prepare strategies, work out plans of action, and implement them together.

Experimenting:Experimenting as a value emphasizes the importance given to innovation and trying out new ways of dealing with problems in the organization