Organizationl Development and Change
1. Which of the following is not one of the “stems” of OD? Environmental analysis 2. All OD involves change management, but change management may not involve OD True
3. OD was developed for use primarily in business and industrial organizations. False
4. Conclusions about the first T-group experiments were (1) feedback from the group was a rich learning experience and (2) the process could be transferred to “back home situations.” True 5. OD helps members of an organization solve their own problems. True
6. As the QWL movement evolved, it fostered a new phase of activities known as Employee involvement 7. An effective organization has both high productivity and rapid growth. False
8. Three major trends are shaping change in organizations: globalization, information technology, and managerial innovation. True 9. According to the Managerial Grid, an individual’s style can best be described which of the following his or her concern for production and people
10. The assumption underlying the use of survey feedback in OD is surveys can provide feedback to the organization and be used to initiate change 11. Productivity and QWL ideas were originated by Kurt Lewin False
12. Strategic change interventions involve improving all of the above
13. The first “T-group” was formed as people related to data about their own behavior
14. The normative background in OD represents a human relations approach represented as the “one-best-way” to manage organizations. True
15. One of the original strategic change interventions was Open Systems Planning developed by Richard Beckhard. True
16. When an action researcher is dealing with an organization that is under organized, the steps in the change process are identification, convention, organization, evaluation 17. According to Lewin, the best way to manage change is to increase the forces for change False
18. The relationship between planned change and
3. OD was developed for use primarily in business and industrial organizations. False
4. Conclusions about the first T-group experiments were (1) feedback from the group was a rich learning experience and (2) the process could be transferred to “back home situations.” True 5. OD helps members of an organization solve their own problems. True
6. As the QWL movement evolved, it fostered a new phase of activities known as Employee involvement 7. An effective organization has both high productivity and rapid growth. False
8. Three major trends are shaping change in organizations: globalization, information technology, and managerial innovation. True 9. According to the Managerial Grid, an individual’s style can best be described which of the following his or her concern for production and people
10. The assumption underlying the use of survey feedback in OD is surveys can provide feedback to the organization and be used to initiate change 11. Productivity and QWL ideas were originated by Kurt Lewin False
12. Strategic change interventions involve improving all of the above
13. The first “T-group” was formed as people related to data about their own behavior
14. The normative background in OD represents a human relations approach represented as the “one-best-way” to manage organizations. True
15. One of the original strategic change interventions was Open Systems Planning developed by Richard Beckhard. True
16. When an action researcher is dealing with an organization that is under organized, the steps in the change process are identification, convention, organization, evaluation 17. According to Lewin, the best way to manage change is to increase the forces for change False
18. The relationship between planned change and