witnessing and participating in an unprecedented dissolution of the boundaries of the field of organization development. In organizations around the world‚ the HR function is monopolizing the OD function at an unprecedented pace‚ which is limiting our reach‚ blunting our effectiveness‚ and compromising our role.” OD and HR Do We Want the Lady or the Tiger? By Matt Minahan Ding. Ding. Ding. OK‚ time’s up. Time to decide. Will it be door number one‚ or door number two? The lady or the tiger? In
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An Overview of OD Interventions Prelude • OD interventions are sets of structured activities in which selected org’nal units (target groups or individuals) engage in a task or a sequence of tasks with the goals of org’nal improvement and individual development. • Intervention constitute the action thrust of OD. Prelude • The OD practitioner‚ a professional versed in the theory and practice of OD‚ brings four sets of attributes to the org’nal setting: – a set of values – a set of assumptions about
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INDUSTRIAL VISIT REPORT 2014 INTRODUCTION The one day Industrial visit for the 4th Semester was conducted on 07th of March‚ 2014. To have a visual study on an organization‚ one company was chosen as Interport Global Logistics Pvt. Ltd. The visit helped on to take a close look on the company’s various aspects. PROFILE One of the most professional solution providers in the logistics industry IGL has come a long way since its inception. Established in 1991 by current Chairman & Managing Director
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Business Administration Department Coaching As an OD Intervention Submitted by: September‚ 2012 Introduction Today‚ organizations everywhere are seeking talented individuals who can lead in an ever-increasingly complex and demanding world. Leaders are being asked to execute their agenda in more complex environments. This era of globalization demonstrates coaching as one of the approaches that give benefits for both organization and individuals in achieving their desired
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Job diagnosis and job redesign Akram‚ Md. Ali Ashland University Author Note This paper is prepared for Organization Design‚ Development and Change Management taught by Mr. Michael Zerbe Job Diagnosis and Job Redesign A company may mistakenly believe that money is the only inspiration for their employees. For many people‚ job design is as important as reasonable payment in encouraging employees to be more effective. Job design has an impact
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Assuming there is resistance to a change effort in the case‚ identify and explain restraining forces that could block implementation of a change effort. Restraining forces are factors that impede a change in an organization. Restraining forces that could potentially impede the change effort were threat to security‚ self-interest‚ lack of trust‚ internal and external politics and poor communication. Threat to security Change resulting in a disadvantage to an individual employee or group tends to
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Your Turn A contract is a verbal or written agreement between the client and the OD practitioner. The contract specifies the expectations of the client and the OD practitioner. The client and the OD practitioner collaborate with each other and provide the resources necessary for the OD practitioner to access the organization and areas that need change. The contract may also include confidentially and how the OD practitioner will be involved in personal issues (Cummings & Worley‚ 2005). In the
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Organizational change is a structured approach in an organization for ensuring that changes are smoothly and successfully implemented to achieve lasting benefits. In the modern business environment‚ organizations face rapid change like never before. Globalization and the constant innovation of technology result in a constantly evolving business environment. Phenomena such as social media and mobile adaptability have revolutionized business and the effect of this is an ever increasing need for change
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Introduction: Sunflower Incorporated is a large company with more than 5000 employees and gross sales over $700 million in 1991. They are covering the United States and Canada with dividing them into 22 regions. They are decentralized; each region has its own salespeople‚ finance and warehouse. Sunflower started to have a reporting system to have better monitoring for the sales‚ costs and profits. They found a big variance in the revenues between the different regions and made it difficult that
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U3.3- OD Seven Steps MGMT-568 Tarleton State University Dr. Dulin 16 October 2008 Organizational Development (OD) programs follow a logical progression of events- a series of phases that unfolds over time; an important part of managing an OD program as well is to execute each phase well (French & Bell‚ 1999). Warner Burke describes seven phases of OD programs as; 1. Entry 2. Contracting 3. Diagnosing 4. Feedback 5. Planning Change
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