Entering and contracting Entering and contracting are the initial steps taken in the OD process‚ and is considered by many as one the most important steps of the process. The entering and contracting step will be utilized to set the pace and lay the foundation for the practitioner client relationship. They involve a preliminary evaluation of the organization’s opportunities for development‚ while establishing a collaborative relationship between the OD practitioner and the members of the client
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Subject: Galt Contracting 1) What are the advantages and disadvantages of paying tree planters on a piece-rate system? On a flat-rate system? Advantages of the piece rate system: The tree planters’ work hard because they are paid a certain amount of money on each piece of tree planted. The experienced tree planter plants up to 1300 seedlings because they do not take a lunch break and keep on working in order to make good money. Each planter is assigned by a piece of land so that they work properly
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WHAT MAKES OD‚ OD? * Dr. David W. Jamieson Organization development (OD) is more than 50 years old. In response to prevailing organizational values-in-operation that were partially a function of the times‚ OD offered a more holistic view of people and organizations‚ with an emphasis on humanistic and democratic values‚ and the belief that this different perspective was not only better for people‚ but also for organization performance. Prior to World War II‚ organizations typically operated
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What were the challenges that Shikhar Ghosh faced when he joined Appex? Do you agree with Ghosh’s assessment upon joining Appex that the firm needed was control and structure? What is functional structure? What were the strengths and weaknesses of functional structure? How well did the product and business team structure address the problems with functional structure? What do you think about the changes to a divisional structure? What are its relative advantages and disadvantages compared to
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Running Head: Ethics and Contracting Ethics and Contracts Strayer University October 23‚ 2011 Abstract The question‚ “Does Business and Ethics Still Exist?” has generally caused honest business owners and also government agencies to ponder this notion. Even though the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) is established in order to prevent unethical practices by contractors and government agencies failing to abide by this regulation‚ does not mean everyone it pertains
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Alpha Contracting Michelle McCoy July 25‚ 2011 William Salinas ACM 394 Introduction to Contract Management Alpha Contracting Alpha Contracting is defined as an acquisition process adopted to reduce the acquisition cyle time by replacing a serial process with a concurrent one‚ through government/contractor teaming without compromising the standard of a fair and reasonable price. This process involves the integration of the Program Manager/Acquisition Manager (PM/AM)‚ the Contracting Officer
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Federal Contracting Activities and Contract Types Sandra Greene BUS 315 Dr. Lena Maslennikova 10 December‚ 2012 Federal Contracting Activities and Contract Types This paper will discuss Booz Allen Hamilton. It will briefly discuss its history and then go into who they are today. Finally‚ it will cover a major contract that they have recently acquired along with a few particulars of that contract. Edwin G. Booz started his first
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Organization Development Organization development (OD) is a new term which means a conceptual‚ organization-wide effort to increase an organization’s effectiveness and viability. Warren Bennis has referred to OD as a response to change‚ a complex educational strategy intended to change the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ values‚ and structure of an organization so that it can better adapt to new technologies‚ markets‚ challenges‚ and the dizzying rate of change itself. OD is neither "anything done to better an organization"
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Definition of od interventions: An OD intervention can be defined as “the set of structured activities in which selected organization units engage with a task or a sequence of tasks where the task goals are related directly or indirectly to organizational improvement ” “A set of sequenced and planned actions or events intended to help the organisation increase its effectiveness”. In an od intervention the entire process of diagnosis‚ alternative generation and making action choices are jointly
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today’s business world‚ organizations need to implement effective OD interventions aimed at improving performance at organizational‚ group and individual levels. OD interventions involve respect for people‚ a climate of trust and support‚ shared power‚ open confrontation of issues‚ and the active participation of stakeholders. OD interventions are broader in scope‚ usually affecting the whole organization (socio-technical systems). OD interventions are sponsored by the CEO and supported and “owned”
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