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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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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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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The theme of “The Ballad of Lucy Whipple” is immigration and migration. The main focus of the book is the Whipple family moving to California during the gold rush in 1849. The Whipples along with many other people migrated during the book. In the beginning of the book‚ the main reason that the story happened is because of dreams to go west. “ Mama and Pa had long dreamed of going west…”(3) Lucy’s parents wanted to move west with their family. Without their dreams‚ The story would not have happened
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The first song is Masters of War‚ it was written during the Vietnam war (Wib Team‚ 2015). it is a fierce and angry song. There is curse that writer wants a commander of war dies in line 57-64. The lyrics are against the government and the military because this song demonstrated that young men were deceived to go to die in the war. In line 17‚ “Like Judas of old” it refers to Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus by telling the soldiers who Jesus was and resulted in Jesus being arrested. It like the commander
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“The Ballad of the Sad Café‚” written by Carson McCullers‚ takes place in a small‚ rural town in Georgia. This novella focuses around the life of a store clerk‚ Ms. Amelia‚ who was married to a man named Marvin Macy and after ten days of a bitter relationship between the two they got divorced. Several years after this event‚ a stranger named Cousin Lymon came to town claiming to be Ms. Amelia’s relative. She took a fondness to him and soon Ms. Amelia’s store was turned into a café because the whole
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OD and Change The Message Is Clear - Change Or Disappear “There’s no off season anymore” - Nolan Ryan “You miss 100% of the shots you never take” - Wayne Gretsky “Somebody has to do something‚ and its just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.” - Jerry Garcia‚ the Grateful Dead CHANGE - AN ONGOING PROCESS Companies no longer have a choice‚ they must change to survive. Unfortunately‚ people tend to resist change. It is not easy to change an organization‚ let alone an individual. This
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There are various image analysis concepts that are used in the Bell & Ross watch advertisement to portray its meaning. These include image choice and cropping‚ visual modality‚ anchorage‚ and topography. This essay will analyse the different analysis concepts used and explain how these are used by the advertiser to convey the potential meanings behind this particular advertisement. This will be done through its visual content‚ both image and text. Image choice and cropping is a media-specific code
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To what extent‚ and in which ways‚ does the Spanish ballad deal with the major human emotions? The collective body of Spanish ballads‚ known as the romancero‚ is a unique collection of narrative verse that follows the epic tradition‚ like such works as El cantar de mio Cid‚ and whose earliest examples are thought to have come at the beginning of the 14th century. They resemble the epics in their heroic and aristocratic tone‚ and some also in their themes of battle and honour. Many are written
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Overview OD is a long range effort to improve organization’s problem solving and renewal processes‚ particularly through more effective and collaborative management of organizational culture‚ often with the assistance of a change agent or catalyst and the use of the theory and technology of applied behavioral science. Although behavioral science has provided the basic foundation for the study and practice of organizational development‚ new and emerging fields of study have made their presence
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