Organizational Development (BGB4063) Individual Assignment (30%) Instructions: Answer All Questions. Dateline 25th November 2013 1. Define OD and differentiate OD from other change programs. (5 marks) Organization Development or OD is a planned process of change in the organization’s culture that requires a long-range effort and programs that is aimed at improving the organization’s ability to survive and sustain with new challenges that may arise. OD also changes the problem
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------------------------------------------------- Organizational culture Organizational culture is the behavior of humans who are part of an organization and the meanings that the people attach to their actions. Culture includes the organization values‚ visions‚ norms‚ working language‚ systems‚ symbols‚ beliefs and habits. It is also the pattern of such collective behaviors and assumptions that are taught to new organizational members as a way of perceiving‚ and even thinking and feeling. Organizational culture affects the
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Organizational Change Dana Gibson 8642 W Golf Rd Apt 6 Des Plaines‚ IL 60016 847-687-8687 dgdrgibson@gmail.com GM591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Instructor R Salitore 12/11/2011 Introduction The organization that I will be completing my final project on is Aon Hewitt. Aon Hewitt is the leader in Human Resources Solutions such as consulting‚ benefits administration and HR business process outsourcing. Within the organization I am a Benefits Operations Manager‚ my role
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INTRODUCTION Culture is the way of life. Societal culture consists of the assumptions‚ beliefs and values acquired and held by the majority of people in a geographical area (Sinha 1991). The word culture derivative of Latin Word ‘Culture’ Steaming “COLERE” means to cultivate. Culture first appeared in the Oxford English dictionary around 1430 it meant “Cultivation” or “tending the soil” based on the Latin culture. In 19th century ‘Culture’ was associated with the phrase “high culture” meaning
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When I think of soft skills‚ what comes to mind is people skills. To me people skills are customer service skills or communication skills. While reading this article it surprised me when I read that problem solving is a soft skill. Soft skills are important in the problem solving process for reasons such as brainstorming and swapping. Also‚ as our jobs become more service oriented than goods oriented‚ it is important to know how to satisfy our customers. Unless you are a hermit‚ we deal with
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My results from the Skills Inventory assignment from Leadership Theory and Practice by P. Northouse are the following: 19 for technical skill‚ 25 for human skill‚ and 17 for conceptual skill. This means I have a high range of human skills in leadership‚ while a moderate range of technical and conceptual skills. From my own experience I agree with these results. My interest on the field of Public Health has gotten me involved in different experiences that had mostly developed my leadership towards
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Skills and Characteristics of Human Services Workers Celine Brown BSHS/471 April 10‚ 2014 Carol Felcyn Human service workers are an important aspect to the career field to help individuals that have problems that have impacted his or her life. In order to have a successful career in the human services field an individual must have some skills and characteristics that will help them throughout his or her career. There are characteristics that are considered essential and detrimental within
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Skills and Dispositions Skills and dispositions are important in any line of work‚ but as a teacher leader there are set skills and dispositions that you need to have in order to be successful. These are skills and dispositions that teachers have‚ but are intensified in teachers that show leadership skills and want to become a teacher leader. Teacher leaders go above and beyond and possess skills and dispositions differently than a regular classroom teacher. Skills and dispositions together is what
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Date: January 18‚ 2013 To: MG 561 Class From: Jessica Rushing Subject: “Organizational Structure” Introduction: Organizational structure provides the framework of an organization determining how roles and responsibilities are delegated throughout the different levels of the organization. It has been defined by some as the looking glass through which coworkers see their organization and its surrounding environment while others have described structure as the backbone of the organization
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{text:bookmark-start} Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL {text:bookmark-end} STRUCTURE Organizational Structure Romanoff‚ T. Axia College of University of Phoenix MGT 330 Management: Theory‚ Practice and Application Peter Espeut October 26‚ 2009 Organizational Structure Planning and organization are crucial for an organization to achieve maximum effectiveness and success. Microsoft Company‚ for instance‚ has an organizational structure consisting of board of directors who include
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