concepts and techniques of organizational development and renewal aimed at improving organizational effectiveness. The roles of OD practitioners in planning and executing changes will be emphasized. A variety of organizational development interventions at the individual‚ team‚ and organizational level will be highlighted. COURSE OBJECTIVES 1. School of Management Semester II‚ Academic Session 2012/2013 2. To enhance students’ understanding of the need for organizational change‚ and the role of culture
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1. | Question : | Define Organizational Development (OD) according to An Experiential Approach to Organizational Development: | | | Student Answer: | | Comprises the long range efforts and programs aimed at improving an organizations ability to survive by changing its problem solving and renewal processes. | | Instructor Explanation: | Organizational development is a long-range effort and programs aimed at improving an organization’s ability to survive by changing its problems solving
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Report: Walmart Puerto Rico Sergio Adrián Ayllón Espinoza Marcia Zarella Sanchez Aguirre Richard Madge Medina Michael Yábar Paredes 1. One of the major criticisms of Walmart is that the organization causes problems for local communities‚ how should Walmart combat this negative publicity? Actually as Walmart is making efforts to reduce imports in order to benefit local communities they should benefit from that negative publicity creating a new campaign claiming that when you buy in Walmart you support
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CHAPTER 1 What Is Organization Development? Think for a moment about the organizations to which you belong. You probably have many to name‚ such as the company where you work‚ a school‚ perhaps a volunteer organization‚ or a reading group. You are undoubtedly influenced by many other organizations in your life‚ such as a health care organization like a doctor’s office or hospital‚ a church group‚ a child’s school‚ a bank‚ or the local city council or state government. Using an expansive definition
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Ethics in Organizational Change University of Phoenix MGT/246 August 12‚ 2013 Ethics in Organizational Change According to Dictionary.com‚ ethics is defined as the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group‚ culture‚ etc or usually ethics is used with a singular verb that describes the branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct‚ with respect to the rightness and
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are Wal-Mart and General Motors (GM). Both are established publicly traded companies that are typically considered blue chip stocks. However‚ both have made the major decision in recent years to undergo corporate restructuring. In 2009‚ an organizational change was announced by Wal-Mart. It was the restructuring of Wal-Mart’s global sourcing team to leverage the scale of its global merchandising operations. The purpose was to reduce costs and improve quality within its supply operations. At the
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Andrea K. Rivers ORG6503 : Organizational Theories & System Instructor: Kathleen Henry September 24‚ 2011 Introduction The owner of Creative Colors has taking my advice regarding restructuring and downsizing the company. The organization is now operating much more efficiently and has seen revenues begin to climb in its retail stores. With the improving economic climate in the region and the growing strength of the U.S. dollar compared to the Canadian dollar‚ the owner now sees an opportunity
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CHAPTER 13 - FOUNDATIONS OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE CHAPTER OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: 1. Identify the six key elements that define an organization’s structure. 2. Describe a simple structure. 3. Explain the characteristics of a bureaucracy. 4. Describe a matrix organization. 5. Explain the characteristics of a “virtual” organization. 6. Summarize why managers want to create boundaryless organizations. 7. List the factors that favor different organization
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Title: Maintaining motivation in the workplace Assignment task: Option 2 Motivation is one of the most frequently researched topics on organizational behaviour according to Robbins‚ Judge Millett & Walters-Marsh (2008). Motivation among other things is about an individual’s persistence of effort towards attaining a goal. 1. How would you motivate employees in your workgroup to ensure: a) They focus on attaining the goals of the workgroup? and; b) Continue to maintain a consistent quality
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individual definitions of organizational culture. One potential catalyst for the number of definitions comes down to the application of theory to the abstract concept of culture within an organization. The more theorist and different organizational fields of study you have the more individual definitions are spawned. Though there may be many definitions of culture one point is understood‚ the strength of a company is directly related to how culture is rooted in its strategies and way of doing business
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