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clmills979

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________ is a systematic effort to make an organization leaner by selling off business units, closing locations, or reducing staff.
 
  A) Removing boundaries
  B) Departmentalizing
  C) Decentralizing
  D) Downsizing
  E) Formalizing

Question 2

Which of the following is an organizational development technique that involves an outsider assisting a manager to identify what to improve and how?
 
  A) action research
  B) intergroup development
  C) appreciative inquiry
  D) process consultation
  E) social reinforcement


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Answer to Question 1

D
Explanation: D) The goal of the new organizational forms is to improve agility by creating a lean, focused, and flexible organization. Companies may need to cut divisions that aren't adding value. Downsizing is a systematic effort to make an organization leaner by selling off business units, closing locations, or reducing staff.

Answer to Question 2

D
Explanation: D) Managers often sense their unit's performance can be improved but are unable to identify what to improve and how. The purpose of process consultation (PC) is for an outside consultant to assist a client, usually a manager, to perceive, understand, and act upon process events with which the manager must deal.



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