Author Question: Describe briefly the major challenges surrounding the role of values facing managers as they engage ... (Read 107 times)

jjjetplane · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

Describe briefly the major challenges surrounding the role of values facing managers as they engage in organization development in the future.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

A global strategy is oriented toward local responsiveness and a company pursuing this strategy decentralizes control to subsidiaries and divisions in each country in which it operates to produce and customize products to local markets.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

macybarnes · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

(1) The professionalism of ODsome theorists question OD on the grounds that it is ill defined and lacks a common body of knowledge, research, and techniques.
(2) The certification of OD practitionersno single organization accredits or certifies OD practitioners; unqualified persons may represent themselves as professionals.
(3) Overemphasis on human and social interventionOD seems to focus on only behavioral patterns and does not acknowledge other significant factors such as structural or technological elements.
(4) What are OD techniquesas OD has grown rapidly, many techniques have been developed. Consequently, there are disagreements among practitioners over what is and what is not an OD technique.
(5) Dealing with powerreliance on collaborative models fails to deal with power issues or impact of external systems.
(6) The limitations of time and terminalityOD does not offer short-term improvement techniques for rapid change.

Answer to Question 2

FALSE