Which of the following refers to the integration mechanism where ...

[strangeaffliction]

Which of the following refers to the integration mechanism where a new team of managers is created to coordinate the activities of functions or divisions?
 
  A) integrating department
  B) direct contact
  C) task force
  D) hierarchy of authority

Question 2

Describe the probable trends for organization development and the organization of the future.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[chevyboi1976]

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

Organization transformation - used in situations of drastic, abrupt change when the organization's survival is at stake.
Shared vision - getting all levels of management to identify the strategic vision of the future and what it takes to make it work.
Innovation - focusing more effort on creating new products, goods, services, and on new ways of organizing and relating among organization members.
Trust - development of trust within and between individuals, teams, and organizational units and levels.
Empowerment - given the autonomy to do things their own way, to achieve recognition, involvement, and a sense of worth in their jobs.
Learning organization - the notion that learning is central to success.
Reengineering - fundamental rethinking and radical redesigning of systems.
Core competencies - organizations identify and organize around what they do best.
Organizational architecture - managers think more broadly about their organization in terms of how work, people, and formal and informal structures fit together.