Author Question: OD practitioners come from primarily what two areas. Explain. What will be an ideal ... (Read 59 times)

cartlidgeashley · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

OD practitioners come from primarily what two areas. Explain.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Formation of organization results in increased transaction costs.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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

Answer to Question 1

The first area is the OD specialists who are professionals that have specialized and trained in organization development and related areas, such as organization behavior and applied social sciences. If they come from outside the organization, they are external practitioners and if they come from within the organization, they are internal practitioners. The second area is the people within an organization who are in management or leadership positions and they apply OD to their work. Examples of the positions of these people are team leaders and managers of all levels.

Answer to Question 2

FALSE