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Week 1 Discussion – Organizational Development
Discussion Question fo
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Week 1 Discussion – Organizational Development
Discussion Question for Response:
What is organization development and why is it important to long-term organizational success?
Week 2 Discussion – Organization Culture
Discussion Question(s) for Response:
How does the culture of an organization come about, and how do ethics and values shape the culture of an organization? Is it possible to change the culture of an organization over time? If so, how?
There are three characteristics that form the foundation of an organization’s corporate culture:
1. Corporate culture is shared (i.e., represents a common understanding and interpretation of what is important and not important within the framework of an organization);
2. Corporate culture is intangible (i.e., reflects the values, norms, and assumptions upon which an organization is unwilling to compromise);
3. Corporate culture affects the way that human capital assets behave.
W3: Discussion
Week 3 Discussion – Team Development
Discussion Question(s) for Response:
How can team development techniques be used to advance the goals and objectives of a company’s organizational development program. What are some of the problems and/or issues that a team may experience, especially when first formed? How do these issues and concerns impede team operations?
W4: Discussion
Week 4 Discussion – Diagnostic Models
Discussion Question(s) for Response:
What are the major diagnostic models and techniques used in OD programs? How are these models used to identify system parameters and recognize, in turn, the symptoms, problems, and causes that result in ineffective organizations?
Week 5 Discussion – Learning Organizations
Discussion Question(s) for Response:
A learning organization is a dynamic business environment that encourages and fosters continuous learning in order to compete effectively in a highly competitive 21stcentury economy. What are the characteristics of a learning organization, and how do these characteristics help managers and employees work together to rise to the challenges they must confront in a rapidly changing business environment?
W6: Discussion
Week 6 Discussion – Lewin’s Change Management Model
Discussion Question(s) for Response:
Lewin’s Change Management Model is a relatively easy-to-understand framework for managing change in organizations. What are the three primary characteristics of this change model, and what role does this model play in helping an organization’s management staff and employees understand and embrace change
W7: Discussion
Week 7 Discussion – Neuroscience in Leadership
Discussion Question(s) for Response:
What do neuroscience, positive psychology, and organizational development have in common, and how can those in leadership roles utilize these three disciplines to effect positive change in organizations?
Note: Neuroscience is the study of the body’s nervous system and how the brain works. Recent advances in the field of neuroscience have led to the discovery that our brain influences how we view change. This is why people, more often than not, possess a natural resistance to change.
W8: Discussion
Week 8 Discussion – Organizational Change
Discussion Question(s) for Response:
While there are many factors driving the pace of organizational change today, there are four (4) factors that stand out; globalization, technological changes, the rise of the knowledge worker, and the importance of cross-functional collaboration within organizations. Bearing in mind that change is now the new normal, what must organizations do to effectively manage the rapidly changing internal and external environments within which they conduct business?
Readings for the Week:
Brock, W. B. (2013). Toward a diagnostic-dialogic model of organizational change: Synthesizing organizational change with accounting metrics (Order No. 3536439). Available from ABI/INFORM Global. (1328133920). http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1328133920?accountid=8289
Brock, W. (2012). Synthesizing a systems perspective and organizational change: Principles of a whole-systems metrics model. Organization Development Journal, 30(3), 17-28. http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1124543086?accountid=8289
O’Neill, P. E. (1990, July). Transforming managers for organizational change. Training & Development Journal, 44(7), 87+. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA8629480&v=2.1&u=udel_main&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=e39123633a273715159c433703aa68d6
