Assignment
My suggestion is when you answer the questions put them under the question so I know which answer goes to which question.
1. Identify the major external forces for change in today's organizations. Tell why you find these forces of particular significance today.
2. (a) Can organizations prevent resistance to change in their employees? (b) If so, how? (c) If not, why?
3. (a) What organizational development techniques are the easiest to implement? (b) What organizational development techniques are the most difficult to implement? (c) Why?
Part 2 questions:
1. Define planned change and unplanned change.
2. A. List the four major external forces for change in organizations.
B. Describe each of these four major external forces for change in organizations.
C. Tell why each of these four is a major external force for change in organizations.
3. List at least four major internal forces for change in organizations.
4. Define each of the following:
(a) incremental change.
(b) strategic change.
(c) transformational change.
5. A. What or who is a change agent?
B. Who can play this role?
C. Why is the role of change agent important to an organization?
D. What are a few advantages and disadvantages of internal change agents?
E. What are a few advantages and disadvantages of external change agents?
6. A. List and explain the seven major reasons individuals resist change.
B. Write a short paragraph telling how organizations can deal with such resistance to change.
7. A. Describe force field analysis.
B. Describe the relationship of force field analysis to Lewin's change model. (Review Figure 18.1)
8. A. Define organization development (OD
B. List the four descriptors of OD.
C. Tell why organizations undertake organization development. What do these organizations hope to gain?
9. A. Name six areas to be critically examined in any comprehensive organizational diagnosis.
B. Tell why each of these six areas should be examined.
10. A. What are the five major organization-focused and group-focused OD intervention methods?
B. What are the seven major individual-focused methods?
C. The author of the textbook says to use a variety of OD methods; I agree with him. However, identify which (one) OD intervention you think is most effective when it stands alone. (Choose only one.)
D. Tell why you chose that OD intervention. Give examples if necessary.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.