Exam 9: An Introduction to Interventions

In the ______ approach, change is accomplished by persuading people that a change is necessary, providing data to support the argument, and justifying the need for change.

Which of the following is typically considered a team intervention?

OD interventions are primarily power-coercive approaches to change.

A change agent being challenged to limit the cost of an intervention to what a client can afford is an example of which ethical issue?

Discuss at least five reasons why interventions fail.

Which of the following considerations in selecting the right intervention strategy considers the surface-level versus deep-level issues within groups?

The change agent is likely to be inactive during the intervention stage, which is appropriate since transfer to the client is necessary.

Offering a single workshop on a specific topic is unlikely to provide a long-term change; this is an example of which reason why interventions fail?

Overpromising that a certain intervention will provide specific outcomes is an example of which of the following ethical issues?

There are standard approaches and ways of conducting interventions which allow them to be exactly alike from application to application.

If participants are cynical to start, this reason for why interventions fail is likely to occur:

Short-term change is most likely when the intervention is well structured for success.

Which role of the change agent is defined as advocating for a particular approach or perspective?

For example, cutting customer complaints in half is a description of which reason why interventions fail?

If organizational members cannot focus or are unable to engage in the emotional aspects of change, this reason for why interventions fail is likely the cause:

If participants are not well informed of an intervention's purpose or if they are not given genuine choice to participate, this could be an example of which ethical issue?

Which of the following considerations in selecting the right intervention strategy allows a consultant to utilize influence strategies, such as persuasive communication?

Which role of the change agent is defined as designing situations, events, and conversations so that awareness, learning, and change can occur?

If a practitioner has never led a certain intervention before, this is a possibility of this reason for why interventions fail to occur:

Which of the following considerations in selecting the right intervention strategy begins with asking systematic questions to come up with improved judgements and choices?