Exam 15: Global Issues in Organization Development

OD practitioners are likely to be working with clients or teams from multiple countries and cultures in both face-to-face and virtual environments.

Learning what other practitioners have done and if they found success is something to consider within which piece of helpful advice to those choosing to proceed with global OD?

Which assumption or generalization about how OD interventions are practiced in global environments assumes that all OD interventions are practiced in the same way?

What most seem to agree is that the success of an OD intervention in any cultural environment requires a degree of cultural « ______ » between the intervention and the country's values.

Which country is known to have a very low uncertain avoidance index?

The African culture embodies the proverb, "Ubuntu ungamutu mgabunye abuantu: You do not live for yourself; you live for others."

Organization development is less compatible in high ______ environments because of less collaboration, less acceptance of Theory Y, and less gender equity.

The sociotechnical systems perspective in OD began in the ______, so frequently OD has a tendency to focus on task with an attention on behavior as a means to achieve the task.

______ describes the degree to which a culture emphasizes the future or the past and present.

Strong uncertainty-avoiding countries appreciate laws, policies, and regulations that dictate standards of behavior and control employee rights.

In collectivist societies, family members may commonly work together or follow in one another's path.

The degree of fit relates to which piece of helpful advice to those choosing to proceed with global OD?

In indulgent cultures, moral discipline is important and there is less importance placed on time with friends or leisure activities.

What happens when multiple national cultures are involved when OD programs are to be implemented?

It was no surprise that TQM has been popular in ______, because it is known to implement many quality initiatives, particularly since many electronics products made here depend on high quality.

Which country is known to have a very high power distance index?

In organizations reflecting short-term orientation values, the present financial success is most important.

A question such as, « Are there differences in organizational culture that might be more important than national culture? » should be asked based on which piece of helpful advice to those choosing to proceed with global OD?

Which country is known to have a more individualistic value?

Which assumption or generalization about how OD interventions are practiced in global environments sees OD values as universal and unchanging?