Exam 16: The Challenge and the Future for Organizations

The OD practitioner considers _____ when the benchmarks used to evaluate change have been achieved and the client system appears capable of continuing innovation.

An effective OD program results in an effective organization that will remain static for a long-range of time.

Evidence suggests that intrinsic,not extrinsic,motivation is a factor in stress and its symptoms.

In organizations of the future,it will be necessary to simultaneously _____ and _____ functions,structure,and governance.

Though trust has been recognized as a critical value in OD,it has not been a critical factor for sustaining excellence with an organization.

OD practitioners are increasingly using a(n)_____ approach that includes structural and technical strategies.

The course of change for OD will predominantly surround the issues of a changing workforce,international competence,and transformation within the organization.Describe the impact of these issues on the organization of the future.

Effective OD evaluation systems help a manager _____.

A rigid,authoritarian system operating within a volatile environment is likely to result in what type of orientation to change?

A self-renewing organization is one that initiates new strategies that lead to additional innovations in a constantly changing world.

The workforce of the future will tend to become more homogeneous than it has been in the past.

A fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of a business system is known as _____.

Feedback is a continuing assessment that allows an organization to measure the effectiveness of the change process.

OD presents the technology for creating and seeking _____,which is the underlying goal of the modem manager and organization.

_____ is a complex dilemma in values that are facing OD practitioners at this time.

Describe the probable trends for organization development and the organization of the future.

OD practitioners and management have different roles in the OD process.Management is responsible to see that necessary information is made available to participating members and groups.This permits the OD practitioner to focus upon other aspects of the OD process.

A critical factor limiting evaluation of planned system changes is _____.

It is widely acknowledged that OD techniques to deal effectively with external systems and power-coercive problems have been well established.

Fade-out is the gradual process of terminating the client-practitioner relationship.