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Fall-2013
Master of
Business Administration - MBA Semester 3
MU0011–Management
and Organisational Development-4 Credits
(Book ID:
B1726)
Assignment
(60 Marks)
Note: Answers
for 10 marks questions should be approximately of 400 words. Each question is
followed by evaluation scheme. Each Question carries 10 marks 6 X 10=60.
Q1. Define organizational
development. What are the assumptions of Organizational Development?
Answer. Organization development (OD)
is a deliberately
planned effort to increase an organization's relevance and viability.
Organizational Development (OD) can be described as the systematic process to
change the culture, system and behavior of organization. It is process that
helps in solving organizational problems and achieving organizational
objectives. Organizational Development works as important
Q2. Describe the following theories
of planned change: ‘Lewin’s change model’ and ‘Action research model’.
Answer. The concept of "change
management" is a familiar one in most businesses today. But, how
businesses manage change (and how successful they are at it) varies enormously
depending on the nature of the business, the change and the people involved.
And a key part of this depends on how far people within it understand the
change process.
Lewin's Model Steps:
Unfreeze
Q3. Describe the components of OD
programs and the OD program phase.
Answer. OD programs help organizations run better by
addressing the needs of their most precious asset: human capital. OD
practitioners bring behavioral science into the boardroom, the conference room
and the cubicle. We address issues of
motivation, acknowledgement, appreciation, return on involvement and talent
management.
The goal is
to engage employees and develop their talents, while positively impacting
essential business processes and the bottom line. They look to provide a forum
to discuss OD issues and challenges, new thought leadership, and trends in the
field and help our membership to stay well-informed and well-
Q4. What are the ethical dilemmas in
practicing OD?
Answer. An ethical dilemma is typically described as a complex
situation that involves a conflict between different morals. Ethical dilemmas
are commonly found in medicine. For example, deciding whether or not to install
a feeding tube on a comatose patient could constitute an ethical dilemma. There
are three conditions that must be present for a situation to be considered an ethical dilemma. The first condition
occurs in situations when an individual, called the “agent,” must make a
decision about which course of action is best. Situations that are
uncomfortable but that don’t
Q5. Define the term downsizing. List
the types of downsizing. Explain the significance, misconceptions and effects
of downsizing.
Answer. Downsizing:
In a
business enterprise, downsizing is reducing the number of employees on the
operating payroll. Some users distinguish downsizing from a layoff, with
downsizing intended to be a permanent downscaling and a layoff intended to be a
temporary downscaling in which employees may later be rehired. Businesses use
several techniques in downsizing, including providing incentives to take early
retirement and transfer to subsidiary companies, but the most common technique
is to simply
Q6. Organizational learning is an
area of knowledge within organizational theory that studies models and theories
about the way an organization learns and adapts. Describe the seven steps of
initiating such ‘organizational learning’.
Answer. Steps:
1. Establish an integrated solutions
team - The trend today, given the statutory, policy, and regulatory mandates
discussed in the introduction, is that acquisitions are conducted by teams of
people, working cooperatively toward a common goal. This is the model used by
leading or breakthrough organizations, which have come to recognize the
limitations of clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and
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