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Org. Dev. & Change
Exam 1
Question | Answer |
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Organizations will need to: | 1. Adapt to changing market conditions 2. Cope with the need for a renewing rather than reactive workforce |
Weakness in American Organizations: | 1. Global competition 2. Economic Downturns |
Organizations are in continuous interaction with external forces: | 1. Competition (Global and domestic) 2. Customers (lifestyles and technological breakthroughs) 3. Governments (refutations and deregulations/ International trade agreements) 4. Stockholders (demanding more accountability) |
Organizations are in continuous interaction with external forces: | 5. Suppliers (providing both products/services to organizations come more and more from the world economy) 6. Society (influences models, values, and norms) 7. Unions/Employees (influence how well an organization functions) |
Organizational Environment includes | Competitors Customers Governments Stockholders Suppliers Society Employees and Unions |
Organizational development purposes | 1. To create awareness of the changing environment forces confronting the modern manager 2. To provide the techniques and skills needed for dealing with change in an organization |