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11.1 Learning Outcomes:

&;&;&;&;&;&; Evaluate the strategic role of change in the organization and its impact on organizational performance. CLO2.1

11.2 Action Required:

  • Required Readings:

Chapter 18: Transformational Change.

Chapter 20: Trans-organizational Change.

TEXTBOOK: Cummings, T., & Worley, C. (2015). Organization development and change. (10th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning. ISBN#: 13 9781133190455 (print), ISBN#: 13 9781285800967 (e-text).

  • Recommended Readings:

Pandey, S., & Sharma, R. R. K. (2011). Organization Development Interventions for Prospectors: A Theoretical Framework and its Empirical Validation. Global Business & Management Research, 3(1), 7995.

  • Videos:

11.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):

  1. Briefly explain the integrated strategic change process.
  2. Discuss some of the common drivers of transformational change in organizations and provide examples.
  3. Briefly discuss organization design characteristics for worldwide strategic orientations.
  4. Discuss the main differences between mechanistic and organic organization designs from your point of view.
  5. Discuss the logic behind the trans organizations systems.
  6. How organization development (OD) interventions enable mergers and acquisitions.

11.4 Instructions

Post your answer in the discussion board using the discussion link below (Week11: Interactive learning Discussion).

12.2 Action Required:

  • Required Readings:

Chapter 21: Organization Development for Economic, Ecological, and Social Outcomes.

TEXTBOOK: Cummings, T., & Worley, C. (2015). Organization development and change. (10th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning. ISBN#: 13 9781133190455 (print), ISBN#: 13 9781285800967 (e-text).

  • Recommended Readings:

Brown, L. & Covey, Jane & Leach, Mark. (2004). Organization Development for Social Change.

12.3 Test your Knowledge (Question):

  1. Discuss how (OD) interventions help organizations to achieve their economic, social, and environmental objectives.
  2. Public and nonprofit organizations can deliver better social outcomes by systematically engaging in OD interventions. Do you agree? Why or why not?

12.4 Instructions

Post your answer in the discussion board using the discussion link below (Week12: Interactive learning Discussion).