Question: Based upon your readings, please describe "what is Organizational development?" Furthermore, please include a discussion on "how do we know it, when we see it?" The assignment should be at least 3 pages long, and double-spaced. Feel free to add in your concerns, confusions, and possible applications to your own organization, as you see them.
The purpose of this assignment is:
- for you to get a good picture of what the field of leading change (OD) entails,
- how a leader can use it to benefit their organization
- how to operate as an internal consultant,
- why the class is organized as it is.
- to prepare you for your first discussion/meeting with the principal of your chosen organization (I want you to sound like you know what you're talking about!)
Please avoid direct quotes from the texts, unless you cite them. The assignment is worth 10 points: 7 points will be for content, and 3 points will be for writing.