Organizational development approach to change

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1.     ‘The Organizational Development approach to change continues to dominate the literature because the value of this approach has been proven in practice.’ Discuss this statement.

2.    In drawing on examples you are familiar with, evaluate the claim by Dunphy and Stace that there are occasions where more coercive and autocratic strategies for managing change are required.

3.    Compare and contrast Lewin’s three-step and Kotter’s eight-step model, and discuss the claim by Hendry (1996: 624) that if you: ‘Scratch any account of creating and managing change and the idea that change is a three-stage process that necessarily begins with a process of unfreezing will not be far below the surface.’ (If unsure then don’t worry about this one)

change management theories

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change management theories

  1. How useful is the image of managing change framework for locating and making sense of change management theories?
  2. Identify and explain a set of guiding principles for the strategic management of change and innovation.
  3. Why do businesses in highly competitive markets often feel under pressure to mimic the behaviour of ‘successful’ competitors?
  4. Discuss what you understand by the term ‘change paradox’.

managing cultural changeb in an organization

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Explain and evaluate the concepts of sense-making and sense giving.

Is organizational culture something an organization is or has?

First, imagine an organization with a dysfunctional culture (behaviors and practices not acceptable and ethically dubious), then develop a strategy for managing cultural change in this organization.

 

cultures of unions

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Why do you think the cultures of unions have been ignored in
organizational culture literature?

Critical Project Management Tools

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Part Two: Using Critical Project Management Tools

Answer the following questions about the project network below, using as much space as you need.

1. Map the earliest start times for each activity to the resource demands over time. What are the earliest start times for each activity?

2. Create a left-justified schedule for the project above.

3. Assuming you have five people available (with similar skills), level the schedule so it is consistent with resource availabilities. What is the new project duration?

Procurement and Human Resources

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How to convince a CEO or the owner of a start-up business on the power, applicability, and advantage of Project Management specifically in the areas of Procurement and Human Resources.

Program Increment (PI) Planning

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Which two activities take place during Team Breakout on the first day of Program Increment (PI) Planning? (Choose two.)

Draft objectives and uncommitted objectives are written
Teams use color-coding for their backlog items as a reminder that they are required to have all backlog item types on their planning boards
Risks teams’ planning boards are resolved by the Release Train Engineer
Draft objectives are written but do not include exploration Enablers
Al teams’ planning boards are visible and use the same color-coding

program predictability measure

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What are two main reasons why the program predictability measure is important? (Choose two.) 

  1. It identifies under-performing teams
  2. It focuses the Agile Release Train on value delivery
  3. It indicates whether the Solution is ready to be released
  4. It demonstrates the need to fix the scope at the beginning of the Program Increment (PI)
  5.  It identifies variations to discuss in the Inspect and Adapt workshop

bone structures

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Activity: Given a possible grouping or classification of bone structures/terms for which you are responsible, explain why that grouping or classification is or is not valid. Help

Q1. Does the diaphysis of a long bone include osteons? Explain your reasoning.

Q2. Is hyaline cartilage part of the organic component of bone tissue? Explain your reasoning.

Q3. Does appositional growth involve osteoclasts? Explain your reasoning.

Q4. Are canaliculi made of collagen? Explain your reasoning.

VLQ 5.5.1. Briefly define the following terms from this slide: • DEXA (DXA) • T-score • osteoporosis

Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE)

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When the Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) acts as an Agile Team, which two team practices are they likely to use? (Choose two.)

Build Lean-Agile Budgets

Plan a Program Increment (PI)

Use test-driven development

Run an Iteration Retrospective

Build a Lean portfolio