Deck 7: Designing Interventions

Question 1

Discuss the four major types of interventions including descriptions of specific interventions within each main category.

Answer 1

answer not provided.

Question 2

What aspects of an organization do OD interventions seek to change?

A) cultural context
B) specific process features
C) external environment
D) task environment

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Human resources management practitioners mainly focus on

A) structure
B) strategy only
C) people
D) information systems

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Describe how OD interventions need to be adapted to fit different cultural contexts.

Question 5

The extent to which members of a society value and accept status differences refers to:

A) uncertainty avoidance
B) individualism
C) power distance
D) achievement orientation

Question 6

Which of the following is not a type of OD intervention outlined in this text?

A) human process interventions
B) human resources management
C) strategic
D) financial

Question 7

Which of the following best describes technostructural interventions?

A) changing the high-tech areas within the organization
B) helping organizations decide on markets, products or services
C) changing job design and division of labor
D) none of the above

Question 8

OD interventions in organizations implementing a global strategic orientation will most likely focus on:

A) efficiency
B) interpersonal relationships between the parent country and the subsidiary officer
C) decentralizing decision making policies
D) clarifying geocentric personnel policies

Question 9

Global social change organizations tend to be dominated by a strong set of normative values and beliefs.

Question 10

When designing OD interventions, the term "Human Resources Issues" refers to

A) the personnel practices of the organization
B) the number of organization members in conflict
C) the chain of command
D) none of the above

Question 11

Which economic and cultural context tends to be most difficult for traditional OD processes?

A) Industrial/Low power distance
B) Industrial/Low individualism
C) Industrializing/High power distance
D) Industrial/ High fit
E) Industrializing/Low individualism

Question 12

Key questions to ask when deciding the appropriate intervention method are

A) Have the issues been accurately diagnosed?
B) Are change methods appropriate to the organizational issues identified in diagnosis?
C) Can skills to implement the intervention be transferred to organizational members?
D) all of the above

Question 13

The need to tailor interventions suggests that applications of the same intervention are often identical.

Question 14

Explain what an "intervention" is and how it fits into the organizational development process. What are the key considerations when deciding on an intervention?

Question 15

Relevant interventions do not need acceptance or ownership from organization members.

Question 16

Quality of work life encompasses more than just the work environment.

Question 17

The key intervention implementation issue underlying all OD interventions is the need to tailor them to fit the organization.

Question 18

Intervention means:

A) valid information only
B) unplanned management manipulations
C) planned actions or events intended to increase effectiveness
D) change activities outside the organization

Question 19

Work design gets at the issue of job enrichment via greater task variety, autonomy, and feedback results.

Question 20

Organization learning is a strategic intervention for transforming organizations.