What were the challenges that Shikhar Ghosh faced when he joined Appex? Do you agree with Ghosh’s assessment upon joining Appex that the firm needed was control and structure? What is functional structure? What were the strengths and weaknesses of functional structure? How well did the product and business team structure address the problems with functional structure? What do you think about the changes to a divisional structure? What are its relative advantages and disadvantages compared to
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Organization Development Organization development (OD) is a new term which means a conceptual‚ organization-wide effort to increase an organization’s effectiveness and viability. Warren Bennis has referred to OD as a response to change‚ a complex educational strategy intended to change the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ values‚ and structure of an organization so that it can better adapt to new technologies‚ markets‚ challenges‚ and the dizzying rate of change itself. OD is neither "anything done to better an organization"
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WHAT MAKES OD‚ OD? * Dr. David W. Jamieson Organization development (OD) is more than 50 years old. In response to prevailing organizational values-in-operation that were partially a function of the times‚ OD offered a more holistic view of people and organizations‚ with an emphasis on humanistic and democratic values‚ and the belief that this different perspective was not only better for people‚ but also for organization performance. Prior to World War II‚ organizations typically operated
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Mission Statement We aspire to be the most admired and valuable company in the world. Our goal is to enrich our customers’ personal lives and to make their businesses more successful by bringing to market exciting and useful communications services‚ building shareowner value in the process. (1) Vision Statement Connect people with their world‚ everywhere they live and work‚ and do it better than anyone else. (2) Corporate Objectives Financial Objectives 1. Wireless Unit 2. Enterprise
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today’s business world‚ organizations need to implement effective OD interventions aimed at improving performance at organizational‚ group and individual levels. OD interventions involve respect for people‚ a climate of trust and support‚ shared power‚ open confrontation of issues‚ and the active participation of stakeholders. OD interventions are broader in scope‚ usually affecting the whole organization (socio-technical systems). OD interventions are sponsored by the CEO and supported and “owned”
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Definition of od interventions: An OD intervention can be defined as “the set of structured activities in which selected organization units engage with a task or a sequence of tasks where the task goals are related directly or indirectly to organizational improvement ” “A set of sequenced and planned actions or events intended to help the organisation increase its effectiveness”. In an od intervention the entire process of diagnosis‚ alternative generation and making action choices are jointly
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OD and Change The Message Is Clear - Change Or Disappear “There’s no off season anymore” - Nolan Ryan “You miss 100% of the shots you never take” - Wayne Gretsky “Somebody has to do something‚ and its just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.” - Jerry Garcia‚ the Grateful Dead CHANGE - AN ONGOING PROCESS Companies no longer have a choice‚ they must change to survive. Unfortunately‚ people tend to resist change. It is not easy to change an organization‚ let alone an individual. This
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perform task or to solve problem that are too complex and multifaceted for single organizations to carry out. | StrategicChange Intervention | INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE COMPANY: Future Generali is a joint venture between the India-based Future Group and the Italy-based Generali Group.It is present in India in both the Life and Non-Life businesses as Future Generali India Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Future Generali India Insurance Co. Ltd. A FACTSHEET: Name - Future Generali India Insurance Co
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Customer Value Propositions in Business Markets Customer value proposition” has become one of the most widely used terms in business markets in recent years. Yet our management-practice research reveals that there is no agreement as to what constitutes a customer value proposition—or what makes one persuasive. Moreover‚ we find that most value propositions make claims of savings and benefits to the customer without backing them up. An offering may actually provide superior value—but if the supplier
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------------------------------------------------- Why “JD” is so successful in its marketing? If we focus on the needs of consumers‚ an organization creates a business that can outclass its competitors. The goal is also being closer to consumers and providing exactly what they want‚ for at last‚ trigger their purchase. This kind of business carries out research to find the needs and wants of consumers. It then uses the findings to design products and marketing strategies to satisfy these needs. JD is a British company using a specific
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