With descriptive models‚ the role of the OD practitioner is to illuminate “what is” for the client‚ and “what could be”. Within descriptive models‚ contingency theorists would argue that the OD practitioner facilitates change only‚ not focus. The client determines the direction of change and the OD practitioner helps the client get there. Most diagnostic models fit under the “descriptive” category. Examples include: ! ! ! ! ! ! Bolman and Deal: Four Frames Model Freedman: Socio-technical Systems Model
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During the time period from the beginning of the Roman Empire to the Crusades‚ there were changes and continuities in religion. After Christianity became the main religion in the Roman Empire‚ it slowly changed as time went on and in some areas remained the same. At the beginning of the Roman Empire the Romans were a polytheistic people. They believed in many gods‚ which they adopted from the Greeks in Southern Italy. The Romans copied many of the Greek gods and myths but gave them different names
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During the late seventeen hundreds‚ many tumultuous events resulted in Colonial opposition to Great Britain. The conditions of rights of the colonists will slowly be changed as the constriction of the parliament becomes more and more intolerable. During the Seven Years’ War England was not only alarmed by the colonists’ insistence on trading with the enemy‚ but also with Boston merchants hiring James Otis inorder to protest the legality of the writs of assistance (general search warrants) used to
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later‚ when I was called in to coach Tom (I’ve disguised his name)‚ I had trouble even picturing the confident insider he once had been. He looked like a deer caught in the headlights. Tom seemed overwhelmed and indeed even used that word several times to describe how he felt. He had started to doubt his abilities. His direct reports‚ once close colleagues‚ no longer
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Some of the major inequalities which existed in France in the 1700s were that the people were divided into three large groups‚ everything depends how is your economic status. They were two two estates had privileges for example access to high offices and exemption of taxes‚ those privileges weren’t granted to the third. The Roman Catholic Church was the first estate which help poor people with education and relief services. The second estate were the rich nobles they own a 20 percent of land and
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P3- Explain the factors that would lead to the suspicion of child maltreatment or abuse Unit 10 “There are several types of child abuse‚ but the core element that ties them together is the emotional effect on the child. Children need predictability‚ structure‚ clear boundaries‚ and the knowledge that their parents are looking out for their safety. Abused children cannot predict how their parents will act. Their world is an unpredictable‚ frightening place with no rules. Whether the abuse is a slap
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agriculturally-based economy and kept some native traditions. Before 1500 C.E.‚ Latin America and the Caribbeans were separated from global trade‚ meaning they isolated and developed independently. Latin America and the Caribbeans during this time consists of the Aztecs and the Incans. The Aztecs settled in the valley of Mexico and grew many crops such as corn‚ so they were an agriculturally-based economy. The Aztecs frequently engaged in warfare to conquer others cities‚ mostly left the local
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Organic Change Tia N. Robinson Grand Canyon University LDR 825 September 10‚ 2014 Organic Change This paper will discuss the implementation of change in an organization. The first section will identify different factors that a leader must use to determine where and in what areas change is needed in order to progress. The second section will explain the acceptance and readiness for change in an organization along with continuous learning skills‚ adaptation‚ and the way to improve an
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have realised that change is a natural partof lifes journey this journey involves realising that change defines a sense of self. The text’s The Road Not Taken and Stopping by Woods On A Snowy Evening communicated this epiphany. This discussion will explore this essay in relation to poetic narative‚ tone‚ natural imagery and the motif of time. The various techniques and devices are illistrated throughout both poems‚ allowing the reader to acknowledge the statement that "Change defines a sense of self"
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CRITICAL CARE FAMILY NEEDS Camelia Sheffield University of Tennessee at Martin Abstract The hospitalization of family members in a critical care setting presents an array of emotions for family members. Critical illness often occurs without warning leaving families feeling vulnerable and helpless with no clear knowledge of what to expect from health care professionals or patient outcomes. The challenge for critical care nurses (Registered Nurses {RNs}) Is to provide care for aggressively
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