Questions and Answers of Organization Development

1. Write the query to retrieve all contacts from the Contacts application that contain the word “jack.”
2. Name the methods that you need to override in your own implementation of a content provider.
3. How do you register a content provider in your AndroidManifest.xml file?
How to send SMS messages programmatically from within your ➤➤application
➤➤ How to send SMS messages using the built-in Messaging application
➤➤ How to receive incoming SMS messages
➤➤ How to send e-mail messages from your application
➤➤ How to connect to the Web using HTTP
➤➤ How to consume Web services ?
1. Name the two ways in which you can send SMS messages in your Android application.
2. Name the permissions you need to declare in your AndroidManifest.xml file for sending and receiving SMS messages.
3. How do you notify an activity from a BroadcastReceiver?
4. Name the permissions you need to declare in your AndroidManifest.xml file for an HTTP connection.
➤ How to display Google Maps in your Android application
➤➤ How to display the zoom controls on the map
➤➤ How to switch between the diff erent map views
➤➤ How to add markers to maps
➤➤ How to get the address location touched on the map
➤➤ How to perform geocoding and reverse geocoding
How to obtain geographical data using GPS, Cell-ID, and Wi-Fi ➤➤triangulation
➤➤ How to monitor for a location?
1. If you have embedded the Google Maps API into your Android application but it does not show the map when the application is loaded, what could be the likely reasons?
2. What is the difference between geocoding and reverse geocoding?
3. Name the two location providers that you can use to obtain your location data.
4. What is the method for monitoring a location?
➤ How to create a service that runs in the background
➤➤ How to perform long-running tasks in a separate thread
➤➤ How to perform repeated tasks in a service?
➤➤ How an activity and a service communicate?
1. Why is it important to put long-running code in a service on a separate thread?
2. What is the use of the IntentService class?
3. Name the three methods you need to implement in an AsyncTask class.
4. How can a service notify an activity of an event happening?
How to prepare your application for deployment ➤➤
How to export your application as an APK fi le and sign it with a new ➤➤certifi cate
➤➤ How to distribute your Android application?
How to publish your application on the Android Market?
1. Using Eclipse, open the LBS projected created in Chapter 9.
2. Select the LBS project in Eclipse and then select File ➪ Export….
3. In the Export dialog, expand the Android item and select Export Android Application (see Figure 11-2).Click Next.
4. The LBS project should now be displayed (see Figure 11-3). Click Next.
5. Select the “Create new keystore” option to create a new certificate (keystore) for signing your application (see Figure 11-4). Enter a path to save your new keystore and then enter a password
6. Provide an alias for the private key (name it DistributionKeyStoreAlias; see Figure 11-5) and enter a password to protect the private key. For this example, enter “password” as the password.
7. Enter a path to store the destination APK file (see Figure 11-6). Click Finish. The APK file will now be generated.
8. Recall from Chapter 9 that the LBS application requires the use of the Google Maps API key, which you applied by using your debug.keystore’s MD5 fingerprint. This means that the Google Maps API
9. Using the MD5 fingerprint obtained from the previous step, go to http://code.google.com/android/add-ons/google-apis/maps-api-signup.html and sign up for a new Maps API key.
10. Enter the new Maps API key in the main.xml file:
11. With the new Maps API key entered in the main.xml file, you now need to export the application once more and re-sign it. Repeat steps 2 through 4. When you are asked to select a keystore,
12. Select the “Use existing key” option (see Figure 11-9) and enter the password you set earlier to secure the private key (enter“password”). Click Next.
13. Click Finish (see Figure 11-10) to generate the APK file again.
1. How do you specify the minimum version of Android required by your application?
2. How do you generate a self-sign certificate for signing your Android application?
3. How do you configure your Android device to accept applications from non-Market sources?
Do you agree or disagree with the criticisms of OD? LO9
Is OD an emerging discipline or only a passing fad? LO9
Identify some of the conditions for the success of an OD program. LO9
Understand the process of terminating the practitioner-client relationship. LO9
Identify some of the future trends and problems facing the OD practitioner. LO9
Recognize ways of maintaining, internalizing, and stabilizing a change program. LO9
Understand the basic issues in using organization development as an approach to planned change. LO9
Find an article from Business Week, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, or another publication that discusses an LO9 organization’s culture and identify the strength of the corporate culture using
Select an organization and critique how the president or its CEO has articulated a vision to its members? LO9
Can you identify the characteristics that describe your organization’s culture? Or the culture of this class? LO9
How does the culture affect an organization’s ability to change? LO9
Suppose you receive a new job offer. What cultural factors would you consider in making a decision? LO9
Compare and contrast organization development and organization transformation. How are they similar or dissimilar? LO9
Experience these concepts in a management simulation. LO9
Recognize the importance of corporate culture and its relation to strategy. LO9
Understand the basic strategy-culture matrix and other approaches to changing the culture to fit the strategy. LO9
Identify and define organization transformation in relation to the change process. LO9
How can managers develop an organizational culture that LO9 encourages an HPS or a learning organization?
Compare and contrast the reasons for successful and unsuccessful LO9 change programs.
Identify and give examples from your experience of the major system-wide OD intervention techniques. LO9
Experience and practice system approaches. LO9
Recognize the six phases of the Grid OD program. LO9
Explain the characteristics of a high-performing system. LO9
Describe the four systems of system 4 management and explain why the fourth system is likely to be more successful LO9 in today’s environment.
Recognize the steps of reengineering. LO9
Recognize characteristics of learning organizations. LO9
Identify the survey research and feedback process. LO9
Describe what a system-level intervention is. LO9
Would you like to work in a self-managed work team? Explain your answer. Are classroom team project similar to LO9 self-managed teams? Why or why not?
What are the characteristics of self-managed work teams? LO9
What are some problems that organizations might have in LO9 implementing total quality management?
Explain total quality management and how it can be used LO9 to improve quality and productivity.
Experience how an OD practitioner can help an organization to make productivity changes. LO9
Identify the similarities and differences in job design, total quality management, and self-managed work teams. LO9
Diagnose job design problems as part of an OD program. LO9
Describe the major OD quality and productivity interventions. LO9
Compare and contrast the factors that make for successful and unsuccessful MBO programs. LO9
What are the typical steps in an MBO program? LO9
Describe Locke and Latham’s goal-setting model. LO9
Discuss the role of participation in goal setting. LO9
Identify and discuss the major factors in effective goal setting. LO9
Practice goal-setting approaches. LO9
Describe how management by objectives (MBO) can be applied as a management system. LO9
Apply the major findings of the research on goal setting to develop organizational and personal goals. LO9
Recognize how goal setting can be used as part of an OD program. LO9
Compare and contrast the methods used in the different approaches to resolving intergroup conflict. LO9
What are the anticipated behaviors of competitive conflict that occur in work teams? Identify and compare the five LO9 major conflict styles.

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