Student workbook activities

Activity 1a

Estimated Time

20 Minutes

Objective

Analyse strategic plans to determine organisation development needs and objectives.

Activity

Does your organisation have a strategic business plan?

Briefly describe it

What is a mission statement?

What is meant by company vision?

Activity 1b

Estimated Time

30 Minutes

Objective

Consult with relevant groups and individuals to profile the organisation's culture and readiness for organisational development.

Activity

Who are the relevant groups that you should consult with??

How do you define an organisation culture?

1.Establish a list of characteristics or attributes you identify with as part of your organisations "culture"

2.Place each of them into one of the suggested three measurements

List of what you consider to be characteristics of culture.

Most Characteristic

Somewhere in between

Least Characteristic

What does strategic readiness mean?

Activity 1c

Estimated Time

20 Minutes

Objective

Determine who will take key roles in the organisational development process and confirm their commitment.

Activity

Which personnel should be involved with the following responsibilities:

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using an outside facilitator?

What would you need to consider when choosing a method of data analysis?

Which methods of data analysis are available to your organisation?

Activity 1d

Estimated Time

20 Minutes

Objective

Determine and agree on objectives and strategies for organisational development.

Activity

Based on the notes and other reference from you workplace, describe a process similar or totally different to these notes on making a determination for a strategy involving organisational development.

What information would you need to consider, in order to make an informed decision?

Give an example of factors which would influence your eventual determination.

Activity 1e

Estimated Time

20 Minutes

Objective

Consider change management techniques required to achieve the workplace culture outcomes and build them into the organisation development plan.

Activity

What is your definition of an organisation culture?

How can you prepare for change?

Briefly describe the following change management techniques.

Activity 1f

Estimated Time

20 Minutes

Objective

Develop communication/education plans to achieve communication objectives in relation to the desired work environment and desired approach to problem-solving and developmental activities.

Activity

What objective could your communication management plan include?

What do you have to consider when approaching developmental activities?

Activity 2a

Estimated Time

30 Minutes

Objective

Identify and implement consultative processes to maximise participation in the organisation development process. Undertake team development and training activities to develop collaborative approaches to problem-solving and development and facilitate groups to articulate problems and to propose means for resolving the problems.

Activity

What processes do you use to maximise participation in the organisation development process?

What activities might you undertake to develop and train teams?

How can you help a team articulate and solve problems?

Activity 2b

Estimated Time

20 Minutes

Objective

Manage conflict between individuals and/or groups to achieve consensus or agreement.

Activity

Which of the following are elements of collaboration?

Your answer

A

Shared creation and understanding

B

Joint efforts to achieve a common purpose

C

Working across boundaries to solve a problem

D

All of the above

It is not necessary for people to know one another for collaboration to be successful.

Your answer

A

True

B

False

When working on a collaborative effort and you know you are right, always argue forcefully for your opinions.

Your answer

A

True

B

False

To build group consensus, which of the following is not one of the things that helps the process?

Your answer

A

Avoid changing your mind to reach agreement

B

Seek out differences of opinion

C

Always assume that there must be a winner and a loser

D

Discuss underlying assumptions and listen to others

Consensus of the group must always require 100% agreement for the group's work to be truly successful.

Your answer

A

True

B

False

Activity 2c

Estimated Time

20 Minutes

Objective

Undertake interventions in accordance with the organisation development plan and brainstorm alternative proposals and negotiate and agree on outcomes.

Activity

What types of interventions are open to you?

What are the advantages of brainstorming?

Activity 3a

Estimated Time

20 Minutes

Objective

Undertake surveys to identify any loss of support for organisational development programs and activities.

Activity

Give examples of some surveys?

Give a brief description of the two types of questions can you use?

What do you do with the survey information?

What if the survey is complex?

How can you manage an online survey?

Activity 3b

Estimated Time

15 Minutes

Objective

Maintain regular team meetings and individual feedback in accordance with communication plan.

Activity

What will a communication plan usually cover?

Give examples of different types of communication you can use.

Activity 3c

Estimated Time

20 Minutes

Objective

Set out activities and interventions in the organisation development plan and maintain, evaluate and modify them as required.

Activity

Define the following:

Action research

Inter-group team building

Re-engineering

Succession planning

Activity 3d

Estimated Time

15 Minutes

Objective

Ensure senior management reinforces organisation development program by ongoing messages of support and appropriate resource allocation.

Activity

How can you give ongoing messages of support and appropriate resource allocation?

What is the advantage of using a virtual company network?

Activity 3e

Estimated Time

30 Minutes

Objective

Evaluate organisation development plans in terms of costs and benefits, including opportunity costs.

Activity

In groups or as directed by the instructor, draw upon a workplace example of how you or the organisation has addressed a cost-benefit analysis and opportunity cost assessment.

Workplace example

Evaluate organisation development plans

Costs and benefits

Opportunity costs

Skills and Knowledge Activity

Estimated Time

60 Minutes

Objective

To provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of the foundation skills, knowledge evidence and performance evidence.

Activity

The answers to the following questions will enable you to demonstrate your knowledge of:

Learning

Reading

Writing

Oral Communication

Numeracy

Interacting with others

Getting the work done

How to maximise participation in and support for organisation development

Theories of organisational behaviour and dynamics relevant to planning and implementing organisational development

The impact of legislation on organisational development and change

Aspects of organisation culture that can affect organisation development and explain how to address them in planning and implementation

Answer each question in as much detail as possible, considering your organisational requirements for each one.

1.How can you encourage participation through your leadership?

2.Give an example of a time you have used your communication and interpersonal skills to persuade others?

3.What activities and interventions might you use to find new, improved or different ways of working or engineering the organisation?

4.What are the components that make up a strategic business plan?

5.Why might conflict arise?

6.What approaches could help you achieve agreement?

Major Activity

Estimated Time

90 Minutes

Objective

To provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of the entire unit.

Activity

You must individually, answer the following questions in full to show your competency of each element:

1. Develop organisation development plan
2. Implement organisation development activities
3. Maintain organisation development program

1.Describe how you could develop an organisation development plan.

2.Explain how you could implement organisation development activities.

3.Design your survey model. Base the objective on a workplace example to identify any loss of support for your organisation development program and activities.

4.What else could you do to maintain an organisation development program?