Week 1 Discussion

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This discussion relates to this week's learning outcomes:

• Define action research as it relates to Organizational Development or change management effort
• Analyze the system perspectives and outcomes for the 5 OD approaches
• Explain the impact of Lewin's Change Model on organizational development

Prompt/Question

Reflect on the readings and videos and answer only 1 of 3 discussion prompts:

1. 1. 1. Define action research as it relates to Organizational Development. Explain two challenges (resistance) OD consultants encountered when implementing action research.
      2. What is the philosophy (meaning) of systems perspective? How are OD consultants able to engage with the Organization using system perspective (thinking)? What are some key aspects of systems thinking that enable OD consultants to understand a system and its boundaries?
      3. Define Lewin's Change Model. Which of the three phases (unfreeze, change, refreeze) do you believe is the most challenging for the OD consultant to carry out? Why?