Middle Earth Consultants CODA Assessment Guide

Assessment Guide for Participants

Certified OD Analyst

This document is confidential, it is provided to the recipient for the limited purpose of supporting a better understanding of the skill set delivered in the program. Any commercial use of this document is prohibited. Copyrights are reserved with Middle Earth Consultants and Carlton Advanced Management Institute. For any clarifications please contact +040-64601088 Visit: www.mecindia.in

All rights reserved with Middle Earth & CAMI

Middle Earth Consultants CODA Assessment Guide

Using this Guide

This guide is for use with the Certified OD Analyst workshop, which is part of the training program conducted by Middle Earth Consultants (MEC), leading to eventual certification as a Certified OD Analyst by the Carlton Advanced Management Institute (CAMI). This is an accepted global certification currently available in over 40 global locations. The guide is fully scripted and is intended to encourage the participant to use as a tool kit and prepare the assessment accordingly. It also gives the details of how the assessment would be conducted and the criteria that is expected from the participants. The participants can use their understanding of the content discussed in the workshop as well as their experience to do the project and make the most effective use of it. We suggest the participants to use this guide in conjunction with the facilitators instruction, and the courseware provided to them. The expertise and the personal experiences of the participants will enable the participants to produce an ideal assignment. In case of problems the assessment support center and the Carlton certified faculty who had facilitated the workshop section would be of help to solve any problems you face during the project. The coverage of the guide: The certification process, the evaluation and the criterion process, evaluation details and the methods of doing the assignments. The topics covered are in bold and the exercises are in separate sheets.

All rights reserved with Middle Earth & CAMI

Middle Earth Consultants CODA Assessment Guide

The Overall Certification Process

The candidate must note that the certification process follows globally accepted standards of evaluation based on a combination of knowledge and skill evaluation which will be done through the research project submitted by the participant. It will deal with the assessment of your understanding in terms of depth of the concepts for the subject. The project should reflect the practical aspects involved and should have high degree workplace relevance. It should represent the relevance to the subject in terms of diversified scenarios and environmental & organizational circumstances. It should be more comprehensive in terms of concerning areas or the steps involved. The project could be done in the current organization of the participant or he/she can choose a dummy organization in a specific industry and complete the project.

Graphic representation of the certification process with time lines Workshop - 2 days

Project completion- 45 days

Certification & Evaluation process 7 weeks after project submission

Key points to note during the assessment process

1. The External Evaluator is not a member of MEC but directly appointed by CAMI. 2. The complete Verification and the consolidated report will be sent to CAMI. They will assign a Unique Accession Number to each Candidate. 3. The entire evaluation process takes 1.5-2 months, The Certificates will be Prepared based on the final consolidated assessment. By the end of the seventh week the results will be handed over to the participant. NOTE: You have to complete your projects within 3 months from the date of the workshop. If the time period elapses, you will have to pay certification fees again for certification.

All rights reserved with Middle Earth & CAMI

Middle Earth Consultants CODA Assessment Guide

Overall Evaluation Details

The assessment process will include a set of assignments that you will need to complete. The assignment totals 100 marks.

Break-up of marks Item Usage of Learning from CODA Overall Knowledge of OD Mechanism Displayed Comprehensiveness and flow of assignment Practicality of Assignment TOTAL Grades conferred
At the end of the assessment we would like the participants to know how they have faired. We have calibrated the rankings as given below from high honors to pass i.e. from excellent to average performance.

Marks 30 30 16 24 100

Marks Percentile 90% 70%-89% 50%-69% 40%-50%

Level High honors Distinction Merit Pass

Percentage candidates 5% 15% 25% 25%

of

The percentage at each level has been arrived at by a statistical analysis. This percentage can vary from year to year depending on the trends.

All rights reserved with Middle Earth & CAMI

Middle Earth Consultants CODA Assessment Guide

Project The project/ assignment would be marked at 100 marks. Each assignment is broken up into sections and each section carries specific weightage. Missing out any section in your project will affect your final evaluation scores. The CODA assignment consists of

1. Diagnose your organization using Malcolm Baldrige Excellence Model. i. List a brief about your organization, industry For each of the 7 aspects of Malcolm Baldrige (aspects like leadership, strategic planning, Customer and market focus, measurement, analysis and knowledge management, workforce focus, process management, results) ii. Identify negative and positive factors. iii. Compare them with best industry practices to give MB score. 2. Analyse your organization using PCMM and at which level it stands.

NOTE - All the participants have to strictly attach the Project Summary in the project, as a part of their submission. Project summary should be a one page abstract inclusive of: i. Objective ii. Scope of project in terms of Department/ positions and industry iii. Methodology followed iv. Brief overview of Findings v. Conclusions Final report as soft copy should be sent to examsupport@mecindia.org It is compulsory to courier the hard copy of the project to the Middle Earth Office Hyderabad. Please find the address below: Middle Earth Consultants Pvt. Ltd. #8-2-334/N/47, Plot No. 47, Road No. 3, Banjara Hills Hyderabad- 500034, A.P.

Note: All submitted Assignment will be the Intellectual property of Middle Earth Consultants or Carlton Advanced Management Institute. This may be uploaded on the net and hence any confidential material that is not to be shared should not be put in the assignment. All the project options will be given equal weightage. Middle

Earth will not be responsible for any loss of confidentiality suffered by the company.

All rights reserved with Middle Earth & CAMI

Middle Earth Consultants CODA Assessment Guide

All rights reserved with Middle Earth & CAMI