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ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT

Interventions and Activities

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Questions I-(IV) Pleaseindicate, on the line provided, the extentto whichyou are currently
using or have been engaged or involved in, within the last three years, the following
interventionsand activities.

PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING SCALE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW:

0 = Not at all 3 = To a moderateextent

1 = To a small extent 4 = To a great extent
2 = To some extent 5 = To a very great extent

Question I
1. Total quality management
2. Benchmarking
3. Downsizing
4. Businessprocess"reengineering"
5. Leadershipdevelopment
6. Helping the organizationto have a greaterserviceorientation
7. Empowerment
8. Outplacementprograms
9. Helping the organizationto have a greatercustomerorientation
10. Businessethics
11. Creating" learning organizations"
12. New work practices:
a. working at home
b. flexible work
c. telecommuting
13. Feedback/consulting"exercises"to senior executives/managers
14. In-house developmentof academiccourses
15. Supporting self-directedteams
16. Retirementplanning
17. Meeting facilitation

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0 = Not at all 3 = To a moderate extent
1 = To a small extent 4 = To a great extent
2 = To some extent 5 = To a very great extent
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Successionplanning activitie,s?
2. U sing researchand statisticalskills?
3. Addressingstressmanagementconcerns?
4. Executivedevelopmentprograms?
5. Careerdevelopmentactivities?
6. Manpower planning?
7. Processconsultation?
8. Conductingvisioning/futuring activities?
9. Conductingproblem solving sessions?
10. Conflict resolution?
11. Role analysis,responsibility and negotiation?
12. Conductingteam building activities?
13. U sing Gestalt methods?
14. Using T -Groups?
15. Managementdevelopment?
16. Using surveysand feedbackinstrumentsto collect and give
information about individuals?
17. Group goal-settingactivities?
18. Group values sharing and clarification activities?
19. Time managementactivities?
20. Providing coachingand/or counseling?
21. Providing training?
a) Pleaseindicate current training activities:

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0 = Not at all 3 = To a moderate extent

1 = To a small extent 4 = To a great extent
2 = To some extent 5 = To a very great extent

Question ill
1. Financial Planning?
2. Strategic Planning?

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3. Organizationalassessmentand diagnosticactivities?
4. Strategicmanagement?
5. Quality of work life activities?
6. Managingcultural differences?
7. Job redesign?
8. Changingthe corporatecult~:re?
9. Leadershiptransition? !

10. Designing/redesigningreward systems?

11. Managingrapid change?
12. OD efforts to achievesustainedlong term change?
13. Long range forecasting?
14. Activities addressingorganizationalpower and influence issues?
15. Job rotation?
16. Establishingorganizationalgoals?
17 Providing structural change(policy, staffing, or responsibility
changes)in the organization?
18. Organizationaldesignactivities?
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0 = Not at all 3 = To a moderate extent
1 = To a small extent 4 = To a great extent
2 = To someextent 5 = To a very great extent
Question IV
1. The developmentof socio-technicalsystems?
2. Learning the technicalwork of the organization?
3. Integrating high technologyinto the work place?
4. The integration of automaticdataprocessinginto the
organization?
5. The integration of women and minoritiesinto the
organization?
6. Developing new structuresfor management
development/planning?
7. Transforming technicalexpertsinto managers?
8. Assisting line managersto take over aD activities?
9. Developing managementstyles that enhance:
a) productivity?
b) efficiency?
c) ability to competewith foreign industries?
d) profitability?
10. Accommodatingcreativity and innovationin the organization?
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Designing/redesigningperformanceappraisalsystems?

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12. Becomingintegratedwith traditional managementtraining,
humanresourcedevelopmentand personnelfunctions?
13. Integrating participative managementinto the organization?
14. Pleaseindicate, in the spacebelow, any other activities
that were not specifiedabove and the extent to which you
are involved in theseactivities
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using the "extent" scale:
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Question V) Pleasedescribe the organizationalevents that have been experiencedby your

organizationrecentlyor within the last threeyearsthat are importantto its current
and future course.

Question VI) Are there any events that have occurred in Israel recently or within the last three
years that have been important to your organization's current and future course?

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 Background Infonnation

1. Sex: Male Female

2. Years in current organization
If less than a year, how many months?
3. Job title
4. Organization type: ~.
personnel publishing/printing/graphics
military oil
government dataprocessing/manufacturing
health care managementconsulting
food finance/banking
insurance/realestate sales/marketing
educational automotive
communications
other (pleaseindicate)

5. How many people work in your organizationat your site?

6. How many people are there in the entire organization?
7. Is your organizationin the: (checkone)
service sector
manufacturingsector
other (pleaseindicate)
8 How many years have you beenpracticing in the field of organizational

9. Pleaseindicate the last degreeobtained:

(1) elementaryschool (2) college
(3) high school (4) graduateschool
10. How many courseshave you takenin organizationdevelopment?
11. Year born? 19-
12. Are you an internal or external aD consultant?(check one)
Internal External

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