Organization Development Quiz

What is the primary focus of organization development (OD)?

• Improving customer service

• Expanding the business globally

• Increasing profits

• Changing the organization's culture and leadership

What is the dual purpose of OD?

• Reducing employee involvement

• Increasing bureaucracy and hierarchy

• Decreasing collaboration among team members

• Changing the organization's culture and increasing employee involvement in decision making

What theory is OD based on?

• Closed system theory

• Humanism theory

• Open system theory

• Behaviorism theory

What values are emphasized in OD?

• Control and hierarchy

• Competition and individualism

• Participation and collaboration

• Isolation and stagnation

What does the OD practitioner primarily focus on?

• Implementing changes without feedback

• Providing feedback to management and diagnosis

• Ignoring organizational members' involvement

• Focusing solely on competition

What is the input-throughput-output cycle in OD based on?

• Organizational hierarchy

• Individual behavior

• External environment

• Internal environment

What is the main subject of OD?

• Economics

• Organizational and Institutional Psychology

• Political Science

• Sociology

What does OD aim to increase in organizational members?

• Stagnation

• Bureaucracy

• Commitment

• Isolation

What does OD seek to change in an organization?

• Increased bureaucracy and hierarchy

• Reduced collaboration among team members

• Increased involvement of organizational members in decision making

• Decreased involvement of organizational members in decision making

What is the OD practitioner's role in the organization?

• To ignore organizational members' involvement

• To diagnose and provide feedback to management

• To focus solely on competition

• To implement changes without feedback