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(SHRD) HRD4801 ASSIGNMENT 4-QUIZ 4

QUESTION 1 Bioware Corporation, a leading technology company specialising in software development and information technology (IT) services, has been experiencing rapid growth. The company, which has over 10 000 employees spread across the African continent, has identified the need to enhance its training and development programmes to ensure that its employees keep up with evolving industry standards and technological advancements. The current in-house training department has struggled to meet ...

QUESTION 1 Tongaat Hulett, a major player in South Africa’s agricultural and agri-processing sector, has been implicated in a severe scandal stemming from recent accounting irregularities and declining corporate governance ratings. The scandal concerns widespread irregularities in financial reporting that led to overstated profits and fraudulent activities. As a result, the company’s leadership came under scrutiny for neglecting principles associated with ethics and the governance of risk,...

QUESTIONS QUESTION 1 Critically discuss the criteria that define an effective intervention and the contingencies that need to be considered in designing interventions. Provide practical examples. (20 marks) QUESTION 2 Critics of OD have pointed out several problems with the way planned change has been conceptualised and practised. Discuss these issues in terms of (a) the conceptualisation and (b) the practice of planned change. (20 marks)

QUESTIONS QUESTION 1 Discuss the trends that shape the role and relevance of OD. In your answer, give an example of one organisation for each trend, and outline how that organisation’s operations has been impacted by the trend. (20 marks) QUESTION 2 One of the characteristics of planned change is that ‘change is triggered by environmental and internal disruptions’. With practical examples, expound on this statement. (10 marks)

QUESTIONS CASE STUDY Read the case study below carefully and then answer the questions that follow: Siya Zwane, the newly appointed principal at Green Acres Primary School, was briskly making her way down the hall to Unathi Magele’s classroom when she passed a colleague from the maths department. “Good morning, Ms Rametse,” she greeted in a cheerful voice. But Florence Rametse just carried on her way, as though she had not seen Zwane. “Never mind,” Zwane mumbled to herself as she ...

QUESTION 1 All approaches to organisation development rely on some theory about planned change. These theories describe the different stages through which planned change may be effected in an organisation and explain the sequential process of applying organisational development (OD) methods to help organisational members manage change. a) Compare and describe the Lewin’s change model, the action research model and the positive model. (10 marks) b) Critically discuss each model’s ...

QUESTION 1 Critique the framework for the general model of planned change. Your analysis should include a discussion of each activity and a typical sequence of events. (20 Marks)