Class Preparation and Personal Study

To help you prepare for class, perform the activities outlined in this section. Performing these activities will help you to significantly enhance your classroom performance.

Reflecting on Target Skill

On page 240, this chapter opens by presenting a target management skill along with a list of related objectives outlining knowledge and understanding that you should aim to acquire related to that skill. Review this target skill and the list of objectives to make sure that you’ve acquired all pertinent information within the chapter. If you do not feel that you’ve reached a particular objective(s), study related chapter coverage until you do.

Know Key Terms

Understanding the following key terms is critical to your preparing for class. Define each of these terms. Refer to the page(s) referenced after a term to check your definition or to gain further insight regarding the term.

  1. changing an organization 242

  2. change agent 243

  3. people factors 244

  4. structural factors 244

  5. technological factors 244

  6. technological change 245

  7. structural change 245

  8. people change 246

  9. organization development (OD) 246

  10. grid organization development (grid OD) 246

  11. managerial grid 246

  12. stress 249

  13. stressor 251

  14. workplace bullying 252

  15. conflict 253

  16. compromise 253

  17. avoiding 254

  18. forcing 254

  19. resolving 255

  20. virtual organization 255

  21. virtual corporation 255

  22. virtual teams 256

  23. virtual training 256

  24. virtual office 256

Know How Management Concepts Relate

This section comprises activities that will further sharpen your understanding of management concepts. Answer essay questions as completely as possible.

  1. 11-1. What role should “organizational stability” play in the organizational change process?

  2. 11-2. Discuss an example of how you might use “freezing, unfreezing, and refreezing” in making a specific organizational change.

  3. 11-3. Discuss grid OD as a technique for changing people in organizations.

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