Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Chapters 7, 8, and 9 of the course textbook, read the following articles, What We Can Learn from Evaluating OD Interventions, The Benefits of Creating A Diverse Workforce (Links to an external site.), and What Are the Advantages of a Diverse Workforce? (Links to an external site.), and watch the video, How Can You Influence Others?.
Last week, you prepared the foundation of your final project by selecting a case study and applying the appropriate action research process to the OD challenge (case study paper uploaded). Based on your knowledge of intervention types, you proposed a recommended interaction for the challenge. This week, you will have the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of individual, team, group, and organizational interventions, and what they look like during problem solving and decision-making.
Intervention is the doing phase of action research. This paper will solidify your intervention selection. You will explain the actions used during your selected intervention and comprehensively apply the process to the case study. The paper must be at least two full pages in length, and must include the course textbook as a reference, as well as three additional scholarly and credible sources to support the content of the paper.
In your paper,
Select an appropriate intervention for your case study.
Evaluate why the intervention is applicable to the case study.
Interpret the actions involved when utilizing the intervention.
The Intervention Selection and Application paper
Must be at least two double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Centers APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.).
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Students name
Ashford University
Course name and number
Instructors name
Date submitted
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.
Must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed, or credible sources in addition to the course text.
Coursebook: Bierema, L. (2020). Organizational development: An action research approach (2nd ed.). Zovio.
Chapter 7: Individual Interventions
Chapter 8: Group Interventions
Chapter 9: Organization-Level Interventions
The full-text version of this ebook is available through the Constellation database. This book is a comprehensive text on organization development theories and strategies. Chapters 7, 8, and 9 will assist you in your Tools of the Trade discussion forum, and Intervention Selection and Application assignment this week.
Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2019/09/09/the-benefits-of-creating-a-diverse-workforce/#36e8cacb140b
Link: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-diverse-workforce-18780.html
Journal Artical: Cady, S. H., & Joo-Hyung Kim. (2017). What We Can Learn from Evaluating OD Interventions. OD Practitioner, 49(1), 5055.
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