MGMT628 Organizational Development (alt. code=HRM628) GDB Solution & Discussion Last Date:10-05-2016

[+ M.Tariq Malik]

MGMT628 Organizational Development (alt. code=HRM628) GDB Solution & Discussion Last Date:10-05-2016

Graded Discussion Board.01

ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (MGMT628)

Topic: Models of Consulting

Due Date: 10 May, 2016

Marks: 10

 

OBJECTIVE OF THE ACTIVITY

 

The prime objective of this activity is to familiarize students with the traditional expert models of consulting in a practical scenario.

 

LEARNING OUTCOME

 

After attempting this activity, students will be able to:

• Compare and comprehend different Models of consulting with Organizational Development (OD).

 

THE PREMISE

 

Creatix Ltd. is a small manufacturing company which has recently experienced high unscheduled absentees, poor performance of highly efficient workers and low morale of workforce. Company management decided to hire an OD consultant to deal with this issue and suggest changes for improvement.

OD consultant hired by the organization started working with the senior team. He acted as a facilitator by providing the team methodological tools for assessing the problems, diagnosing the strength and weakness of the company, developed some plans to overcome the issues and to achieve the desired goals by attempting to increase their capacity to deal with the problems. The goal of the assigned work, as stated by the OD practitioner, was to “improve the overall effectiveness of the management of the company”.Consulting to organizations can take many forms. Traditional models of consulting are Purchase of expertise model, Doctor-patient model and Process consultation model.

 

POINT OF DISCUSSION

 

 In your opinion, which specific model in the above cases is adopted by Creatix Ltd.? Support your answer with logical arguments.

 

NOTE:

 

For acquiring the relevant knowledge, do not rely only on handouts but watch the course video lectures and read additional material available online or in any other mode.

 

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:

 

• Your discussion must be based on logical facts.
• The GDB will open and close at above specified date and time. Please note that no grace day or extra time will be given for posting comments on GDB.
• Use the font style “Times New Roman” and font size “12”.
• Your answer should be relevant to the topic i.e. clear and concise.
• Do not copy or exchange your answer with other students. Two identical / copied comments will be marked Zero (0) and may damage your grade in the course.
• Books, websites and other reading material may be consulted before posting your comments; but copying or reproducing the text from books, websites and other reading materials is strictly prohibited. Such comments will be marked as Zero (0) even if you provide references.
• You should post your answer on the Graded Discussion Board (GDB), not on the Moderated Discussion Board (MDB). Both will run parallel to each other during the time specified above. Therefore, due care will be needed.
• Obnoxious or ignoble answer should be strictly avoided.
• You cannot participate in the discussion after the due date via email.
• Questions / queries related to the content of the GDB, which may be posted by the students on MDB or via e-mail, will not be replied till the due date of GDB is over.
• For planning your semester activities in an organized manner, you are advised to view schedule of upcoming Assignments, Quizzes and GDBs in the overview tab of the course website on VU-LMS.

 

Note related to load shedding: Please be proactive

 

Dear students!

As you know that Pre Mid-Term semester activities have been started and load shedding problem is also prevailing in our country now a days. Keeping in view the fact, you all are advised to post your activities as early as possible without waiting for the due date. For your convenience; activity schedule has already been uploaded on VULMS for the current semester, therefore no excuse will be entertained after due date of assignments, quizzes or GDBs.

[+ M.Tariq Malik]

Please Discuss here about this GDB.Thanks

Our main purpose here discussion not just Solution

We are here with you hands in hands to facilitate your learning and do not appreciate the idea of copying or replicating solutions.

[Seema Saleh]

any idea to solving this GDB

[+ M.Tariq Malik]

To summarize the important points according to a traditional consulting model approach, we can say that senior management identified some problems in some parts of the organization and hired an expert consultant for the diagnosis of the situation, identify the causes of problems and then prescribe the effective solution to overcome the problems that prevail. This description clearly concludes that the company has used the "doctor-patient model" as a traditional consulting model.

[Seema Saleh]

sir mujhy to process consultation model lagta hey beacuse is case me bht si lines is me mentioned hain or video me sir ny is per ziada focus kiye hy ziada important ye hy .result sy patta chalyga

[Seema Saleh]

process consultaion is the right answer

[+ M.Tariq Malik]

Dear Students Don’t wait for solution post your problems here and discuss ... after discussion a perfect solution will come in a result. So, Start it now, replies here give your comments according to your knowledge and understandings....