Case Study 8
Case Study 8
Order Description
Case Study 8
You MUST use This Textbook
Organization Development
Author: Anderson
Publisher: Sage
Edition: 4th
ISBN: 978-1506316574
Instruction guides are one through six on pp. 14-16 in your textbook, read. Each analysis is a written document to be submitted having a brief review of the case
study; assessment of the presenting and root problems of the case; What are the challenges in the OD process when the ODP and client come from different cultures? How
should the ODP team approach a job where the cultural environment is unfamiliar. Ensure that your team discusses issues and concerns from the six dimensions of Global
Cultural. Discuss OD Values. Ensure you use APA style of writing, answer all associated questions provide in the case study by incorporating the answers in your case
study analysis as a narrative (third person style of writing), and ensure proper supporting documentation is included to substantiate your answer. Analysis must be
written in third person in order to demonstrate objectivity with no judgmental comments (no more than 7 - 10 pages; single-spaced type-written).
Outline for Case Study 8 presentation:
Case Study 8 - A Global Partnership at GFAC Consulting
Synopsis of the Case Study
• presenting problems
• underlying problems
• What are the challenges in the OD process when the ODP and client come from different cultures?
• How should the ODP team approach a job where the cultural environment is unfamiliar.
Ensure that your team discusses issues and concerns from the six dimensions of Global Cultural
Differences terminology with specificity:
• Power Distance
• Uncertainty Avoidance
• Individualism-Collectivism
• Masculinity-Femininity
• Short-Term — Long-Term Orientation
• Indulgence-Restraint
Discuss OD Values
• Develop Intervention Strategy
• Develop at least Three Intervention Activities to identify ways to improve relationships and working conditions which will increase productivity based upon advice
for the Global ODP and recurring themes expressed by interviewees and appropriate theories.

