You have just been appointed as CEO to an inadequately performing Australian telecommunications company. Its customer service record is very poor, it is a technological follower rather than a leader and staff morale is low. Drawing from the concepts and ideas in this unit lecture, devise an organisational change strategy for the company. Would you adopt Organisation development (OD) or Organisational transformation (OT)? Why? (Word count

You have just been appointed as CEO to an inadequately performing Australian telecommunications company. Its customer service record is very poor, it is a technological follower rather than a leader and staff morale is low. Drawing from the concepts and ideas in this unit lecture, devise an organisational change strategy for the company. Would you adopt Organisation development (OD) or Organisational transformation (OT)? Why? (Word count

Practical Management Science

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Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.

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