Management Functions

The real challenge of organization behavior and development lies in the opportunity to manage uncertainly, change, conflict, and other complexities of organizational life that we each experience as a participant of a contemporary organization. As a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a company, describe the organization tools that you have available to you to attune your organization, such as the use of the contingency approach, content and process theories, participative management, building effective groups, organizational structure, etc.

Introduction

We believe that the concepts and techniques of organization development will soon be as much apart of the well-trained manager’s repertoire as knowledge of accounting, marketing and finance. We predict that a significant period of transition lies just ahead in which the charter and boundaries of organization development will be expanded; specifically, the practice of organization development will be incorporated within the art and science of management. Organization development offers a set of generic tools available to any managers and members of organization who want to improve goal achievement. Today’s managers manage change, and organization