DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (PM (PM (Lateral) DEGREE
EXAMINATION, MAY 2016
ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(2005 onwards)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — × 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions.
1. What are the underlying values of organisational
development?
2. Write a brief note on maintenance component of
organisational development.
3. Write short notes on Inter group intervention
Structural intervention.
4. What are comprehensive interventions? Explain.
5. Why are ethical standards required in O.D.?
6. Narrate the issues in organisational development.
7. Trace the historical perspectives of Action Research.
8. Point out the assumptions of organisational development.
SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions.
9. Explain the nature and scope of organisational
development.
10. Analyse the theoretical and practical aspects of
organisational development.
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11. Examine the role of action research in organisational
development.
12. How far organisational development is associated with
organisational performance? Explain.
13. Explain the prospects of organisational development in
the Indian Context.
14. Discuss in detail the diagnostic, action and process
aspects of O.D.
15. Narrate how organisational development is assessed and
implemented.