BUS 370 Week 1 Discussion 2

BUS 370  Week 1 Discussion 2 | ashford university

Week 1 - Discussion

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, carefully read and review all of Chapters 1 and 2 in the course textbook. To successfully fulfill the requirements of the discussion, you will need to understand concepts, relationships, processes, and terminologies linked to organizational development and organizational change.

Clearly, organizational development (OD) has changed over the past 80 years. Take this time to describe the origination of OD and the purpose of its creation. Explain how OD has changed and the reasons for the change. Provide an analysis of OD values and ethics, and their importance to OD credibility.

To recap:

·         Describe the origination of OD and the purpose of its creation.

·         Explain how OD has changed during the past 80 years and the reasons for the change.

·         Analyze OD values and ethics, and their importance to OD credibility.

Guided Response: Your initial post must be specific and significant. The initial post must be between 250 and 300 words. You must support your post with at least two applicable resources in addition to the course text to defend your positions and findings. Use the Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) document for additional guidance. Respond to at least three of your classmates’ posts during the discussion week. Responses to classmates must be substantive and further the discussion by debating and advancing the key points of their post. Always cite and reference your resources in your discussion post. Refer to APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) if you need to.