Which of the Following Is True of Organization Development (OD)

question 68

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of organization development (OD) ?

• A)It involves a relatively minor restructuring of the current organizational culture.
• B)OD consultants prefer institutional controls and autocratic management styles.
• C)OD consultants focus on the content and not the form of behavioral dealings.
• D)OD specialists focus solely on problem solving issues.
• E)It possesses the same diagnostic focus associated with the systems model of change.

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Definitions:

Finished Goods Inventory

The stock of completed products not yet sold, valued at either the cost of production or the market price, and recorded as an asset on the balance sheet.

Selling Expenses

Costs incurred directly from the sale of a product or service, not including the cost of goods sold but may include advertising, sales commissions, and store supplies.

Absorption Costing

A pricing approach that encompasses all production expenses, such as direct materials, direct labor, along with both variable and fixed overhead, in a product's cost.

Variable Costing

An accounting method that only allocates variable costs to inventory, treating fixed costs as period costs that are expensed in the period they are incurred.