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What is the primary purpose of implementation feedback?
What is the primary purpose of implementation feedback?
- To guide implementation efforts and track progress (correct)
- To evaluate the overall effectiveness of an intervention
- To select the right variables to measure
- To measure the long-term effects of an intervention
What is a key consideration in research design when evaluating OD interventions?
What is a key consideration in research design when evaluating OD interventions?
- Balancing internal and external validity (correct)
- Selecting the right variables to measure
- Focusing solely on measuring long-term effects
- Ensuring internal validity at the expense of external validity
What is the primary focus of evaluation feedback?
What is the primary focus of evaluation feedback?
- Determining whether milestones are being met
- Guiding implementation efforts
- Measuring the reliability of measurements
- Assessing the overall effectiveness of an intervention (correct)
Why is operational definition important in evaluating OD interventions?
Why is operational definition important in evaluating OD interventions?
What is the primary purpose of diagnosis in OD interventions?
What is the primary purpose of diagnosis in OD interventions?
What is the primary difference between implementation feedback and evaluation feedback?
What is the primary difference between implementation feedback and evaluation feedback?
What type of validity assesses whether measures of 'non-similar' variables show no association?
What type of validity assesses whether measures of 'non-similar' variables show no association?
Which type of validity is concerned with whether a measure can accurately predict a specific outcome?
Which type of validity is concerned with whether a measure can accurately predict a specific outcome?
What type of validity is related to the design of an assessment to show whether an intervention produced the observed results?
What type of validity is related to the design of an assessment to show whether an intervention produced the observed results?
Which type of validity assesses whether a measure correlates with an external criterion?
Which type of validity assesses whether a measure correlates with an external criterion?
What type of validity is concerned with whether an intervention works similarly in other situations?
What type of validity is concerned with whether an intervention works similarly in other situations?
Which type of validity checks if measures of 'similar' variables correlate?
Which type of validity checks if measures of 'similar' variables correlate?
What is a characteristic of longitudinal measurement in OD evaluation?
What is a characteristic of longitudinal measurement in OD evaluation?
Which type of change involves recalibration of units of measure in a stable dimension?
Which type of change involves recalibration of units of measure in a stable dimension?
What is institutionalization of an intervention in an organization?
What is institutionalization of an intervention in an organization?
What is the primary purpose of providing a rigorous operational definition?
What is the primary purpose of providing a rigorous operational definition?
What is an important consideration in the institutionalization framework?
What is an important consideration in the institutionalization framework?
What type of validity is concerned with whether a measure appears to reflect the variable of interest?
What type of validity is concerned with whether a measure appears to reflect the variable of interest?
What does congruence refer to in the institutionalization framework?
What does congruence refer to in the institutionalization framework?
What is the primary benefit of using multiple measures of the same variable?
What is the primary benefit of using multiple measures of the same variable?
What is a characteristic of an institutionalized intervention?
What is a characteristic of an institutionalized intervention?
What is the primary purpose of standardized instruments?
What is the primary purpose of standardized instruments?
What type of validity is concerned with whether experts agree that a measure appears valid?
What type of validity is concerned with whether experts agree that a measure appears valid?
What is the primary purpose of discriminant validity?
What is the primary purpose of discriminant validity?
What is the primary function of internal support in organizational change?
What is the primary function of internal support in organizational change?
What is the main difference between specific goals and broad goals in organizational change?
What is the main difference between specific goals and broad goals in organizational change?
What is the primary purpose of sensing and calibration in organizational change?
What is the primary purpose of sensing and calibration in organizational change?
What is the main function of a powerful sponsor in organizational change?
What is the main function of a powerful sponsor in organizational change?
What is the primary indicator of institutionalization in organizational change?
What is the primary indicator of institutionalization in organizational change?
What is the primary purpose of socialization in organizational change?
What is the primary purpose of socialization in organizational change?
Study Notes
Evaluating OD Interventions
- Issues in evaluating OD interventions:
- Implementation and evaluation feedback
- Research design
- Internal vs. external validity
- Measurement: selecting the right variables to measure, design good measurements, operational definition, reliability, and validity
Implementation and Evaluation Feedback
- Two types of feedback:
- Implementation feedback: guiding implementation efforts
- Evaluation feedback: determining overall effectiveness of the intervention
- Evaluation feedback has two components:
- Milestones and intermediate targets: measuring progress during implementation
- Measuring long-term effects: whether the intervention is producing expected results after implementation
Research Design
- Elements of strong research designs in OD evaluation:
- Longitudinal measurement: measuring change repeatedly over time
- Comparison units: using control groups where no change has taken place
- Statistical analysis: controlling for alternative sources of variation
Evaluating Different Types of Change
- Three types of change:
- Alpha change: movement along a stable dimension
- Beta change: recalibration of units of measure in a stable dimension
- Gamma change: fundamental redefinition of dimension
Institutionalizing Interventions
- Definition: establishing a practice or activity as a norm in an organization
- Institutionalization framework:
- Organization characteristics
- Institutionalization processes
- Indicators of institutionalization
- Intervention characteristics
Organization Characteristics
- Congruence: degree to which an intervention is perceived as being in harmony with the organization's managerial philosophy, strategy, and structure
- Stability of environment and technology: degree to which the organization's environment and technology are changing
Institutionalization Processes
- Socialization: transmitting beliefs, norms, and values to bind people to behaviors of the intervention
- Reward allocation: linking rewards to new behaviors
- Diffusion: transferring interventions from one system to another
- Sensing and calibration: taking corrective action
Indicators of Institutionalization
- Knowledge and preferences: privately accepting organizational changes
- Performance and normative consensus: agreeing on the appropriateness of changes
- Value consensus: agreeing on values relevant to changes
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This quiz assesses your understanding of the issues associated with evaluating Organization Development (OD) interventions, as well as the process of institutionalizing them. It covers key concepts such as implementation, evaluation, and research design.
