Organization Development and Change Management

Question: Discuss about the Organization Development and Change Management. Answer: Introduction The author in this assignment analyzes an article titled The critical challenges facing New Zealands chief executives: implications for management skills presented by Ann Hutchison and Peter Boxall. The aim is to analyze the article and mention the strength and weaknesses of the article. It mentions the challenges that the executives in New Zealand face that have an impact on the management. The article illustrates the management skills that are required to operate the organization. Three managerial skills are required to operate the business and the country efficiently. The three managerial skills are managing humans and the limited resources, managing business partners and stakeholders and managing uncertainty and transformation (Hutchison and Boxall 2014). The environment that the executives work in greatly affects the operation. This can be seen from the case of New Zealand where the executives face challenges due to the environment and the economy that they operate at. The aim o f the article is to recommend the executives of New Zealand to improve its managerial skills. Thesis statement or questions from statement Thesis statement: the thesis statement and question of the article is the challenges faced by the chief executives of New Zealand and its implication on the management. Chief executives are a body of authority that holds power and are placed above the managers and employees in an organization. The article identifies the challenges that the executives in New Zealand face and the reasons for the facing the difficulties. The article specifies the challenges that the executives of New Zealand face and the reason being challenging environment and economy of New Zealand. Challenges faced by the executives have an implication on the managerial skills and management (Ehambaranathan, Chalapati and Murugasu 2015). The question of the article is related to the challenges that the executives of New Zealand face and the skills that can be applied to overcome the challenges. It also specifies the environment and the economic condition of New Zealand and the way it affects the management department. Challenges faced by the executives have an implication on management. The financial condition of New Zealand is not good, due to which the executives have to face many challenges. The human resource department can be supportive to the development of skills of managers. The article is based on examining two hundred and sixty five executives of New Zealand and the challenges that they face in the economy. The country is at risk because of the global financial crisis in 2008-2009 that was followed by earthquake in 2010 (Walsh et al. 2002). Management team has many roles to play in an organization. New Zealand has many opportunities to grow and develop which if operated efficiently will lead to development and eradicate challenges that the country face. The challenges faced by New Zealand are due to brain drain, financial performance and economic condition of the country (Green et al. 2011). Strengths and weaknesses of the article The article explains the topic in detail and includes all the information that is necessary for the readers to understand. The article not only specifies the economic aspects and conditions of New Zealand but also the reasons for the condition. The article explains the challenges that executives face and its implication on the managerial skills. The article does not only is descriptive but also explains its findings using statistical tools and graphs. The article also clearly specifies the managerial skills and development that is required to manage the business and country effectively and efficiently. The article has explained the three sectors in New Zealand in detail that is the private, public, and non profit organization. The author has used integrative and descriptive approach to explain the article. The article explains the types of managerial skills that are the management of humans and limited resources, management of business partners and customers and management of uncerta inty and risk. The article specifies the roles of manager in different sectors and how best it can be utilized to improve the efficiency (Tyson 2014). The article is well arranged with an introduction that explains the topic. The body that contains all the information useful to explain the article and a conclusion that gives a conclusion and summary of the entire article. The article is written in an easy and readable language that is easy to understand for the readers. All the points in the article are clear and understandable (Daft and Marcic 2013). The weakness of the article is that it is made unnecessarily long that contains information, which makes the reading time consuming, and boring. The sample size of the article is 265 that are too small as the article has been carried out in large scale. The article should contain more pictures to make the reading interesting. The information that is provided about the country New Zealand can be shortened. In addition, the article should elaborate information on the roles and responsibilities of a manger in a country or business so that the readers will be able to understand what a manger actually does in the country. The article should contain more graphs and data to better understanding of the article (Panahi 2012). Hence, the article has both strengths and weaknesses. However, the article is well written that contains all the information that is required to clarify the topic. Personal viewpoint The organizational behavior is related to the case of New Zealand. The surroundings and environment greatly affects the executives in business and organizations as it creates a very challenging environment for them. However according to my view if a manger has a proper managerial skill then he will be able to work efficiently in any type of environment and economic condition. Managers have many roles and responsibilities in a nation. His work is to handle the operations of the country efficiently and utilize the opportunities at its best way. The aim of the executives should be to form such strategies that help the country grow and develop. Due to lack of organizational base, the brain drain scenario is hampering the country. The author agrees to the thesis statement of the article. As mentioned in the topic the article clearly specifies and reports the challenges that the chief executives of New Zealand face and its implication on the management. The entire article revolves around this topic and the thesis statement (Iravani 2011). Key points of the article The article has explained four key points. The first is the brain drain scenario that occurs due to lack of organizational base in New Zealand. The other challenges of New Zealand are due to global financial crisis, emigration, and migration. The other key points of the article are management of country by a team of efficient chief executives. The executives have three managerial skills to manage the business and organizations. New Zealand has many opportunities for growth and development that can be managed if handled efficiently (Mitchell 2013). Conclusion To conclude it can be said that the country has many challenges that affects the management and the managerial skills of the country. 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