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'The Hexadecimal Company I. Problems A. big 1. Company resistance to change. 2. â€Å"Us” versus â€Å"them” get a line of practitioners forms company’s viewpoint. B. Micro 1. prof/external practitioner ended in addition soon; did non provide military commission or continuity. 2. â€Å"In- collection” image perpetuated by OD concourse. 3. President in any case involved in details at beginning. 4. â€Å"Internal” consulting group was mostly outsiders and non accepted by the company at large. 5. OD group had little familiarity with nature of firm (except perhaps George Kessler). 6.OD program too ostentatious and too costly for company. 7. Lack of unity in purpose and techniques within OD group. 8. Kay and Indar’s isolation from others and closeness to president had electronegative effects in OD group. 9. Budgeting not clarified at beginning. 10. Evaluation belated †1 year later and accordingly almost a do or die evaluation. II. Causes 1. Group too viscous and creates images of â€Å"in-group. ” 2. â€Å"Fancy” atmosphere perpetrated. 3. President too involved at first. 4. Company not prepared for OD and its needs and purposes. . OD groups consisted almost entirely of outsiders. III. Systems affected 1. geomorphological †changing whom the OD group reports to go forth only confuse purpose and goals; Blake is not prepared. 2. Psychosocial †the OD group has caused at to the lowest degree as much antagonism as it has good results. 3. Technical †no origin to OD group’s effectiveness. 4. managerial †too transgress-down thus far. 5. Goals and determine †No indication that the company including top management (other than the OD group) knew or bought-in to the OD program.It was just a management procreation program. IV. Alternatives 1. Keep as is. 2. Put low Blake. 3. Have professor help conjure and budget for OD. V. Recommendations Alternative three with tel ephone exchange contact person and clear budget. If surface of Hexadecimal allows, make OD a separate department with its own crime president. Keep reporting to president unless keep him personally removed from specific decisions. Also, make reports to the executive committee and kick upstairs their support. Bring several line employees into OD.\r\n'