So using the blog to update to recap how our organizational diagnosis is going...it is safe to say that a lesson learned in organizational diagnosis is to be patient. Just setting up the observation can be a hard enough task let a lone worrying about what you will be investigating once as allowed access. It also teaches you lessons in communication as you have to be wary of pushing your way in. Even though we have been given the green light to come and do a tour and observe I do get a little scared that we may come off as a little aggressive. Not that I think we are, but thinking about maybe some of the other organizations that others may be trying to gain entrance to or if I was trying to get observations done in another venue. It also makes me think ahead about Kate's advice and making sure to end our first meeting with another meeting. Right now we have been communicating over email and it looks like we will be entering our organization this week and Rita and I will be making decisions as to going in together and going in on different occasions separately. I liked Rita's point of recognizing our age difference and I have wondered what will be peoples reactions to us and if there will be different responses to answers based upon our age. All of these ideas going into the OD will definitely shape our questions and conversations.
On a side note as said before I just wanted to add a little response to Todd's blog last week and my latest thoughts that this OD excites me and has hands down been the best thing for me to come out of the program. On top of everything I have learned I have enjoyed that this class within the program has opened my eyes to a whole new view on options in the future. That I would never have thought of consulting or even knew anything about it but I can't wait to learn more and make the best of this assignment and practicing it in the field.
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