1. Why do you think interest in using OD principles at the community or national levels has increased? Share at least one example of OD at the community or national level.

Read the vignette attached on Global OD and answer the following questions.

2. Explore the challenges of global organization development work for OD practitioners. What steps should global OD consultants undertake to prepare themselves for a cross-cultural engagement? Be sure to make reference to the case and to course materials in your response.

Chapter 15m Global Issues in Organization Development INTRODUCTION his case study documents the work of a Malawian American organization development [0D] consultant who was hired by Kondanani Community Development Agency [KCDAJ, a nongovernmental organization [NGO) based in Malawi to help transform it into a highly performing organization. The NGO was operating in an environment where the economy was declining due to rising inflation rates, food shortages due to a recent drought, and a national budget deficit brought on by the decline in foreign aid. Internally, the organization had just hired a new managing director. There was a lack of cohesion among the staff in regard to the strategic direction of the organization, lackluster outcomes, and the lack of clearly defined staff roles and responsibilities, Against this backdrop, the consultant was faced with the challenge of working with an organization that was struggling to raise resources because of government cronyism, and there was the need for the organization to transform into a cross-functional team environ-ment with a clear strategy for growth and competitiveness in the social sector of Malawi. This engagement was an opportunity to use the tenets of Ubuntu, a southern African collectivist philosophy, encapsulated in the statement \"I am because we are,\" to build a more collaborative working relationship with members of the organization while utiliz-ing the work of Chiku Malunga (2009b) to engage the organization in team and strategy development. Malunga is a Malawian OD consultant and the author with many years of experience working in Africa. He is recognized for his work of the use of metaphors and proverbs to unlock complex organizotional concepts among indigeneus people of Africa. While the consultant found the work with the NGO to be extremely challenging, he was able to gain the respect of the client organization through Ubuntu, and he was also able to get the organization to focus on the key issues it needed to work on to survive and thrive in what was developing into a tumultuous political and economic environment in Malawi. This case study will provide learning opportunities on how to use indigenous wisdom and resources to engage in cross-cultural OD