OD Skills Simulation $4\mathrm{.}1$

Practitioner Style Matrix

Total time suggested: $30$ to$45$ minutes.

A$.$ Purpose

The role of the OD practitioner is both difficult and challenging. The practitioner style matrix has been designed to give you information about your characteristic approaches to a practitioner$-$client relationship. This information may serve to reinforce existing strengths, or it may indicate areas that need improvement. In either case, the data from the survey should prove helpful in learning more about yourstyle.

Many people may be involved in trying to bring about change. They probably do not operate under the guise of "practitioner" but are more commonly referred to as managers, teachers, social workers, ministers, parents, and so on$.$ Even now you may be a practitioner in some aspects of your life, and at some time in the future you will most certainly be a practitioner. That is$,$ you are now trying to initiate and implement change in an individual or organization, or are trying to do so$.$ This sur$-$ vey will help you gain some insights into the ways you implement change.