Characteristics

Benchmarking- When determining the characteristics of benchmarking one should ask the following questions. Have the high-performers been identified? Does a champion standout from the others? Are we equal to the last two questions? Larry Bryd, Irvin "Magic" Johnson, and Michael Jordan represent the highest levels of benchmarking in basketball. They are all bench-marked as champions!

Culture/Organizational Culture-If you have take a trip on Southwest Airlines, then it is likely you have experienced a culture unlike any other. Their team attitude has helped this small airline turn into one of the most competitive airlines today. Their fun loving attitude and drive for celebration creates an almost unreal culture. To graduate from their training program you had to have an A average and a smile.

Team Strategies-Characteristics are different types of groups depending on what results you are seeking. It could be size, goal, peer to peer, gender, age, job assignments, management, working alone or with other co-workers to improve relationships at work.

Virtual Teams-Characteristics of a good virtual team include individuals how are trustworthy, display attentiveness, and have the ability to effectively communicate with other individuals through varied platforms(Conley, 2014). These characteristics are necessary for any virtual team to function.

Strategic Planning-Characteristics includes the mission of the organization and will provide support to help in achieving success for the organization.

Environmental Scanning-Characteristics of environmental scanning include but are not limited to; political, economic, technical, social, national, and international factors that contribute or compromise an organizations success. Political impacts in environmental scanning could be tariffs placed on imports or exports. Social scanning could be a result of a change in social acceptance of a product smoking for example.

Appreciative Inquiry- All the motives and outcomes in appreciative inquiry have a positive affect on the organization. It is used to help gain buy in and support a new intervention.

Outsourcing- Employee related functions handle by other companies, including pre-testing, drug testing, applicant screening, interviewing services, libraries, continuing education units (CEUs).

Balanced Scorecard- Has hard and soft quantifiable components. The hard components deal with financial matters. It begins as a planner and is later used to check progress towards a goal and used as a guide on implementation. The BSC (balance scorecard), is one way to provide the frame work for new systems.

Dashboards-Characteristics of dashboards are part of the data visualization tools like charts, graphs, grids, and maps to display data in a user-friendly platform.

Diversity/Inclusion Strategies- The characteristics are reflected in the make-up of employees within an organization and how an intervention is planned to be sensitive to all needs at the same time promoting changes that are equitable.

Localization-The practice of adjusting a product’s functional properties and accommodate the language, cultural, political and legal differences of a foreign market or country (Business Dictionary, 2019).

Ethics-Characteristics of organizational ethics may be slightly different than those of the medical and legal field. Essentially, the core characteristics of ethics are the same within any organization; equity, honesty, integrity, and transparency just to name a few.

Decision Making- The decision making process in organization design and development can be characterized by those who are on the decision making board. The decisions that they make can have a lasting effect on a company. Care should be taken to ensure that these decisions are ethical, culturally sensitive, and fair to all.