MGT 404 Organization Design and Development
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MGT 404 Organization Design and Development
Assignment 2
Deadline: 18/11/2021 @ 23:59
Department of Business Administration
Organization Design and Development- MGT 404
Assignment 2
Marks: 5
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Describe the basic steps of the organizational development process.
- Analyze the human, structural and strategic dimensions of the organizational development.
Part 1 (2.5 marks):
Please read the case study entitled as “Job Design at Pepperdine University.” available in your textbook “Organization Development & Change”, p.115, in the 10th edition by Cummings, T and Worley, C and answer the following questions:
- Describe the culture of Pepperdine University within which an individual job is enriched.
- Explain why it is important for an individual job design to be congruent with the larger organization design. Support your answer using one example from the case.
Part 2 (2.5 marks):
Please refer to Figure 5.2 in your textbook (comprehensive model for diagnosing organizational system) and answer the following questions based on your understanding:
- Choose an example of a hypothetical organization and explain the three key inputs (or environmental types) that affect the way such organization could be designed.
- Choose an example of a hypothetical job position and describe each of its design components at the individual level.