Assignment 3: 250 Words (Organizational Systems and Structures)

Activity Context

This discussion helps you develop the skills to master the following course competency:

• Analyze HRM programs and other related systems within an organization that supports employee engagement and commitment.

  Activity Instruction

  In this discussion, you will gain experience in:

• Assessing the effectiveness of HRM systems and practices that support an employee-centered environment by leading to a higher level of employee engagement and employee commitment.

• Evaluating research studies that analyze HR trends, developments, and challenges that support effective employee-centered programs and the need to create employee-oriented systems.

  Systems and structures within organizations can significantly impact the level of employee engagement and by extension, the effectiveness of the organization.

• Referring to the Bate, Khan, and Pye 2000 article and the Awbrey 2007 article, discuss the relationship between organizational design (systems and processes) and organizational change.

• Analyze how HRM can participate in the processes described.

• What challenges might be encountered?

• Use Capella's library to identify two HR trends or developments that appear to support this view of organizational design. Be sure to cite your sources.