Organization Design & Development Case study
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Assignment2-OD.docxAssignment 2
Organization Design & Development
Deadline: 14/11/2020 @ 23:59
Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
· Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
· All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
· Answer the following questions with 500 Words.
· All students are encouraged to use their own words.
· Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Course Learning Outcomes:
· Identify and apply the basic steps of the organizational development process (Lo 2.5)
· Define the human, structural and strategic dimensions of the organizational development (Lo 1.5 & 3.1)
Assignment Instructions:
· Be sure to use at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed references in support of each answer and also incorporate the key concepts from the course.
Assignment Workload:
· This Assignment comprises a Case study.
· Assignment is to be submitted by each student individually.
Assignment-1
· Please read the case study entitled as “Job Design at Pepperdine University.” available in your textbook “Organization Development & Change” 10th edition by Cummings, T and Worley, C and answer the following questions:
Assignment Question(s):
· Q.1 Describe the culture of Pepperdine University within which an individual job is enriched. Support your answer using two examples from the case study (Lo 1.5 & 3.1)
· Q.2 Based on your understanding of the individual-level diagnosing of job designs, discuss and evaluate each of the following components for the MSOD program’s administrator as proposed by Pepperdine University:
-Task identity (Lo 2.5)
-Task significance (Lo 2.5)
-Autonomy (Lo 2.5)
-Feedback (Lo 2.5)
· Q.3 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 this case study (Lo 1.5 & 3.1)
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