Organizational Design and Development Paper Assignment
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· Balanced Scorecard · Benchmarking · Business Process Reengineering · Chaos Theory · Core Competencies · Corporate Entrepreneurship · Corporate Social Responsibility · Corporate Culture · Differentiation Strategy · Disruptive Change · Diversity · Downsizing · E-Business · Empowerment |
· Enterprise Resource Planning · Forecasting · Globalization · Information Technology · Innovation · Intellectual Capital · Intergroup Conflict · International or Global Capabilities · Job Design · Job Enrichment · Joint Ventures · Knowledge Management · Labor-management Teams · Leadership |
· Manufacturing Technologies · Mass Customization · Organization Development · Open Systems · Organic Design · Organizational Design · Organization Theory · Organizational Change · Organizational Innovation · Outsourcing · Porter's Competitive Strategies · Power · Product Life-Cycle Management · Organizational Purpose |
· Scenario Planning · Six Sigma · Specialization · Stakeholders · Strategic Intent · Supply Chain Management · Sustainability · Tacit Knowledge · Technology · Uncertainty · Values-Based Leadership · Virtual Teams · Whistle-blowing · Win-Win Strategies |
Once you have selected a topic, address at least four of the following ‘design essentials’ of an organization in an APA formatted research paper:
· Tools to adapt to a changing environment.
· The role of managers in shaping organizations to perform well and meet the needs of society.
· Designing organizations to achieve both efficiency and effectiveness.
· Organization design elements: the technical core, top management, middle management, technical support, and administrative support.
· Mechanistic versus organic organization design.
· Open organization systems that interact with the environment.
Your paper should be professionally written, concise, and in APA format. Please be sure to cite and reference theories or concepts from class as well as outside research. Make sure you have a clear introduction, body, and conclusion to your work. Page count does not include cover page and reference page. Include a clear thesis statement at the end of your first paragraph. Assignments must be submitted through the assignment link in Blackboard. Please use headings and subheading in your paper.
Individual Case Grading Rubric
Exemplary Level
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Leadership: |
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Student provided realistic strategies to lead effectively, which include but are not limited to building teams, innovation, ethics, integrity, vision, originality etc. |
Mastery Level
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Recommendations & Goals: |
Problem Solving & Decision Making: |
Measuring Outcomes: |
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Student provided relevant, feasible and high-quality recommendations and goals. Alternatives are provided and concepts are supported. |
Student applied a variety of quantitative and qualitative techniques to make business decisions.
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Student provided details to measure outcomes to provide the best recommendation(s). Measurables are well-thought and realistic. |
Competency Level
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Content: |
APA: |
Mechanics: |
Organization: |
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Student identifies key ideas, examines their interrelationships, and incorporates quotations from sources logically, effectively, and gracefully, paper length is met.
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Student followed APA formatting guidelines with at least four citations (in-text and reference list match) from peer-reviewed journals. |
Sentence structure, grammar, diction; correct use of punctuation; minimal to no spelling errors; no run-on sentences or comma splices. Paper contains an introduction, supporting body, conclusion and reference page. |
Ideas are arranged logically to support the purpose or argument. They flow smoothly from one to another and are clearly linked to each other. The reader can follow the line of reasoning. |
For this assignment you will write a 6 to 8 page
s
research paper focusing on a topical area
that relates to the ‘design essentials’ of organization theory. You may choose from one of
the topics belo
w
.
·
Balanced Scorecard
·
Benchmarking
·
Business Process
Reengineering
·
Chaos Theory
·
Core Competencies
·
Corporate
Entrepreneurship
·
Corporate Social
Responsibility
·
Corporate Culture
·
Differentiation Strategy
·
Disruptive Change
·
Diversity
·
Downsizing
·
E
-
Business
·
Empowerment
·
Enterprise Resource
Planning
·
Forecasting
·
Globalization
·
Information
Technology
·
Innovation
·
Intellectual Capital
·
Intergroup Conflict
·
International or
Global Capabilities
·
Job Design
·
Job Enrichment
·
Joint Ventures
·
Knowledge
Management
·
Labor
-
management
Teams
·
Leadership
·
Manufacturing
Technologies
·
Mass
Customization
·
Organization
Development
·
Open Systems
·
Organic Design
·
Organizational
Design
·
Organization
Theory
·
Organizational
Change
·
Organizational
Innovation
·
Outsourcing
·
Porter's
Competitive
Strategies
·
Power
·
Product Life
-
Cycle
Management
·
Organizational
Purpose
·
Scenario
Planning
·
Six Sigma
·
Specialization
·
Stakeholders
·
Strategic Intent
·
Supply Chain
Management
·
Sustainability
·
Tacit Knowledge
·
Technology
·
Uncertainty
·
Values
-
Based
Leadership
·
Virtual Teams
·
Whistle
-
blowing
·
Win
-
Win
Strategies
Once you have selected a topic, address at least four of the following ‘design essentials’
of
an organization in an APA formatted research paper:
·
Tools to adapt to a changing environment.
·
The role of managers in shaping organizations to perform well and meet the
needs of society.
·
Designing organizations to achieve both efficiency and effectivene
ss.
·
Organization design elements: the technical core, top management, middle
management, technical support, and administrative support.
·
Mechanistic versus organic organization design.
·
Open organization systems that interact with the environment.
For this assignment you will write a 6 to 8 pages research paper focusing on a topical area
that relates to the ‘design essentials’ of organization theory. You may choose from one of
the topics below.
Balanced Scorecard
Benchmarking
Business Process
Reengineering
Chaos Theory
Core Competencies
Corporate
Entrepreneurship
Corporate Social
Responsibility
Corporate Culture
Differentiation Strategy
Disruptive Change
Diversity
Downsizing
E-Business
Empowerment
Enterprise Resource
Planning
Forecasting
Globalization
Information
Technology
Innovation
Intellectual Capital
Intergroup Conflict
International or
Global Capabilities
Job Design
Job Enrichment
Joint Ventures
Knowledge
Management
Labor-management
Teams
Leadership
Manufacturing
Technologies
Mass
Customization
Organization
Development
Open Systems
Organic Design
Organizational
Design
Organization
Theory
Organizational
Change
Organizational
Innovation
Outsourcing
Porter's
Competitive
Strategies
Power
Product Life-
Cycle
Management
Organizational
Purpose
Scenario
Planning
Six Sigma
Specialization
Stakeholders
Strategic Intent
Supply Chain
Management
Sustainability
Tacit Knowledge
Technology
Uncertainty
Values-Based
Leadership
Virtual Teams
Whistle-blowing
Win-Win
Strategies
Once you have selected a topic, address at least four of the following ‘design essentials’ of
an organization in an APA formatted research paper:
Tools to adapt to a changing environment.
The role of managers in shaping organizations to perform well and meet the
needs of society.
Designing organizations to achieve both efficiency and effectiveness.
Organization design elements: the technical core, top management, middle
management, technical support, and administrative support.
Mechanistic versus organic organization design.
Open organization systems that interact with the environment.