OD MGT404
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MGT404-40-41-2nd-Assignment2.docx
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 2
Deadline: 02/04/2020 @ 23:59
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Course Name: Organization Design & Development |
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Course Code: MGT404 |
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Semester: II |
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Academic Year: 1440/1441 H |
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Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
· The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
· Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
· Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
· Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
· Late submission will NOT be accepted.
· 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).
· Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Department of Business Administration
Organization Design and Development- MGT 404
Assignment 2
Marks: 10
Course Learning Outcomes:
· Analyze the strategic role of change in the organization and its impact on organizational performance (Lo 2.9)
· 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 two scholarly, peer-reviewed references in support of each answer and also incorporate the key concepts from the course.
Assignment Workload:
· This Assignment comprise of a Case study.
· Assignment is to be submitted by each student individually.
Assignment-1
· Please read the case study entitled as “Top Management Team at Ortiv Glass Corporation.” available in the textbook “Organization Development & Change” 9th edition by Cummings, T and Worley, C and answer the following questions:
Assignment Question(s):
· Q.1 Discuss why ‘strategic orientation’ is fundamental to diagnosis in OD. Support your answer using two examples from this case study. (1.5 marks) (Lo 2.9)
· Q.2 Explain why it is important for a group design to be congruent with the larger organization design. Support your answer using an example from this case study (1.5 marks) (Lo 1.5 & 3.1)
· Q.3 Based on your understanding of the group-level diagnostic model, describe and evaluate each of the Ortiv’s team design components:
- Goal clarity (1 mark) (Lo 2.5)
- Task structure (1 mark) (Lo 2.5)
- Team functioning (1 mark) (Lo 2.5)
- Group composition (1 mark) (Lo 2.5)
- Group norms (1 mark) (Lo 2.5)
· Q.4 Discuss how the group design of Ortiv’s Glass Corporation could positively or negatively impacts on the diagnosis of design components at the individual level. (2 Marks) (Lo 2.9)
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