OD MGT404
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MGT404-40-41-2nd-Assignment3.docx
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 3
Deadline: 12/04/2020 @ 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 (Both WORD and PDF format) 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 3
Marks: 10
Course Learning Outcomes:
· Demonstrate and analyze the organizational structure and the capability with organization’s strategies. (Lo 1.6 & 2.2)
· 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 reference 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 “Amazon. com’s Network Structure.” 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 Explain how following a network-based structure is advantageous to Amazon in terms of conducting its business activities. Support your answer by using two examples from this case study (2.5 marks) (Lo 1.6 & 2.2)
· Q.2 Discuss the potential challenges that could be facing Amazon as a result of following a network-based structure. Support your answer by using two examples from this case study (2.5 marks) (Lo 1.6 & 2.2)
· Q.3 Based on comparing product-centric with customer-centric structures, explain how could Amazon.com empower its business partners that are seeking to centralize their organization on either one of those structures (3 marks) (Lo 1.5 & 3.1)
· Q.4 What would you recommend as potential core processes if Amazon has decided to follow a process-based structure? Explain and justify three of those processes (2 Marks) (Lo 1.5 & 3.1)
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