Organizing design and development

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education Saudi Electronic University

المملكة العربية السعودية وزارة التعليم الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment 2

Organization Design and Development (MGT 404)

Due Date: 03/04/2022 @ 23:59

Course Name: Organization Design and Development	Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT404	Student’s ID Number:
Semester: Second	CRN:
Academic Year:2021-22-2nd term

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Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade: Marks Obtained/Out of 10	Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low

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Department of Business Administration

Organization Design and Development- MGT 404

Assignment 2, Total Marks: 10

Course Learning Outcomes:

· Describe the basic steps of the organizational development process.

· Analyze the human, structural and strategic dimensions of the organizational development.

Part 1 (5 marks):

Please refer to application 5.2 entitled as “Top Management Team at Ortiv Glass Corporation.” available in your textbook and answer the following:

1. Discuss why ‘strategic orientation’ is fundamental to diagnosis in OD. Demonstrate your answer using two examples from this application.

2. Describe and evaluate each of the Ortiv’s team design components:

- Goal clarity

- Task structure

- Team functioning

- Group composition

- Group norms

Part 2 (5 marks):

Please refer to figure 5.2 in your textbook (comprehensive model for diagnosing organizational system) and answer the following:

3. Provide a brief description of a hypothetical organization and explain the three key inputs (or environmental types) that affect the way such organization could be designed.

4. Propose a job position and describe each of its potential design components at the individual level.

Answers:

Part 1:

A.1

A.2

Part 2:

A.3

A.4