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College of Administrative and Financial Sciences Assignment 2 Deadline: 02/04/2020 @ 23:59 Course Name: Organization Design & Development Student’s Name: Course Code: MGT404 Student’s ID Number: Semester: II CRN: Academic Year: 1440/1441 H For Instructor’s Use only Instructor’s Name: Students’ Grade: Level of Marks: 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) Answers: A.1… A.2… A.3… 3.1… 3.2… 3.3… 3.4… 3.5… A.4…
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Strategic orientation involves the way in which a company responds to the prevailing
external environment. It entails a chain of strategic measures which the company undertakes to
adjust its operations with an end objective of attaining optimum performance and competitive
edge. Strategic orientation is a fundamental pillar to diagnosis in OD because it influences the
organization’s relations with the market, structure, investments, activities, and performance.
Strategic orientation allows organizations to acquire new skills, enhance the organization’s
performance, and resolve complex problems. For instance, the project management team is
unable to provide immediate solutions. They constantly proposed the problems leading to a
backlog of unresolved issues
It allows the organization and managers to accumulate specific resources, identify
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