Department of Business Administration
Organization Design and Development- MGT 404
Assignment 2, TotalMarks: 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 5.2entitled 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 Ortivs 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 ofa hypothetical organization and explain the three key inputs (or environmental types) that affect the way such organization could be designed.
4. Proposea 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
