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Academic Session 2022 First Semester

January 2022

ASSIGNMENT 1

BMG320/03 Organisational Theory and Design

Instructions: 1. ASSIGNMENT 1 contains TWO (2) questions and you are required to answer ALL

questions.

2. ASSIGNMENT 1 carries 50% of your final total marks. 3. The assignment should be typed using Arial, font size 12 and double spaced,

approximately 2000-3000 words and in essay format. 4. The deadline for the submission of ASSIGNMENT 1 is 20 February 2022, 11:59pm.

A softcopy should be submitted via Online Assignment Submission System.

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Note to students: You are encouraged to read the wflex course material (Units 1

and 2) as well as the power point slides before attempting the questions.

Question 1

(a) Explain with the help of a diagram Mintzberg’s basic organisational framework.

(30 marks)

(b) Differentiate between an entrepreneurial organisational structure and a machine

bureaucratic organisational structure.

(30 marks)

Question 2

When a company implements strategies, it is important to know if the strategies that

have been implemented have been effective.

Explain the goals approach of measuring the effectiveness of implemented strategies

and evaluate the five (5) main key indicators of this approach that you can use to

measure the effectiveness of the implemented strategies.

(40 marks)

Course Learning Outcome 1: Explain the basic idea of what constitutes an

organisation and theories of organisation Course Learning Outcome 2: Describe how managers can help the organisation attain its objectives through the design of an appropriate organisational structure and

strategic management processes

END OF ASSIGNMENT 1 QUESTIONS