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 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 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