Organization Design and Development- MGT 404

Part 1:

Instructions:

• Please read Chapters 2, 3 and 4 in your textbook “Organization development and change.” (10th ed.) by Cummings, T., & Worley, C.
• Be sure to use at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed reference in support of your answers and also incorporate the key concepts from the course.
• Login to Saudi Digital Library (SDL).
• Search for the case study entitled as ‘Reorganizing the finance department: Managing change and transitions’ by Anderson, D. (2018). In SAGE Business Cases. SAGE Publications, Ltd.
• Read the case thoroughly and make a summary alongside reading Chapter 12 in your textbook before answering the questions of the assignment.

• Please read the case study entitled as “Contracting for Success: Scoping Large Organizational Change Efforts.” available in the textbook “Cases and Exercises in Organization Development & Change” 12^th edition by D. Anderson and answer the following questions:

Question(s):

1. Name and discuss the critical success factors for Valley Medical Center.

2. As an OD practitioner, what are the steps you would take as you begin the entry and contracting phase?

3. Valley Medical Center is experiencing a great deal of change. What recommendations would you make to help them more effectively handle the change they are experiencing?

Part 2:

Part 1:

Please read the case study entitled as “Job Design at Pepperdine University.” available in your textbook “Organization Development & Change”, p.115, in the 10^th edition by Cummings, T and Worley, C and answer the following questions:

1. Describe the culture of Pepperdine University within which an individual job is enriched.

2. Explain why it is important for an individual job design to be congruent with the larger organization design. Support your answer using one example from the case.

Part 2:

Please refer to Figure 5.2 in your textbook (comprehensive model for diagnosing organizational system) and answer the following questions based on your understanding:

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

4. Choose an example of a hypothetical job position and describe each of its design components at the individual level.

Part 3:

Instructions:

Question(s):

Part 1:

1. What are the key reasons behind the reorganizing of the finance department in this foods company? (Words 150-200)

2. What do you think the major concerns will be of employees and managers in the new design? (Words 150-200)

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of a gradual versus a rapid transition? (Words 150-200)

Part 2:

4. Please refer to table 12.5 in Chapter 12 in p.352 of your textbook. Then, choose an example of an organization that uses a product-centric structure. Please justify and explain your answer. (Words 250-300)