Ass# 1: Organizational Evolution and Change
As you may have noticed, our discussions throughout this course have been progressive. Transitioning from virtual group challenges to a deeper consideration of how technology has affected organizations over the past several decades seems to be the next logical step. Often, people will say that change is the constant in organizations, and this proposition would be difficult to dispute. However, technology has been a large part of the ongoing change, and the organization of the early twenty-first century certainly looks different from an organization of the 1960s or 1970s. Try to imagine a 1960s-era leader or manager being transported into a twenty-first-century organizational setting or office. Although that might be the fastest way to note just how much technology has aided organizational evolution, it is not possible. Technology has evolved, but not enough to transport people through time.
Consider the aforementioned aspects, and using the module readings and the University online library resources, research organizational evolution. Then, respond to the following:
- Explain how technology has affected organizational evolution in the past forty years.
- Comment on the types of technology, the pace of technological advancement, and the factors that have affected the pace of organizational change during this time.
- Have these factors enhanced or harmed organizational communications?
By Saturday, June 20, 2015, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area.
Write your initial response in 500 words. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation
Ass# 2: LASA—Identifying Issues of Ethics and Employee Fear/Uncertainty
In this assignment, you will build upon your response to the Required Assignment (RA) in Module 4. You will continue your case study of your chosen organization.
Scenario: Now that you have defined the problem, use behavioral theory constructs to explore how organizational teams might affect the change effort.
Instructions:
- Discuss factors of diversity including various types of diversity likely to be encountered in the organization.
- Identify actual ethical perspectives/approaches within the organization. (Note: Do not identify that something is simply ethical or unethical.)
- Explain how factors such as offshoring and outsourcing may lead to employee fears and uncertainty.
- Discuss how all the previous three items (i.e., diversity, ethics, and offshoring/outsourcing) may lead to conflict individually and in teams. Include the specific types of conflict that may be present. How might even individual conflict affect a team’s performance? Is there a systemic component to this consideration, and if so, how?
- Recommend a manner to minimize, or perhaps alleviate, such fears and uncertainty.
Write an 8 pages, well-argued case paper in Word format. Be sure to include a summary section. Note: The title page, references, and appendices are notincluded in the page count.
Apply APA standards to citation of sources. The course book, the trade journal(s) noting the problem, as well as peer-reviewed journal articles are to be used to support your position and theoretical constructs. General Internet sources will not be accepted as references.
Write your responses in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation per APA (6th edition) standards.
By Week 7, Day 7, deliver your assignment to the M7: Assignment 2 LASA Dropbox.
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