Order Description
Organizational Design module
This report is to be completed individually.
For this semester long project you will choose one of the organizations from the Fortune 500 companies or a local company such as a large departmental store,
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manufacturing company or a non profit organization such as a hospital or a University and study it all semester to give you an insight into the way real world organizations work. No two students will select the same company.
There will be a list of Fortune 500 companies for you to select from on iLearn. Please write your name in the allocated column to reserve the company. You will need to collect the specified information as required in the organisation design module on iLearn and answer questions pertaining to the company selected each week. Each module will require you to consider the ethical, sustainability and human rights dimension of your decision. By the end of the semester by completing each module you will have a clear picture of how organizations operate and how they deal with problems and contingencies and understand the ethical dilemmas of change management.
In order to do this you will have to contact the owner or manager of the company for gathering information through face-to-face interviews and through their published sources. You will then summarize your findings and produce a written report.
You will gain a rich picture of the way the company operates by doing your research personally. The organization has to be big enough to offer insight into the way organisations work and must employ at least 20 people and have 3 levels in its hierarchy. No extension of time for the Individual Report will be granted. Students who have not submitted the task prior to the deadline will be awarded a mark of 0 for the task, except for cases in which an application for disruption of studies is made and approved. 10% penalty will be applied for every 24-hour delay of submission. This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application
for Disruptions to Studies is made and approved.
Further details on the Report, including submission, Turnitin requirements, marking standards, referencing requirements and presentation requirements are available on iLearn.
This Assessment Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes:
? Evaluate the concepts of organisational theory for critical and ethical analysis
of organisational structures and management practice
? Examine how the key concepts of business models relate to business
financial performance
? Identify the relationship between business models and business strategies
from a human rights perspective.
? Develop understanding and knowledge of the different business models and
structures, and apply organisation design concepts to case studies of multinational corporations
The Individual Report of 4000 words +/- 10% (The word count includes introduction, body and conclusion, but not references or appendices) is to be submitted at the end of the semester after completing all the organisational design modules for the 13 weeks.
You are required to analyse the Organisational design structure through the weekly modules and develop and recommend an appropriate structure and strategy to suit its current position. This new business model should enable the firm to implement the novel recommended business strategy.
Research – at least 10 academic journal articles (references) are required to support your analysis, strategy, model and the business solutions to the weekly questions.
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Referencing. Harvard style referencing is required.
Formatting requirements:
? Page margins should be 2.5 cm (default margin settings) on all four edges.
? Times New Roman font type and font size of 12 points should be used
A suggested format for this report would include the following:
? Executive Summary (no more than 1 page)
? Introduction.
? Body. This should include the following sections:
? Short summary of the Fortune 500 company you have selected
? Discussion of the current business model and the history of changes in
structure and strategy
? Answer each weeks questions from the Organisational design module
? Identify the problem and provide solutions
? Identification of major stakeholders
? Stakeholder problems objectives and concern,
? Positive and negative views of current position
? Analysis of alternative solutions (that is, the strategies you propose to use)
? Recommended solutions (that is, your business model you propose to
use)
? Managerial implications.
? Ethical, human rights and sustainability view point on decisions made
every week.
? Results
o Financial implications
o Summary of all the Organisational design modules and your learning’s. ? Conclusion.
? Briefly summarise the essential complexities and challenges faced by the firm you have selected in the future.
? Identify the recommended solutions and managerial implications.
