COMPETENCIES Task 1 : Designing Effective Organizations The graduate explains how the structure of an organization impa
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COMPETENCIES Task 1 :
Designing Effective Organizations The graduate explains how the
structure of an organization impacts its effectiveness in the
context of critical circumstances.
INTRODUCTION Today’s business environment requires leaders to have
competency in designing organizations to effectively achieve
strategic goals. In this task, you will choose an organizational
structure that will positively affect a venture’s ability to
effectively achieve goals and explain your choice in relation to
the four factors that impact organizational design. You will also
be asked to evaluate how choosing a different structure could
impact organizational outcomes.
SCENARIO You have decided to create a consulting business to
address increasing market needs for sustainability and innovation
in the community. You want to emphasize how businesses can make
incremental changes in the workplace to achieve sustainable results
that increase profitability and brand reputation. The mission of
the company is to “facilitate sustainable social, economic, and
environmental development opportunities for the good of businesses
in the community.” The company should be designed as a
mission-driven, for-profit organization that will create
partnerships that result in sustainable changes for the community.
You would like your business to be successful so that your
consulting firm can raise your city’s ranking in the “Most
Sustainable and Innovative Communities” list from the top 20% of
all U.S. communities to the top 10%. Before you design a business
venture plan that includes its organizational design, you will
identify how the business will generate revenue. You will assess
the sustainability and innovation needs for 30 businesses in the
local community in the first year. You will then share the results
of those assessments with all business stakeholders to generate
feedback that will be used to develop and implement proposals for
consulting. You would also like to hire three university students
as part-time interns to help you develop an organizational
structure. You are interested in seeking investors in the business
community who would like to take a leadership role in the business
and its decision-making. You are excited about this opportunity and
begin considering the organizational structure for your consulting
business. Note: Additional employees may be hired in the
future.
REQUIREMENTS
A. Describe an organizational structure you would select for the
consulting business in the scenario by doing the following:
1. Describe the main features of one of the following
organizational structures that would meet the needs of the
consulting business and explain how this structure applies to the
scenario
. • functional
• divisional
• matrix
• teams
2. Using the chosen organizational structure described in part A1,
explain how each of the following four factors work within the
chosen organizational structure for the consulting business in the
scenario:
• functions or departments
• chain of command
• centralized or decentralized
• level of formality
B. Describe one of the following organizational theories, and
explain how it can be used to support the organizational structure
described in part A1:
• scientific management
• bureaucratic
• administrative
• neoclassical
• modern
• contingency/situational
C. Describe how an organizational structure can impact the
effectiveness of the consulting business in the scenario by doing
the following:
1. Using the goal-approach model of organizational effectiveness,
describe how the organizational structure selected in part A1 can
impact the effectiveness of the consulting business in the
scenario.
2. Using the goal-approach model of organizational effectiveness,
explain the advantages or disadvantages of using one of the
organizational structures from the list in part A1 that is
different from the structure already selected for the consulting
business.
D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for
content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and
presentation of your submission.
Designing Effective Organizations The graduate explains how the
structure of an organization impacts its effectiveness in the
context of critical circumstances.
INTRODUCTION Today’s business environment requires leaders to have
competency in designing organizations to effectively achieve
strategic goals. In this task, you will choose an organizational
structure that will positively affect a venture’s ability to
effectively achieve goals and explain your choice in relation to
the four factors that impact organizational design. You will also
be asked to evaluate how choosing a different structure could
impact organizational outcomes.
SCENARIO You have decided to create a consulting business to
address increasing market needs for sustainability and innovation
in the community. You want to emphasize how businesses can make
incremental changes in the workplace to achieve sustainable results
that increase profitability and brand reputation. The mission of
the company is to “facilitate sustainable social, economic, and
environmental development opportunities for the good of businesses
in the community.” The company should be designed as a
mission-driven, for-profit organization that will create
partnerships that result in sustainable changes for the community.
You would like your business to be successful so that your
consulting firm can raise your city’s ranking in the “Most
Sustainable and Innovative Communities” list from the top 20% of
all U.S. communities to the top 10%. Before you design a business
venture plan that includes its organizational design, you will
identify how the business will generate revenue. You will assess
the sustainability and innovation needs for 30 businesses in the
local community in the first year. You will then share the results
of those assessments with all business stakeholders to generate
feedback that will be used to develop and implement proposals for
consulting. You would also like to hire three university students
as part-time interns to help you develop an organizational
structure. You are interested in seeking investors in the business
community who would like to take a leadership role in the business
and its decision-making. You are excited about this opportunity and
begin considering the organizational structure for your consulting
business. Note: Additional employees may be hired in the
future.
REQUIREMENTS
A. Describe an organizational structure you would select for the
consulting business in the scenario by doing the following:
1. Describe the main features of one of the following
organizational structures that would meet the needs of the
consulting business and explain how this structure applies to the
scenario
. • functional
• divisional
• matrix
• teams
2. Using the chosen organizational structure described in part A1,
explain how each of the following four factors work within the
chosen organizational structure for the consulting business in the
scenario:
• functions or departments
• chain of command
• centralized or decentralized
• level of formality
B. Describe one of the following organizational theories, and
explain how it can be used to support the organizational structure
described in part A1:
• scientific management
• bureaucratic
• administrative
• neoclassical
• modern
• contingency/situational
C. Describe how an organizational structure can impact the
effectiveness of the consulting business in the scenario by doing
the following:
1. Using the goal-approach model of organizational effectiveness,
describe how the organizational structure selected in part A1 can
impact the effectiveness of the consulting business in the
scenario.
2. Using the goal-approach model of organizational effectiveness,
explain the advantages or disadvantages of using one of the
organizational structures from the list in part A1 that is
different from the structure already selected for the consulting
business.
D. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for
content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and
presentation of your submission.