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College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 3
Organization Design and Development (MGT 404)
Due Date: 10/05/2022 @ 23:59
| Course Name: Organization Design and Development | Student’s Name: |
| Course Code: MGT404 | Student’s ID Number: |
| Semester: Second | CRN: |
| Academic Year:2021-22-2nd term | |
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| Students’ Grade: Marks Obtained/Out of 10 |
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low |
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
- The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
- Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
- Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
- Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
- Late submission will NOT be accepted.
- Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
- All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
- Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Department of Business Administration
Organization Design and Development- MGT 404
Assignment 3, Total Marks: 10
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze the human, structural and strategic dimensions of the organizational development.
- Analyze the ethical issues of the organizational development processes
Assignment Questions:
Please review and read application 12.2 entitled as “Amazon. com’s Network Structure.” available in your textbook “Organization Development & Change” 10th edition by Cummings, T and Worley, C then answer the following questions:
- Explain how following a network-based structure is advantageous to Amazon in terms of conducting its business activities. (2.5 marks)
- Discuss the potential challenges that could be facing Amazon as a result of following a network-based structure. (2.5 marks)
- Based on comparing product-centric with customer-centric structures, explain how could Amazon empower its business partners that are seeking to centralize their organization on either one of those structures (2.5 marks)
- What would you recommend as potential core processes if Amazon has decided to follow a process-based structure? Explain and justify three of those core processes (2.5 Marks)
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