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Locate three reputable sources that inform you about the process of organizational design (you can include non-journal sources for this assignment). Discuss an example where optimal (or improved) organization design resulted in greater functional effectiveness and productivity of an organization.
In this module, we have discussed organizational design along with its structures and roles. For this discussion, imagine yourself starting your own business. Explain what type of business you are starting and what some of the first steps you will take when creating your business. After you decide on your first steps, how would you design your organization’s structure? How will you know if you designed your organization effectively?
answer each question by half of a page
7- Answer the following questions: How comfortable are you when faced with conflict? What can you do to become more comfortable and skilled at dealing with conflict?
8- Describe a situation where you have seen political actions impact an organization or a group positively or negatively. (This does not refer to Democratic or Republican politics, but politics within a specific organization or group.) Make suggestions re: how this group can attempt to control negative political behaviors.
9- Identify a situation where you have observed effective or ineffective leadership and explain how the situation or the individual’s performance could have been improved
10- Explain: How do you think that a school’s organizational culture affects the performance and behavior of students at that school? Give an example of a situation where the culture of a school has impacted your own or someone else’s performance.
11- Give an example of how a difference in organizational design may affect employees. How does a firm’s design affect how employees are evaluated or what tasks they are expected to do?
12- Looking ahead ten years in your own future, what type of change is most likely to affect you and why? How can you prepare for this change?