Organisational Theory, Structure and Design

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School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)

Course: Organisational Theory, Structure and Design

Internal Assignment Applicable for December 2015 Examination

1. Choose any two organizations in the same industry with different structure and culture.

a) Draw their organizational charts.

b) Compare their organizational culture.

c) Which organization would you prefer to work for? (15 marks)

Answer:Organizational culture refers to a system of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs that show employees what is appropriate and inappropriate behavior. Academy of Management Executive, 19, 130–138. These values have a strong influence on employee behavior as well as organizational performance. In fact, the term organizational culture was made popular in the 1980s when Peters and Waterman’s best-selling book In Search of Excellence made the argument that company success could be attributed to an organizational culture that was decisive, customer oriented, empowering, and people oriented. Since then, organizational culture has become the subject of numerous research studies, books, and articles. However, organizational culture is still a relatively new concept. In contrast to a topic such as le

2. Identify and explain the forces in the external and internal environment of the following organizations that affect the way they operate. (15 marks)

a) A local travel agency

b) A supermarket

Answer: A business entity depends both on internal and external factors to function smoothly. While an organization may try its level-best to continuously improve its internal factors, it cannot possibly alter the course of events occurring outside its horizon. These factors are referred to as external factors and have a major bearing on the fortunes of an organization. Managing the strengths of the internal operations and recognizing potential opportunities and threats outside of the operations are keys to business success.

The role of company leadership is an important internal business factor. Your leadership style and the styles of other company management impact

a) A local travel agency

Structure the organisation of the resources and assets and represents the division and distribution of work among members (managers and employees) of the organisation, and the co-ordination of their activities in such a way that they are directed towards achieving the declared goals and objectives of the organisation.  Management is about how the organisation manages the structure, the resources and the activities within the organisation and how it measures and monitors the resulting performance towards achieving the declared goals and objectives of the organisation.

Organisational theory attempts to explain how

b) A supermarket

Economic forces are of great concern to any company as they impact directly on the buying behaviour of its customers. The UK economy was officially declared under recession in 2008, the government's was successful in minimising the rises in unemployment by considerable reduction in interest rates during 2009. This has given rise in spending power of English people,but both sales value and margins are effected as consumers are not or less likely to divert their spending on more of premium or high value goods. According

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