This assignment seeks to have the student identify, and evaluate the internal and external factors that influence organizational structure by researching and analyzing scholarly articles within the university online library.
Your manager overheard you telling a colleague that you are taking a graduate-level organizational theory class at UMGC. He remembers his college course on management and realizes that he found the knowledge he learned extremely useful over the years. Lately, he has felt that he has been overwhelmed with changes that require he and his employees to quickly respond to situations that he cannot always solve effectively. Experience has taught him that professional development is a lifelong endeavor. To that end, he would like you to select some articles for him to read on the following topics: Organizational Management and Leadership in the Workplace, or Organizational Structure, Future Workplace. Here are the points he wants you to address:
Step 1: Using OneSearch in the online library, conduct a search for at least 3 scholarly articles on internal and external factors that influence organizational structure and culture.
The articles should reflect on current and future management theories, philosophies, concepts, and best practices. Article selection should consider the changing work environment and the impacts of technology on management practices.
Step 2: Using the APA template format found here Annotated Bibliography create an annotated bibliography of each article. The articles should be summarized in at least one or two paragraphs as the format suggests.
Step 3: Aggregately analyze and explain the articles for the way in which environmental change impacts the workplace and managers. This section should comprise 2 paragraphs using multiple course readings and research to support how the internal and external factors identified in the selected articles can/do cause a change in workplace behavior and ultimately organizational structure and culture.
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