Organisational Design Module

Organisational Design Module Order Description Organizational Design module This report is to be completed in" rel="nofollow">individually. For this semester long project you will choose one of the organizations from the Fortune 500 companies or a local company such as a large departmental store, 4 manufacturin" rel="nofollow">ing company or a non profit organization such as a hospital or a University and study it all semester to give you an in" rel="nofollow">insight in" rel="nofollow">into the way real world organizations work. No two students will select the same company. There will be a list of Fortune 500 companies for you to select from on iLearn. Please write your name in" rel="nofollow">in the allocated column to reserve the company. You will need to collect the specified in" rel="nofollow">information as required in" rel="nofollow">in the organisation design module on iLearn and answer questions pertain" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing to the company selected each week. Each module will require you to consider the ethical, sustain" rel="nofollow">inability and human rights dimension of your decision. By the end of the semester by completin" rel="nofollow">ing each module you will have a clear picture of how organizations operate and how they deal with problems and contin" rel="nofollow">ingencies and understand the ethical dilemmas of change management. In order to do this you will have to contact the owner or manager of the company for gatherin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">information through face-to-face in" rel="nofollow">interviews and through their published sources. You will then summarize your fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings and produce a written report. You will gain" rel="nofollow">in a rich picture of the way the company operates by doin" rel="nofollow">ing your research personally. The organization has to be big enough to offer in" rel="nofollow">insight in" rel="nofollow">into the way organisations work and must employ at least 20 people and have 3 levels in" rel="nofollow">in its hierarchy. No extension of time for the Individual Report will be granted. Students who have not submitted the task prior to the deadlin" rel="nofollow">ine will be awarded a mark of 0 for the task, except for cases in" rel="nofollow">in which an application for disruption of studies is made and approved. 10% penalty will be applied for every 24-hour delay of submission. This penalty does not apply for cases in" rel="nofollow">in which an application for Disruptions to Studies is made and approved. Further details on the Report, in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing submission, Turnitin" rel="nofollow">in requirements, markin" rel="nofollow">ing standards, referencin" rel="nofollow">ing requirements and presentation requirements are available on iLearn. This Assessment Task relates to the followin" rel="nofollow">ing Learnin" rel="nofollow">ing Outcomes: ? Evaluate the concepts of organisational theory for critical and ethical analysis of organisational structures and management practice ? Examin" rel="nofollow">ine how the key concepts of busin" rel="nofollow">iness models relate to busin" rel="nofollow">iness fin" rel="nofollow">inancial performance ? Identify the relationship between busin" rel="nofollow">iness models and busin" rel="nofollow">iness strategies from a human rights perspective. ? Develop understandin" rel="nofollow">ing and knowledge of the different busin" rel="nofollow">iness models and structures, and apply organisation design concepts to case studies of multin" rel="nofollow">inational corporations The Individual Report of 4000 words +/- 10% (The word count in" rel="nofollow">includes in" rel="nofollow">introduction, body and conclusion, but not references or appendices) is to be submitted at the end of the semester after completin" rel="nofollow">ing all the organisational design modules for the 13 weeks. You are required to analyse the Organisational design structure through the weekly modules and develop and recommend an appropriate structure and strategy to suit its current position. This new busin" rel="nofollow">iness model should enable the firm to implement the novel recommended busin" rel="nofollow">iness strategy. Research – at least 10 academic journal articles (references) are required to support your analysis, strategy, model and the busin" rel="nofollow">iness solutions to the weekly questions. 5 Referencin" rel="nofollow">ing. Harvard style referencin" rel="nofollow">ing is required. Formattin" rel="nofollow">ing requirements: ? Page margin" rel="nofollow">ins should be 2.5 cm (default margin" rel="nofollow">in settin" rel="nofollow">ings) on all four edges. ? Times New Roman font type and font size of 12 poin" rel="nofollow">ints should be used A suggested format for this report would in" rel="nofollow">include the followin" rel="nofollow">ing: ? Executive Summary (no more than 1 page) ? Introduction. ? Body. This should in" rel="nofollow">include the followin" rel="nofollow">ing sections: ? Short summary of the Fortune 500 company you have selected ? Discussion of the current busin" rel="nofollow">iness model and the history of changes in" rel="nofollow">in structure and strategy ? Answer each weeks questions from the Organisational design module ? Identify the problem and provide solutions ? Identification of major stakeholders ? Stakeholder problems objectives and concern, ? Positive and negative views of current position ? Analysis of alternative solutions (that is, the strategies you propose to use) ? Recommended solutions (that is, your busin" rel="nofollow">iness model you propose to use) ? Managerial implications. ? Ethical, human rights and sustain" rel="nofollow">inability view poin" rel="nofollow">int on decisions made every week. ? Results o Fin" rel="nofollow">inancial implications o Summary of all the Organisational design modules and your learnin" rel="nofollow">ing’s. ? Conclusion. ? Briefly summarise the essential complexities and challenges faced by the firm you have selected in" rel="nofollow">in the future. ? Identify the recommended solutions and managerial implications. Attached are questions which will help guide your report. Not all the questions will be relevant but most are. If you can't fin" rel="nofollow">ind in" rel="nofollow">information from the company in" rel="nofollow">in regards to certain" rel="nofollow">in questions just please make an educated guess with reference to a source in" rel="nofollow">in some cases. Also attached in" rel="nofollow">in the rubric and the recommended format. The company I have chosen is Qube Logistics. It is an Australian based logistics company.