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BUMGT 5921 (Organizations: Behaviour, Structure, Processes)
(As a guide approximately three pages long relevant answer should be sufficient for question A1)
Question A1
Analyze and evaluate your syndicate’s development and functioning as a group or team according to relevant theories and models you encountered in class or in your reading. Discuss your own roles in the syndicate and consider leadership issues. What would you do differently, given your experience and this analysis, to enhance the performance of the group and the satisfaction of its members?
(As a guide approximately two pages long relevant answer should be sufficient for question B1, B2, B3 and B4)
Question B1
How would you describe the work of strategic leaders? How do strategic leaders effectively manage their firm’s resource portfolio such that its core competencies are exploited, and the human capital and social capital are leveraged to achieve a competitive advantage? What must strategic leaders do to develop and sustain an effective organizational culture?
Question B2
Use the characteristics of mechanistic and organic organizational design options to describe two different organizations that you know about. Then relate the differences to technological and environmental aspects. For what type of organization you would prefer to work? Organic or mechanistic? Explain. Discuss why organizational design and communication flow are so closely related.
Question B3
In Kurt Lewin’s model of change, what brings about the proposed change? Explain why there has to be variations made, over a period of time, to the original model. Evaluate the ethical issues associated with downsizing an organization. How is appreciative inquiry a different approach to organizational change than a problem solving approach?
Question B4
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