Describe the organizational structure at this consulting firm and how it affects employee behavior.
Provide a definition of the type of structure in the organization.
Explain how the structure affects employee behavior.
Describe how the changes to the organization’s culture might affect employee behavior.
Provide a recommendation for any adjustments you think need to be made at this organization based on the readings and explain why.
Do some research on the Internet and explain what a flat organization structure refers to. Then provide an example and explain why it is considered flat.
Which type of organization will be around in the long term, in your opinion?
Which organization type (based on structural attributes) would you want to work for?
Demonstrate advanced understanding of strategic human resource management theory and its application in practice (SLO1).
Identify and evaluate different perspectives and contemporary trends and their impact on strategic HRM (SLO3).
Workforce diversity matters in managing the future of work.
The gig economy will not create a new underclass of workers because ongoing and fixed-term employees will continue to be vital for organisations.
Evaluate the concept of ‘The Future of Work’ concerning the opportunities and challenges that new disruptive technologies pose for employees and organisations.
What are the current and emerging challenges confronting electricity organisations in Bahrain?
What strategies are being implemented by electricity organisations in Bahrain in response to the challenges they face?
How is innovation being leveraged to combat the challenges confronting electricity organisations in Bahrain?
Why is it important for managers to understand individual differences at work?
Which employee abilities seem to be most important in determining job performance? Explain.
Define personality. Which personality traits are most relevant to understanding organizational behavior? Why?
Explain how the concept of locus of control works. Provide an example.
Describe the basic incongruity. Do you agree with this ? Under what circumstances might the be most likely to be true? Least likely to be true? Explain.
Why is it important for managers to understand ethical standards in the workplace? How do ethics affect our behavior at work?
Define culture. How do culture and cultural variations affect work behavior and job performance? Provide examples to show why knowledge of such differences is important for managers.
Analyze how managers can impact organizational culture to promote organizations’ goals and vision.
Explain how the change impacted the companies and who it impacted. Compare some of the similarities and differences between the change in the two companies.
In a Word document, analyze, compare, and contrast the three images and explain how the behaviors of those images would be different or the same during your companies’ changes and how those differences could (or did) impact the success (or failure) of the change, comparing and contrasting the results at both companies.
Explain which image (or combination of images) you feel would have best facilitated the described change, and explain why.
Distinguishing how the IS-related solutions will benefit your company,
Provide details and examples of applications and solutions offered by retail vendors.
Describe the framework for each solution that the internal staff of your company might develop and implement.
Identify and describe how a solution can provide a competitive advantage, influence strategy,affect organizational performance, and increase operational efficiency.
“Does anyone have anything to add concerning operations today?”Analyze the problems at this company as portrayed in the scenario.
Describe the leadership style demonstrated by the manager:
Define the leadership style.
Explain why you chose this leadership style.
Explain the aspects of the leadership process that were neglected by the manager.
Describe the steps in the communication process.
Describe the steps in the communication process that were not addressed or completed.
Explain how the communication steps were not completed or addressed.
Examine and explain how the manager could have used the communication and leadership process to (1) build a better relationship with the employees in his department and (2) make employees more effective on the job.
What is the intrapreneurship role and effect on the firm development & strategy (2), what are the risks & challenges or managing intrapreneurship in the firm (3).
Assignment 2. read this and consider the following equally weighted questions:
Identify and critically analyse a key area of development in the industry over the last 3 years. Use evidence to show how this is impacting (and is likely to impact) the industry. (Note: this should not be about Covid-19 Pandemic, but about developments that are likely to change the nature and structure of the industry. Examples such as risk management; consumer preference for electric vehicles, Government regulations etc).
Using the example of a specific company, use theory to explore what strategies/policies might management adopt in order to make their company success sustainable in the changing environment.
