BMG320/03 Organisational Theory and Design   Instructions:   Assignment 1 contains TWO (2) questions and you are required to answer ALL questions

Note to students: You are encouraged to read the wflex course material (Units 1 and 2) as well as the power point slides.

Question 1

1. Explain with the help of a diagram Mintzberg’s basic organisational framework.

(30 marks)

          NOTE :

• Draw a diagram Mintzberg’s basic organizational framework
• Explain each components
• Conclusion

Allocation of marks: Diagram= 5 m, 5 components x 5 m = 25 m

2. Differentiate between an entrepreneurial organisational structure and a machine bureaucratic organisational structure.

(30 marks)

          NOTE :

• Introduction
• Entrepreneurial organizational structure :  when start the small business, people are smart to identify the opportunity in market, small business…etc (differentiate)
• Machine bureaucratic structure : mechanistic type of structure refer to what type of organization, what kind of organization tends to be bureaucratic : eg government departments..etc (differentiate)
• Conclusion

Allocation of marks: Each structure x 15 m = 30 m

Question 2

When a company implements strategies, it is important to know if the strategies that have been implemented have been effective.

Explain the goals approach of measuring the effectiveness of implemented strategies and evaluate the five (5) main key indicators of this approach that you can use to measure the effectiveness of the implemented strategies.

(40 marks)

NOTE :

• 1 paragraph : explain the goals approach of measuring the effectiveness
• Put heading : 5 main key indicator explain with examples

• Profitability : did you manage to gain the profit in your investment/business
• Market share :  how much market share you have capture compare to your competitor? Increase in market share
• Growth : in term of sales, number of customer increase or not?
• Social responsibility : how well your organization has contributed to society or not
• Product quality :

• Conclusion

Allocation of marks: Explanation on Goals approach of measuring effectiveness of strategies = 10 marks; 5 key indicators x 6m = 30 m.  Total = 40 m

END OF ASSIGNMENT 1 QUESTIONS