Analyze the human, structural and strategic dimensions of organizational development.
Department of Business Administration
Organization Design and Development- MGT 404
Assignment 3, Total Marks: 10
Course Learning Outcomes:
Analyze the human, structural and strategic dimensions of organizational development.
Analyze the ethical issues of the organizational development processes
Assignment Questions:
Please review and read application 12.2 entitled as “Amazon. com’s Network Structure.”
available in your textbook “Organization Development & Change” 10th edition by
Cummings, T and Worley, C then answer the following questions:
1. Explain how following a network-based structure is advantageous to Amazon in terms
of conducting its business activities. (2.5 marks)
2. Discuss the potential challenges that could be facing Amazon as a result of following a
network-based structure. (2.5 marks)
3. Based on comparing product-centric with customer-centric structures, explain how could Amazon empower its business partners that are seeking to centralize their organization on either one of those structures (2.5 marks)
4. What would you recommend as potential core processes if Amazon has decided to
follow a process-based structure? Explain and justify three of those core processes (2.5
Marks)
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