Organization design and change
Budget: $10 – $30 CAD
Requirements:
• 2 to 3 pages (excluding Appendix).
• You may conduct additional research to support your analysis. Please ensure you are not using someone’s analysis when you complete this assignment.
• If you are providing Appendix to support your responses, there is no page limit.
Please read the press release and answer the following questions:
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/empire-launches-major-transformation-initiative-to-simplify-its-business-unlock-national-scale-and-significantly-reduce-costs-621281583.html
1. What are the external forces that drive the change within the industry? Identify and discuss at least 2 forces.
2. Discuss the disadvantages of the previous organizational structure. Your response should include discussions around co-ordination, decision making, and/or economies of scale etc. Why was it ineffective?
3. Discuss the new functional organization structure from an organization design perspective and examine its advantages.
4. Analyze the impact of the change to the organization and its employees.
Style/Mechanics
APA
• Citations/reference page follow APA guidelines
• Properly cites ideas/info from other sources
• 2 to 3 pages (excluding Appendix).
• You may conduct additional research to support your analysis. Please ensure you are not using someone’s analysis when you complete this assignment.
• If you are providing Appendix to support your responses, there is no page limit.
Please read the press release and answer the following questions:
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/empire-launches-major-transformation-initiative-to-simplify-its-business-unlock-national-scale-and-significantly-reduce-costs-621281583.html
1. What are the external forces that drive the change within the industry? Identify and discuss at least 2 forces.
2. Discuss the disadvantages of the previous organizational structure. Your response should include discussions around co-ordination, decision making, and/or economies of scale etc. Why was it ineffective?
3. Discuss the new functional organization structure from an organization design perspective and examine its advantages.
4. Analyze the impact of the change to the organization and its employees.
Style/Mechanics
APA
• Citations/reference page follow APA guidelines
• Properly cites ideas/info from other sources