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Academic Session 2022
First Semester
January 2022
ASSIGNMENT 1
BMG320/03 Organisational Theory and Design
Instructions:
1. ASSIGNMENT 1 contains TWO (2) questions and you are required to answer ALL
questions.
2. ASSIGNMENT 1 carries 50% of your final total marks.
3. The assignment should be typed using Arial, font size 12 and double spaced,
approximately 2000-3000 words and in essay format.
4. The deadline for the submission of ASSIGNMENT 1 is 20 February 2022, 11:59pm.
A softcopy should be submitted via Online Assignment Submission System.
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Note to students: You are encouraged to read the wflex course material (Units 1
and 2) as well as the power point slides before attempting the questions.
Question 1
(a) Explain with the help of a diagram Mintzberg’s basic organisational framework.
(30 marks)
(b) Differentiate between an entrepreneurial organisational structure and a machine
bureaucratic organisational structure.
(30 marks)
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)
Course Learning Outcome 1: Explain the basic idea of what constitutes an
organisation and theories of organisation
Course Learning Outcome 2: Describe how managers can help the organisation
attain its objectives through the design of an appropriate organisational structure and
strategic management processes
END OF ASSIGNMENT 1 QUESTIONS
