Assignment: Final Project—Business Memo—Organizational Structures and Processes
Assignment: Final Project—Business Memo—Organizational Structures and Processes
This week you will continue to work on your Final Project, which is due in Week 7. By Day 7, you will submit a business memo, written to your Instructor that explains how you plan to incorporate your learning from the week into your Final Project. This will not be a “perfect” synopsis at this point, but it should capture the main themes and important ideas from the week. Your memo should include the following:
- Your ideas and recommendations on how your organization can modify its present organizational structures to be more efficient and effective in the future, making better use of information and information systems for decision making
- Your recommendations for alternative approaches the organization might take to promote and implement better processes to support better decision making within the current organizational structure(s)
- Other relevant recommendations or issues that you identified, as they relate to the content and your learning from the week
Be sure to record good notes in your Final Project Portfolio, including a brief analysis of why your recommendations are important. Please make sure you describe the type of organizational structure(s) and processes that your organization is currently utilizing, as well as any assumptions you have made.Required Readings
Bélanger, F., Van Slyke, C., & Crossler, R. (2019). Information systems for business: An experiential approach, 3e. Burlington, VT: Prospect Press.
- Chapter 2 (pp 27 – 29): How Information Systems Facilitate Organizational Change
- Chapter 11: Information-Based Business Processes
Chen, S., & Chang, B. (2012). The effects of absorptive capacity and decision speed on organizational innovation: A study of organizational structure as an antecedent variable. Contemporary Management Research, 8(1), 27–50.
Using an empirical structural equations model, this paper takes a close look at how organizational structure affects organizational absorptive capacity, as well as the speed with which optimal business and IT decisions can be made.
Hashjeen, T., Shoghi, B., Shafizadeh, R., & Eisapourchalanbar, H. (2013). The relationship between organizational structure and employee creativity. Australian Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences, 7(2), 237–242.
This study analyzes the relationship between various dimensions of organizational structure and employee creativity.
Papaioannou, T. (2011). Technological innovation, global justice and politics of development. Progress In Development Studies, 11(4), 321-338.
The goal of this article is to bolster the relationship between technological innovation and global justice, two fundamental human and organizational needs that have been at odds with each other historically.
Raghu, T. S. (2010). Creating a process-oriented enterprise at Pinnacle West (Ivey Publishing Case Study No. 9B10E002).
This case study explores the process change efforts initiated by the vice president and chief information officer at Pinnacle West, an energy services company. The study chronicles how the vice president worked toward a wider rollout of a process-oriented strategy throughout Pinnacle West and the issues he had to consider, including change management competency and achieving buy-in from key stakeholders.
Rahmati, V., Darouian, S., & Ahmadinia, H. (2012). A review on the effect of culture, structure, technology, and behavior on organizations. Australian Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences. 6(3), 128–135.
In this study, the authors discuss the relationship between organizational behavior, culture, and structure. They go on to examine various approaches to the world of work at both organizational and unit levels.
Thamhain, H. J. (2011). Critical Success Factors for Managing Technology-Intensive Teams in the Global Enterprise. Engineering Management Journal, 23(3), 30-36.
This field study analyzes the challenges of managing culturally diverse and globally dispersed project teams within technology-intensive product developments. The authors discuss some significant variables managers and business leaders are faced with in establishing organizational unity.
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