Part 1

Job Design

What kinds of jobs are needed in an organization? How has specialization of labor, or division of labor, been implemented in an organization in which you have worked (or researched)? How are departments organized? Do you perceive these groupings to be effective? Why or why not? Answer in 250-300 Words.

Part 2

Organizational life Cycles

Read the article, “Organizational life cycles and shifting criteria of effectiveness: Some preliminary evidence”. Describe the chronicle of life cycle change and the early stages of development, performance and resource acquisition, events leading to later stages of development, and the development of the formalization and control stage. Why do you think the author wrote about this topic? Why is it important? Answer in 250-300 Words.

Part 3

The Staffing Function

Why is staffing important? Who is responsible for it? Is it a function of personnel/human resource departments? What are some of the ways managers can adapt to changes in the external environment (shrinking work force, impacts of technology, etc.) to recruit and maintain quality personnel? Answer in 250-300 Words.

Part 4

Performance Appraisal

The effectiveness of the performance appraisal is often a topic of debate. Read the Forbes article, “Eliminating Performance Appraisals (Links to an external site.)”. Based on the content of the article, identify three key points related to the author’s position on the elimination of performance appraisals. From the view of the manager and using the concepts found in our text, prepare a rebuttal to the article discussing each of the key points you identified and define the reasons why the performance appraisal should not be eliminated. Develop a potential solution to the performance appraisal debate, keeping in mind the intent of the appraisal and the desired outcome for both the organization and the employees. Support your solutions with a minimum of one outside resource. Answer in 250-300 Words.

Required Resources Part 1-2

Text

Bierman, L., Ferrell, O. C., & Ferrell, L. (2016). Management: Principles and applications, custom edition [Electronic version]. Solon, OH: Academic Media Solutions.

• Chapter 8: Organizing: Designing Jobs, Department, and the Overall Organization Introduction
• Chapter 10: Organizational Change and Innovation

Article

Quinn, R. E., & Cameron, K. (1983). Organizational life cycles and shifting criteria of effectiveness: Some preliminary evidence.Management Science, 29(1), 33-51. Retrieved from the ProQuest database.

• The full-text version of this article can be accessed through the ProQuest database in the Ashford University Library.

Required Resources Part 3-4

Text

Bierman, L., Ferrell, O. C., & Ferrell, L. (2016). Management: Principles and applications, custom edition [Electronic version]. Solon, OH: Academic Media Solutions.

• Chapter 9: Human Resource Management

Article

Lawler, E. E., III. (2014, March). Eliminating performance appraisals (Links to an external site.). Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardlawler/2014/03/2…

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