3rd
Assignment
Step 1. Review textbook chapters
that cover the topics of structural design, employee involvement, and job
re-engineering (Chapters 12 and 13).
Step
2. Read the case Sullivan Hospital in your
textbook (p. 384-386). Be sure to take notes on the diagnosis and intervention
approach provided in the case.
Step 3. Answer
the following questions and support your claims and assertions using citations:
Assemble
the diagnostic data into a framework and prepare feedback to the senior
administrators of the hospitals. The feedback should include:
What’s
your sense of the organization’s current structure and employee
involvement issues?
What
is the level of employee involvement and how does it relate to performance?
What
changes would you recommend? Is a total quality management intervention
appropriate here? What alternatives would you propose? What are the most
common organization structures used today as well as their strengths and
weaknesses?
Design
an implementation plan for your preferred intervention. Consider whether
there should be a sociotechnical systems work design.
Step
4. Write an essay that meets the following requirements:
APA
formatted 3-5 page long (1000-1500 words) essay. The APA assignment template is available at the bottom of
this section.
At
least three scholarly sources (peer-reviewed journal articles) and a
minimum of five in-text citations.
It
must have a title page and a references page (not included in the
word count).
