Motorola is organized into two business units. Explain the meaning of organizing the process that Motorola probably followed.

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2 Module 4: Organising Lesson 4.1: Organising And Delegating Please refer to the case study: Motorola on pg 241 in your textbook. Case Study Questions Question 1 Motorola is organized into two business units. Explain the meaning of organizing the process that Motorola probably followed.

3 Question 2 Explain the reasons why an organisation such as Motorola should create a structure for their organisation.

4 Question 3 'Power' can be defined as the ability to influence the behaviour of others in organisation. Discuss the various kinds of power that can be distinguished in organisation. Which one of these various kinds of power would be the most one to have for leaders in Motorola? Substantiate your answer. Question 4 An important aspect of organizing is the grouping of related activities into units departments, called departmentalization. Distinguish between the various types departmentalization that an organisation can implement. Also, identify the type departmentalization that Motorola follows.

5 Question 5 Job design is a crucial part of organising; Managers must consider the design of jobs to motivate the incumbents of the different positions in the structure to contribute towards the organisational goals. There are various ways to design jobs that motivate. Discuss the various ways of job design and recommend one of these ways to the management of Motorola. Give reasons for your recommendation.

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7 Essay Question The job of a manager is to get the work done through the efforts of other. It is neither desirable nor is it possible for managers to perform all the work for which are responsible and they need to assign a portion of their workload to other. This is called delegation. Give a full discussion of delegation within an organisational context.

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11 Lesson 4.2: Management Change: Culture, Innovation And Technology Please refer to the case study: Change Management on pg 264 in your textbook. Case Study Questions Question 1 If you were appointed by the merged college to implement the decision to outsource their car pool, how would you advise them on the following: The environmental reasons for the difficulty in outsourcing the car pool (trends in outsourcing, growth and power of labour unions, tight labour laws).

12 Question 2 The merging of the two divergent car pools of the different institutions.

13 Question 3 The possibility of changing the culture of comfort zones and misuse, as well as the steps that should be followed. Question 4 What should the College's management do to crack the barriers of resistance?

14 Question 5 How can the different corporate cultures of the two institutions be unified?

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16 Paragraph Questions Question 1 Explain four areas of organisational change that the modern organisation will have to with in order to remain competitive.

17 Question 2 Provide reasons why employees may resist change by highlighting personal dispositions may lead to the resistance.

18 Question 3 Identify five reasons why change in an organisation may fail and briefly state how the failures can be overcome.

19 Question 4 Discuss the elements that express a corporate culture. Question 5 Explain at least three approaches that managers can follow when attempting to change culture of an organisation.

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21 Essay Question Italy (Pty) Ltd has decided to unbundle the business and sell off its division sells mega-sized pizzas as its clients are increasingly looking for healthier pizza options. Diagrammatically depict and explain the different steps in the change process ensure that the change process is successful. Also highlight major decisions that will have to be made during each of the steps.

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25 Lesson 4.3: Managing Diversity Please refer to the case study: Brian Horlock: Aero Tech Incorporate (ATI) takes a proactive approach to diversity on pg 302 in your textbook. Case Study Questions Answer the following questions and support your answer with specific information from the case, text and personal experiences. Question 1 In what ways has ATI taken a proactive approach toward supporting and encouraging diversity?

26 Question 2 Can you identify any diversity dimensions from the case, explain?

27 Question 3 How do you suggest that Ms Molefe move forward in addressing findings of her report in line with Horlock's vision?