Assignment #4 - Develop an Organizational Structure to Mobilize Change (20%)

This assignment relates to the following Course Learning Requirements:

CLR2 - Analyze individual behaviours and processes as they apply to you in an organizational setting

Objective of this Assignment: Develop a new organizational structure that is in line with the changing nature of your organization to affect change deliberately and definitively

For this assignment, read the following scenario:

You are a veteran HR professional at a regionally owned mining operation. Your company has won numerous awards for safety, organizational culture, and productivity and you personally have a great reputation for helping to build capacity through progressive services and programs.

The company began in a small northern Quebec community of 1,000 people and has grown to include four mine sites. The success of the firm placed it in a position of being a target for acquisition and was recently purchased by a large Canadian-owned company that is profitable, but without a great reputation for employee satisfaction or safety culture. These new acquisitions now have the company positioned for growth, but the new owners want to take the opportunity to learn from your company and drive cultural change through a reorganization. The acquisition brought existing companies, their brand, culture, product line and workforce together.

Your Role:

You have been assigned to lead the merger and new structure development, a daunting but exciting task. You have been directed to create something brand-new that will unstick behaviour, effect change, and then cement the culture in place. Some key elements of the company values are to be retained, including a drive towards being profitable, but while you improve overall culture and safety performance. The challenge is to create one corporate organizational structure to support the adoption of shared values and targets across the whole group of companies.

Step 1: The Deliverables in this Assignment

Your role is to design an organizational structure for the amalgamated company in chart format (suggested 2 pages for clarity - this can be created directly in WORD or imported from a program such as Visio), supported by a solid rationale for your structure, outlining how it will support a new path and direction for the organization. Remember, you are the newcomer to the head office, and will have to rely on the validity of your structure to unstick behaviour and win over supporters. Begin by defining the organizational hierarchy, outlining each role and why you chose to create it.

In one or two lines, describe the core function of each role and how it will positively push towards change, or how it will cement certain activities and behaviours that you want to retain. Outline how you would advise the CEO to roll out the new structure, with time frames, who would you put into place at each of the mine sites, and in what order. You get to create the conditions for change so be bold. If there is information that you require that is not noted in the scenario just make your own assumptions but ensure to note them in your assignment.

As this is a cumulative assignment, make sure to use concepts and models that you have learned in previous modules. Communication concepts and models would fit well into your strategy, as would motivation models and perhaps conflict and perception. When describing the roles within the new organization your focus should be on the way that the roles will influence change---in other words, don't focus on the operational roles as much as how the position will specifically take on the task of influencing change.

Step 2: Format and Length Expectations

1. The assignment details should be captured in approximately 1300-1500words (not including cover or reference pages - see below) as well as the organizational diagram. It will be marked based on the rubric below.
2. Your assignment is to be submitted in MS WORD format. It should be submitted with the following guidelines:
   • Include a cover page with the course code and course name, the assignment number, the title of your assignment, your student ID, your name, the instructor's name, and the date the assignment is created.
   • Ensure the first page of your assignment has the title at the top of the page and the sections of your report have headings and subheadings to chunk your paper into sections for each of the topics you are writing about.
   • Make sure to use the formula of "name and define the concept to be used and then apply the concept to the point you are making.
   • Make sure your assignment has a comprehensive Conclusions piece that is personal in nature i.e., explain the learning points that you are taking away because of having completed this assignment.
   • Font should be either Calibri or Arial, 11pt. Text must be double spaced, but table may be single spaced.
   • You must cite all your sources of information using APA formatting.
   • Create a separate reference page that lists all your sources that you have cited in text. Sources include software used. Also, personal communications from a professional in the field count as a reference source. For citation and referencing examples, seehttps://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
   • It is a priority to use the Text and Module notes as your core reference