Management Project

Planning Package Grading Form

BUSA 210

5 Principles of Management

Spring 20

18

Project Name______________________________________________________

____________________

Student Company Name _________________________________________________________________

Student Names________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________

Org Chart

______/2

GAN

TT Chart_________/2

Job Descriptions

______/

3

Title page

______/

1

Goals and policies of student compa

ny ________/

2

TOTAL________/10

To

determine your grade I am looking for the following:

Part 1

Completion of the

Org.Chart

1.

Org Chart includes all student company employees (employee name and position)

2.

Student company name

3.

Chain of command/line of authority is clear

defined

Part 2

Completion of a G

ANTT

chart

1.

GANTT Chart includes all sections of the report

2.

GANTT Chart has deadlines for all planned tasks and activities

3.

GANTT Chart has at least one assigned person responsible for a

task completion

Part 3

Job

Descriptions

1.

All job descriptions are completed

2.

All

performance

criteria are identified and are relevant to the project scope and employee tasks

3.

There is consistency between job description

and tasks listed in the GANTT Chart

Part 4

Goals, policies, presentation

1.

Title page with employees names, employee photos, student compa

/ 2

LABS and the WEBSITE

CASE WORK:

(Week

1

-

2)

Organizational

Structure and

Design

Wo

rksheet

Chapter

8

Last

name:

First

name:

Set

:

The p

urposes of this activity

are:

To learn about the progression from tasks to job design to organizational structure and

design.

To apply the concepts from the topic Organizational Structure and Design to your Project Company

(group).

Complete BEFORE your week 2 lab:

Read chapter 8 of the MGMT

textbook

Watch the week 2

lecture

Complete Parts a (before lab), and b, and c (in

-lab) on the following

worksheet.

Part a: Review the Management Project guidelines found near the end of this course handout. List and briefly explain five

specific tasks which need to be completed during this project.

A1

A2

A3

A4

Part b: Five factors need to be considered when making organizational design decisions for your Project Company (your

group). Review the textbook, pages 169-

183. Describe these factors for your Project Student Company (group).

Departmentali

zation

Or ganizational Authority

Job Design

Intra

-Organizational

Processes

Int

er-Organizational

Processes

Part c: Complete the Self

-Assessment: What type of Organizational structure do I prefer?

What does this say about your preference for working in a mechanistic or organic organizational structure. What is the

structure of your last/present workplace? Did

you feel your preferences were/are a good match?

C1

C2

C3

C4

To be completed

during

lab:

Group inventory of all tasks to be done during the Management Project:

1

5

9

13

2

6

10

14

3

7

11

15

4

8

12

16

Discuss the following questions

all are important concepts relating to designing organizational structure.

1.

How

will

the

tasks

be grouped

into

jobs?

To

what

extent

will

your

own

company

utilize

work

specialization?

Complete

a job description for each per

son in your

group/company.

2.

How

will

the

jobs

in your

own

Project

Company

be grouped

together?

What

type

of departmentalization will

best

suit

your

company?

Decide on the chain of command your Project Company will use. Who will report to whom? Do you need to revisit

3.

your list of tasks to include management responsibility and accountability? How many people will your

companys

managers efficiently and effective

ly manage? Consider the width of your companys span of control. Decide what

decisions will be made by whom in your company. Does this reflect a centralized or decentralized organization? Who

will make decisions?

group assignments