Step $1$: Review the Key Learning Concepts from Sessions $1$ to $4.$

Key learning:

$1-$ Introduction to Organizational Theory

$-$Katz and Kahn's Systems Theory

$-$Senge's Learning Organization

$-$Weber's Bureaucracy

$-$Fayol's Principles of Management

$-$McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y

$2-$ Strategy and Structure

$-$Describe the importance of strategy and the strategy process.

$-$Explain the strategic planning process.

$-$Describe Porter's strategy model and Miles and Snow's strategy typology.

$-$Explain how strategy affects organization design.

$3-$ Organizational Design Parameters$-$ Internal Characteristics:

Apply five structural dimensions to analyze issues in an organization

Apply structural dimensions to design departmental work process

Analyze task interdependence in an organization

Identify the structural and management implications

$4-$ Organizational Structure $-$Contextual Dimensions:

Analyze the impact of five contextual factors on an organizational structure

Describe the population ecology perspective and its key concepts,

Specify the key aspects of institutionalism.

Discuss types of resource$-$dependence relationships and power implications.

Describe the role of collaborative networks and co$-$opetition.

Explain the resource dependence.

Step $2$: Write down three specific Key Learning Concepts you have learned from these sessions.

Step $3$: Identify one specific challenging organizational practice$/$scenario relevant to the three Key Learning Concepts you identified in Step $2.$

Step $4$: Specifically describe the challenging organizational scenario$/$practice you are facing. Your descriptions must include detailed information that answers questions about who, what, where, when, why, and how.

Step $5$: Write up your insights and opinions on these challenging organizational scenarios from your self$-$reflection as well as any change you might consider taking in the near future.

Step $6$: Check for the completeness of the assignment with the questions listed in the criteria below before you submit the assignment.