Discussion Thread: Internal Design Elements

DISCUSSION
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
The student will post one thread
of at least 1,000-1,500 words of the assigned Module. For each thread, students
must support their assertions with scholarly citations in APA format. Response must incorporate scholarly citations
in APA format. Any sources cited must have been published within the last
five years.

Textbook:
Daft, R. L. (2016). Organization theory & design (12th
ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. ISBN: 9781285866345.

Discussion Thread:
Internal Design Elements

1. Mass
customization of products has become a common approach in manufacturing
organizations. Explain the ways in which mass customization can be applied to
service firms as well.
A top executive claimed that superior
management is a craft technology because the work contains intangibles
(such as handling personnel, interpreting the environment, and coping with
unusual situations that have to be learned through experience). If this is
true, is it appropriate to teach management in a business school? Does
teaching management from a textbook assume that the manager’s job is
analyzable and, therefore, that formal training rather than experience is
most important?
Do you believe that technology will
eventually enable high-level managers to do their job with little
face-to-face communication?
Look through several recent issues of a
business magazine (Fortune, BusinessWeek, Fast Company, etc.) and find
examples of 2 companies that are using approaches to busting bureaucracy.
Explain the techniques that these companies are applying.
Do you believe that a no growth
philosophy of management should be taught in business schools?
How
can/should a biblical worldview be applied?

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