Essay
Objective: Examine key drivers correlated to organizational effectiveness and mission success.
Introduction: Organizational effectiveness is how efficient an organization is in strategically maximizing their resources to achieve their mission. This lesson looks at the many facets of organizational effectiveness: how organizational structure provides a framework that influences how responsibilities are delegated, controlled, and coordinated, how leadership styles and organizational culture affect employee engagement, and how employee engagement has a direct impact on organizational effectiveness. Many different aspects of business affect organizational effectiveness, such as culture, leadership, employee engagement, management styles, organizational structure, people systems, and external interactions.
Deliverables:

Minimum 3-page paper 

Activity Details:

Step 1: Read the following questions, and use what you have learned about Organizational Effectiveness to summarize your responses in a 3-page paper (APA formatting required):
When organizations need to adapt to external and internal change, how can the key elements of organizational design be used to restructure the organization to meet new challenges?

How has management’s view of these key elements changed from their initial inception to now?

Include the six key elements and current trends.

Step 2: Review the materials and conduct additional topic research to demonstrate application of the concepts in a real world business environment.

Step 3: Write a paper. Please review the essay rubric, prior to proceeding.