Assigment 1 Managing Multidisciplinary

Managing Multidisciplinary Professionals by Combining Assets and Activities

For this assignment, review the Combining Assets and Activities case study in Section 7.3 of your course text.  Then, thoroughly address the following points in your paper:

• Describe the vertical and horizontal dimensions of this organization. Describe the authority/responsibility relationships that will present in this organization. 

 

• Should this practice become centralized, decentralized, mechanistic, or organic in its design? Defend your answer. 

 

• Explain the importance of differentiation, integration, and managing complexity, interdependence, and boundary spanning activities for this organization. 

 

• Draw an organization chart for this organization and explain why form of departmentalization you chose believe best fits the unit. 

Your assignment must be one to two pages in length (excluding title and reference pages).  Utilize your course textbook and at least one additional scholarly source to support your conclusions and leadership considerations.  Your paper and all sources must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.  

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.