Assignment
Instructions
You are required to provide a thread to the main forum. The thread must be 1,000-1,500 words, must include at least 3 peer-reviewed references, and must demonstrate course-related knowledge.
The questions for this week are centered on organization and employee development. Each of you will be required to research learning organizations and define why sharing information is critical to these type organizations in comparison to efficient performance organizations. You will need to look at the structure, tasks, strategy, and culture of these organizations. You will also research to analyze nonprofit versus for-profit organizations. Research will be required on employee development and the impact on productivity. Each of you will also have analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of a police department. In the end, you will need to show an understanding of which items an organization should outsource. The complete assignment should include a biblical perspective.
The question for this weeks DB is :
• Why is shared information so important in a learning organization in comparison to an efficient performance organization? Discuss how an organization's approach to sharing information may be related to other elements of organization design such as: structure, tasks, strategy, and culture.
• What are some differences that one might anticipate among the expectations of stakeholder for a nonprofit organization versus a for-profit business? Do you believe nonprofit managers have to pay more attention to stakeholders than business managers?
• How might a company's goals for employee development be related to its goals for innovation and change? How might a company's goals for employee development be related to its goals for productivity? Explain the ways that these types of goals may conflict in an organization?
• Suppose you have been asked to evaluate the effectiveness of the police department in a medium-sized community. Where would you begin? How would you proceed? What effectiveness approach would you prefer?
• What types of organizational activities do you believe are most likely to be outsourced? What types are least likely?
• How can/should a biblical worldview be applied?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.