MS-10

Management Programme

ASSIGNMENT
SECOND SEMESTER
2017

MS - 10: Organisational Design, Development and Change

School of Management Studies

INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI 110 068
 ASSIGNMENT
Course Code : MS - 10
Course Title : Organisational Design, Development and Change
Assignment Code : MS-10/TMA/SEM-II/2017
Coverage : All Blocks

Note : Attempt all the questions and submit this assignment on or before 31st October, 2017
to the coordinator of your study center.

1) What is an organization? Describe various approaches to understand an organization

and discuss their relevance in the present scenario.

2) Briefly discuss the evolutionary process of organization design. Discuss various

approaches to understand organizing and analyzing work and their significance in the
present day context.

3) Discuss the meaning and concept of quality of worklife. Briefly describe the
techniques of improving quality of worklife with relevant examples.

4) Describe various perspectives on organizational analysis and the need to undertake

organizational analysis. Discuss any two approaches to analyse an organization and
their merits & demerits with examples.

5) Distinguish between organization and institution. Briefly describe the factors

influencing institution building with examples.