Please answer each question with at least 250 words, 2 in text citations and 2 references for each of the 3 questions. 1.Summary of Current Course Content Knowledge MGT-805-O500 Designing Organization

Please answer each question with at least 250 words, 2 in text citations and 2 references for each of the 3 questions.

1.Summary of Current Course Content Knowledge

MGT-805-O500

Designing Organizational Structures

Academic engagement through active participation in instructional activities related to the course objectives is paramount to your success in this course and future courses.  Through interaction with your instructor and classmates, you will explore the course material and be provided with the best opportunity for objective and competency mastery.  To begin this class, review the course objectives for each Topic, and then answer the following questions as this will help guide your instructor for course instruction. 

1. Which weekly objectives do you have prior knowledge of and to what extent?
2. Which weekly objectives do you have no prior knowledge of?
3. What course-related topics would you like to discuss with your instructor and classmates?  What questions or concerns do you have about this course?

2. Mintzberg asserts that all five organizational components must be present for an organization to be effective and efficient. If this is true, can an Entrepreneurial Structure be effective and efficient? Why or why not? Is the entrepreneurial structure less efficient or less effective than an adhocracy? Why or why not? As a resource, a model of Mintzberg's Five Organizational Types is available in the Multimedia tab of the eBooks, Multimedia, and Tutorials folder in Canyon Connect.

3. What is the difference between organizational design and organizational structure? What is the most significant challenge to organizational effectiveness that occurs as a result of design and structural choices?