Organizational Structure and Technology Written Assignment
For this assignment, you will analyze the impact of technology on organizational structure in a globalized economy. Select a company that has recently undergone a significant technological change, such as the implementation of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, or blockchain technology. Your analysis should cover the following areas:
Introduction: Provide a brief overview of the company and the technological change that has been implemented. Discuss the significance of this change and its potential impact on the company’s organizational structure.
Organizational Structure: Describe the company’s current organizational structure and analyze how the technological change has impacted it. Evaluate the effectiveness of the current organizational structure in facilitating the adoption of the new technology.
Technology and Organizational Structure: Analyze how the new technology has impacted the company’s organizational structure. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this impact, and evaluate the effectiveness of the new organizational structure in facilitating the adoption and integration of the new technology.
Recommendations: Based on your analysis, provide recommendations for how the company can improve its organizational structure to better facilitate the adoption and integration of new technologies in a globalized economy.
Your analysis should be approximately 3 to 4 pages in length, double-spaced, and use APA formatting. You should include a minimum of 5 scholarly sources to support your analysis.
No plagiarism allowance, including AI, the similarity must be under 15%.
Rubric
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Performance Indicators (Observation descriptors indicating extent to which criterion is met.) |
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Exemplary 10・9 |
Proficient 8・7・6 |
Needs Improvement 5・4 |
Unsatisfactory 3・2・1 |
No Submission |
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Depth
30% of overall grade |
Content indicates synthesis of ideas, in depth analysis, and evidence of original thought and support for the topic. | Content indicates original thinking and develops ideas with sufficient and firm evidence. | Content indicates thinking and reasoning applied with original thought on a few ideas. | Content indicates some thinking and reasoning but most ideas are unoriginal or underdeveloped. | 0 points |
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Resources
25% of overall grade |
All evidence supports arguments and is relevant to the topic. The student uses the required number and type of resources identified in the syllabus to support his/her argument. | Most evidence supports arguments and is relevant to the topic. The student uses 75% of the required number and type of resources identified in the syllabus to support his/her argument. | Some evidence supports arguments and is relevant to the topic. The student uses 50% of the required number of sources. | Limited evidence to support arguments, with few sources relevant to the topic. The student uses less than 50% of the required number of sources. | 0 points |
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Organization
15% of overall grade |
Paper has a high degree of attention to logic and reasoning of points. Paper clearly leads the reader to the conclusion and stirs thought regarding the topic.
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Paper is coherent and logically organized with transitions used between ideas and paragraphs to create coherence. Overall unity of ideas is present. | Paper is somewhat structured and logically organized. Some points remain misplaced and stray from the topic. Transitions evident but not used throughout. | Paper is limited in logical organization with major errors. | 0 points |
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Mechanics
15% of overall grade |
Few errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, sentence structure, and grammar. | Occasional errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, sentence structure and grammar, but meaning is not obscured. | Frequent errors of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, sentence structure and grammar; meaning confused or obscured. | Dominated by errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, sentence structure and grammar; meaning at times unidentifiable. | 0 points |
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Formatting
15% of overall grade |
Paper meets all formatting guidelines and assignment requirements, including page-length and APA formatting requirements. Paper is correctly assembled with a professional look. | The paper follows most formatting guidelines, including page-length and APA formatting requirements.Paper is correctly assembled. | Paper generally follows formatting guidelines and assignment requirements, including page-length and APA formatting requirements. Paper has some assembly errors | Paper does not follow formatting guidelines and assignment requirements, including page -length and APA format requirements. Paper has major assembly errors | 0 points |
