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CSEG – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q4a – Organisational mission and objectives

Outline five common elements included in most mission statements.

A mission statement describes an organization’s basic purpose and what it is trying to achieve. It can play an important role in the strategic planning process. There is no standardized format for mission statements. However, there are common elements included in most mission statements.

Outline any FIVE (5) of these elements. [5marks]

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CSEG – May 2019 – L2 – Q2b – Organisational mission and objectives

Explain the tests to perform when assessing the appropriateness of an organizational structure.

One of the critical requirements for effective and efficient strategy implementation is a good design of organizational structure which provides means of exercising appropriate controls as well as responding to challenges of rapid change, knowledge management, and globalization. Structural design can deeply influence the sources of an organization’s advantage, particularly with regard to knowledge management, and failure to adjust structures appropriately can fatally undermine strategy implementation.

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CSEG – May 2016 – L2 – Q6a – Organisational mission and objectives

Explain three reasons why a company should maintain its current centralized administrative department, focusing on benefits of centralization.

You are the Chief Operations Officer and a member of the board of directors of a reputable firm that has operations in all ten regions of Ghana. The board is currently deliberating on a strategy to decentralize the administrative function in order to promote flexibility in administration across all the operational areas of the company. You feel strongly that this move will be detrimental to the prospects of the company and has therefore spoken against it. The Chairman of the board has, therefore, asked you to submit a short memo to argue out your position.

Required: In a memo to the Chairman of the board, explain THREE reasons why you believe your company should maintain the current centralised administrative department. (6 marks)

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CSEG – May 2016 – L2 – Q4b – Organisational mission and objectives

Explain the concepts of outsourcing, offshoring, and shared servicing as types of modular organization structures, providing examples for each.

You have been consulted by the CEO of Infinity Graphix, a designing and publishing company, to clarify some strategic management terminologies to aid him to finish a proposal for consideration by the company’s board of directors.

Required: Using relevant examples, explain the following types of modular organisation structures. i) Outsourcing. ii) Offshoring. iii) Shared servicing. (6 marks)

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CSEG – May 2016 – L2 – Q2b – Organisational mission and objectives

Explain three inherent characteristics of objectives that facilitate Management by Objectives (MBO) and how they contribute to its effectiveness.

Management by objectives (MBO) is a process of defining objectives within an organisation so that management and employees agree to the objectives and understand what they need to do in the organisation in order to achieve them. The essence of MBO is participative goal setting. In order for MBO to work effectively in an organisation, objectives agreed on must possess certain inherent characteristics.

Required: Identify and explain THREE of these inherent characteristics and how they facilitate Management by objectives (MBO).

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CSEG – Nov 2015 – L2 – Q4a – Organisational mission and objectives

Outline five common elements included in most mission statements.

A mission statement describes an organization’s basic purpose and what it is trying to achieve. It can play an important role in the strategic planning process. There is no standardized format for mission statements. However, there are common elements included in most mission statements.

Outline any FIVE (5) of these elements. [5marks]

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CSEG – May 2019 – L2 – Q2b – Organisational mission and objectives

Explain the tests to perform when assessing the appropriateness of an organizational structure.

One of the critical requirements for effective and efficient strategy implementation is a good design of organizational structure which provides means of exercising appropriate controls as well as responding to challenges of rapid change, knowledge management, and globalization. Structural design can deeply influence the sources of an organization’s advantage, particularly with regard to knowledge management, and failure to adjust structures appropriately can fatally undermine strategy implementation.

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Explain FIVE (5) tests you will perform in assessing the appropriateness of the design of an organizational structure.

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CSEG – May 2016 – L2 – Q6a – Organisational mission and objectives

Explain three reasons why a company should maintain its current centralized administrative department, focusing on benefits of centralization.

You are the Chief Operations Officer and a member of the board of directors of a reputable firm that has operations in all ten regions of Ghana. The board is currently deliberating on a strategy to decentralize the administrative function in order to promote flexibility in administration across all the operational areas of the company. You feel strongly that this move will be detrimental to the prospects of the company and has therefore spoken against it. The Chairman of the board has, therefore, asked you to submit a short memo to argue out your position.

Required: In a memo to the Chairman of the board, explain THREE reasons why you believe your company should maintain the current centralised administrative department. (6 marks)

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CSEG – May 2016 – L2 – Q4b – Organisational mission and objectives

Explain the concepts of outsourcing, offshoring, and shared servicing as types of modular organization structures, providing examples for each.

You have been consulted by the CEO of Infinity Graphix, a designing and publishing company, to clarify some strategic management terminologies to aid him to finish a proposal for consideration by the company’s board of directors.

Required: Using relevant examples, explain the following types of modular organisation structures. i) Outsourcing. ii) Offshoring. iii) Shared servicing. (6 marks)

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CSEG – May 2016 – L2 – Q2b – Organisational mission and objectives

Explain three inherent characteristics of objectives that facilitate Management by Objectives (MBO) and how they contribute to its effectiveness.

Management by objectives (MBO) is a process of defining objectives within an organisation so that management and employees agree to the objectives and understand what they need to do in the organisation in order to achieve them. The essence of MBO is participative goal setting. In order for MBO to work effectively in an organisation, objectives agreed on must possess certain inherent characteristics.

Required: Identify and explain THREE of these inherent characteristics and how they facilitate Management by objectives (MBO).

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