Designing For Agility and Innovation

Emerging Trends: Designing For Agility and Innovation One of the most critical issues facing organizations is keeping up with digitization of the workplace. The reality confronting organizations is increasingly complex. Many leaders, who were trained when organizational structure was simpler, are hampered with outdated skills. Organization design must evolve along with the organizations and its leadership to support adaptive and innovative workplaces. Let us look at trends in organization structure. Using the class text and, predominately, articles from Trident Library’s full-text databases (like Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, and/or ProQuest Central) research organization structure. Do not use any quotations. Organizational Design A brief history. Consider modern workplaces before digitization and automation became prevalent. (1 page) Trends in Organizational Design Research top trends affecting modern organizational design (1 page) Workplace Application: Organizational Design Research efficient organizational design in your chosen industry (1 page) Since you are engaging in research, be sure to cite and reference the sources in APA format. NOTE: Failure to use research with accompanying citations to support content will result in reduced scoring “Level 2-Developing” for Meets Assignment Requirements, Critical Thinking, and Use of Sources and Mechanics on the grading rubric. The paper should be written in the third person; this means words like “I,” “we,” and “you” are not appropriate. Refer to yourself in the third person as “manager,” or you can write about what the “project team” will do, rather than saying “I” and “we.”