ways that organisations can be designed to create competitive advantage within the contemporary business environment.

Discussion Topic

Within this discussion we are going to look at ways that organisations can be designed to create competitive advantage within the contemporary business environment.

1. What is entailed within a bureaucratic organisational design? Look at the positive and negative aspects of Max Weber’s Theoretical Model.
2. What impact does technological advancement have upon the design and development of modern organizational structures and processes?
3. What type of organisational structure does your organisation function within? Is this the most appropriate to gain competitive advantages in today’s business world?

Provide support for your arguments using theory, literary sources and applied organisational examples.

• You initial post should be 200 – 300 words long and should provide a summary of the key arguments within the core question.
• The word count for all posts are between 200 – 300 words. This will encourage peers to reflect on and respond to your ideas.
• Provide support for posts using theory, applied examples and wider reading in line with the UoEo Harvard Referencing Guidance.