Analyze and manage the requirements for building coordination and teamwork in an organization.

Analyze and manage the requirements for building coordination and teamwork in an organization.

Scenario: Your company, Organizing Companies for Performance, Inc., (OCPI) has a client that requests intervention. This client is a software company, Killer App Software, that grew from a husband and wife team to a staff of 170 in a few short years. There was no real organization design plan in play from the inception of the company. Instead, the company added staff and departments as they thought they were needed. The husband and wife who started the company still run it, but they want to retire in 3-5 years. They have asked you to lead a reorganization of the company that will allow the couple to meet their retirement goals and the company to run successfully after their retirement.

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Review the assignment requirements for the Phase 4 Individual Project. Based on the directives, draft an introductory overview for your PowerPoint presentation.

Briefly outline Killer App’s situation.

Explain your decisions, the redesign, and why you chose it.

Explain what organization design principles you have found to be the most insightful and useful when working with Killer App Software.

Explore best practices that can be leveraged to help a company in a similar situation.

Explain some likely pitfalls or mistakes to avoid in an organization redesign of this type.