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Choose Either Option 1 or Option 2.

Be sure to say which one you are commenting on.

Option 1: Trends Impacting the Organization and The Workforce

Take a look at the Deloitte studies for 2015 through 2017. These are world-wide studies that indicate what issues worry executives. You might say that a problem for them is an opportunity for us if we have solutions to offer. For this option, choose a trend and summarize it for us. Be sure to say which trend you explaining and from what year. You can also take the same trend and comment about how it has changed over the last three years.

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Option 2: Working in the Informal Organization

For this option, pose a question (you can use the ones below or come up with one yourself) and then answer it.

Discuss some of the Behavioral Controls Used by Members of the Informal Organization To Ensure Compliance with its Norms.Explain How the Informal Communication Network Functions.Identify the Primary Benefits Associated With the Informal Organization.List Some of the Primary Disadvantages Associated With the Informal Organization.

For example, social media platforms such as Linkedin have many networks within the larger network. The open source software movement is a network, etc.

The question you pose needs to be related to some aspect of prospering in a network, whether that network exists within a formal organization or not. 

Post between 300 and 400 words

Explanation / Answer

Option 2: Working in the Informal Organization

Q. Explain How the Informal Communication Network Functions.

Communication is an important component of the organization which makes the work flow, information flow, coordination etc effective. In an organization there are formal as well as the informal communication networks. The formal networks include the mailing systems, LAN etc which makes the formal communication effective. But when considering the formal and the informal communication networks the effectiveness is more in the informal networks as serves the purpose of communication without any standards or guidelines.

Some of the informal communication networks functions are discussed here. Consider the personal networking in an organization which is a popular informal communication system. In the personal networking system the employees from the higher level to the lower level will be connected as a group. This group can be accessed either through a computer or through an iPhone. This networking enables the employees to share their opinion, ideas, etc to the group so that it can contribute towards the innovation. The information sharing is the major benefit of the informal communication as it can contribute to the personal and technological development of the employees.

This personal networking system would enable the people or the employees to get connected without considering the geographical or the time barriers. The employees can get help of his peers at any time and can enhance his performance. The implementation of the personal networking can also be considered as a best option for the employee engagement programs. This makes the employees engaged and update about the events and updates of the organization. Since it is not formal the fear of the employees to share and exhibit his opinion will be reduced and the employees can feel freedom of sharing. This enable the management to reduce the HR related issues.

Even though this networking is very beneficial, the management should be keen in monitoring the conversations of the personal networking. There will be situation where the employees can misutilize the personal networking system and this would the major drawback of the informal communication system.

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