The culture of Pepperdine University

Read the case study entitled as “Job Design at Pepperdine University.” available in your textbook “Organization Development & Change”, p.115, in the 10th edition by Cummings, T and Worley, C and answer the following questions:

1. Describe the culture of Pepperdine University within which an individual job is enriched.
2. Explain why it is important for an individual job design to be congruent with the larger organization design. Support your answer using one example from the case.

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