...DROP BOX ASSIGNMENT #1 CHAPTER 1- Pg. 26 1. Identify and describe a great manager. What makes him or her stand out from the crowd? I believe a great manager is someone who can deal with any situation in a professional manner and at the same time make sure his workers are taken care of. What I believe makes a great manager stick out from the crowd, is their personality and their relationship with their subordinates. If you see that the workers are happy, then that says something about their management. 2. Have you ever seen or worked for an ineffective manager? Describe the causes and the consequences of the ineffectiveness I have personally worked with an ineffective manager. I believe the manager did not care about his work and was unhappy. With his negative attitude, this caused a ripple effect so that everyone else was also unhappy with work. Nothing got done, and if it got done, the quality of the work was very poor. 3. Describe in as much detail as possible how the internet and globalization affect your daily life. Internet plays a major role in my life. I use it for almost everything. Being in a different state as my immediate family, the internet helps me keep close tabs on them. The internet also allows me to see what is going on all around the world. Without internet, I would feel very lost and lonely. As for globalization, I feel this effects my daily life because without it, we wouldn’t have certain products from different countries that we use every...
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...and Assessment number. Please note that this Assessment document has 15 pages and is made up of 7 Sections. Name: Fay Brotherston Section 1: Rights and responsibilities at work This section will help you to evidence Learning Outcome 1: Know the employment rights and responsibilities of the employee and employer Learning objective | Place in Assessment | 1.1 Identify the main points of contracts of employment | Question 1 Page 1 | 1.2 Identify the main points of legislation affecting employers and employees | Question 2 Page 2 | 1.3 Identify where to find information on employment rights and responsibilities both internally and externally | Question 3 Page 3 | 1.4 Describe how representative bodies can support the employee | Question 4 Page 3 | 1.5 Identify employer and employee responsibilities for equality and diversity in a business environment | Question 5 Page 3 | 1.6 Explain the benefits of making sure equality and diversity procedures are followed in a business environment | Question 6 Page 3 | 1. Identify four main points that would be included in a contract of employment. If possible, use an example contract to support your answer (feel free to obscure any confidential information). [1.1]...
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...Chapter 1 Learning objectives: 1. Describe the nature of management, define management and managers, and characterize their importance to contemporary organizations. Answer: management is a set of activities including planning and decision making, organizing, leading, and controlling, directed at an organization’s resources(human, financial, physical and information) with the aim of achieving organizational goals in an efficient and effective manner. A manager is someone whose primary responsibility is to carry out the management process within an organization. 2. Identify and briefly explain the four basic management functions in organizations. Answer: planning and decision making (determining courses of action), organizing (coordinating activities and resources), leading (motivating and managing people), controlling (monitoring and evaluating activities). These activities are not performed on a systematic and predictable schedule. 3. Describe the kinds of managers found at different levels and in different areas of the organization. Answer: By level, we can identify top, middle and first-line managers. Kinds of managers by area include marketing, financial, operations, human resource, administrative, and specialized managers. 4. Identify the basic managerial roles that managers play and the skills they need to be successful. Answers: Interpersonal roles (figurehead, leader, and liaison). Informational roles (monitor, disseminator, and spokesperson)...
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...http://devrycourse.com/proj-587-week-3-quiz Product Description Version 1 1. Question: (TCO A) You are the CEO for Skipper Products. The business has had a great year and you see that a PPM is needed to manage all the projects that are currently in progress, along with future projects. You must convince the board of directors to accept this change in order to implement it. You have decided to give a presentation at the next meeting that covers the information below. • What is a PPM? • Compare PPM, PgM, and Project level. • Benefits of each (PPM, PgM, and Project) • Why should Skipper Products implement a PPM? Create a detailed outline that covers all the areas listed above. 2. Question: (TCO B) There are three central processes that are required to develop a portfolio strategic plan. Describe each of them. Why are these processes important to the success of an organizations strategic plan? 3. Question: (TCO C) Cost management is used to help manage projects as investments and to evaluate project management performance using Earned Value Management (EVM). What is EVM? Describe the benefits of using EVM. 4. Question: (TCO C) The following acronyms are used in a network diagram: LS, ES, LF, and EF. What do these acronyms mean, how are they calculated, and how would a project manager use these in relationship to project schedule and budget? Version 2 1. Question: (TCO A) You work for Holt consulting company, which has been asked to recommend organizational...
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...objectives * Involves achieving these objectives through people and the use of other resources * Only occurs in a formal organizational setting. Whether consistency exists in the context of large eternal environments Managers have a lot of responsibility to assuring are resources are functional and this is a process that requires team effort to achieve the ultimate goal. 7. Carefully examine Figure 5.8. Describe and discuss 1) its components and how they flow and link and 2) the way in which management functions, skills, roles, and competencies interrelated with the components. Figure 5.8 is a clear model of the management functions of HSOs/ HSs. The first level is input (resources) which are technology, equipment, information, capital resources, and patient/customers. The input requires demand for tests than it is converted into a process of structure , people, and technology that generate outputs that measures individual work performance, and reach desirable results. 10. Identify an organization or system and identify its internal and external stakeholders. For each group, indicate whether each stakeholder is 1) important, 2) influential, and/or 3) a positive influence or a threat. Youth organization internal stakeholders are employees, managers, customers, and shareholders. Each have an important role such as developing a positive working relationships with functional departments, and each rely on each other to provide good...
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...Candidate Name | Toni-Anne Webb | Candidate Signature | Twebb | Assessor Name | Loraine flemming | Assessor Signature | | Date Completed | | Please complete the table below – (Dip 202.2.1,2.2,2.3 – PTW- 1.2,2.2) | Describe how a learning activity has improved your: | Describe how reflecting on a situation improved your: | Describe how feedback from others has developed your: | Knowledge | Learning activities improve my knowledge by providing me with new ideas, it gives me the opportunity to learn new things and apply them in my work setting and it allows me to build better self-confidence | Reflecting on a situation can improve my knowledge more by providing personal insight on a subject, which leads to a better understanding of a topic, i can reflect on how well i performed and in what ways my performance can be improved. | | Skills | Gaining self-confidence is great for learning new skills and helps enable me to learn at my own pace, and also enables me to better the skills i have learnt. | | | Understanding | Learning activities also give me new areas of learning, such as topics that i may have not covered yet. And coursed on things that make the job easier or even legally required courses that produce great new areas of learning that allow me to perform my job role, such as manual handling or medication training. | By reflecting i can examine how effective my practice is by thinking about people’s reactions to me and think about other potential...
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...support the primary planning, organizing, leading, and controlling activities of a manager? 7 Which Strengths Finder talents would you focus personal development activities on if you would pursue a management position or improve in your management current position? 9 Conclusion 9 References 11 Strengths Reflection Essay Draft Introduction Tom Rath’s Strengths Finder 2.0 identified my five greatest strengths and talents. The results concluded that my top five strengths, in order of strength, were: Achiever, Harmony, Futuristic, Restorative, and Responsibility. Rath (2007) states the aim of most learning programs is “to help us become who we are not” (p.1). The goal of this type of skills testing is to identify our strengths and talents and focus on increasing those rather than addressing our weaknesses. As I continue my journey to obtain a master’s degree in project management, I am eager to learn all the different facets that will help and support me in becoming an effective manager. Effective leaders are always investing in strengths, surrounding themselves with the right people and maximizing their own team, and understanding their followers’ needs (Rath & Conchie, 2008). In this paper, I would like to describe and reflect on my five greatest strengths and how these strengths may be supportive, conducive, a hindrance, or barrier to my management style. I would like to identify how my Achiever, Harmony, Futuristic, Restorative, and Responsibility themed strengths...
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...emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and a decline in feelings of competence about work” (p.386). Symptoms include feelings of being overworked, having a distant attitude toward work, and reduced expectations of success at work. Burnout is related to workload, pressure, stress, and interoffice discord. Stewart and Brown (2009) describe the career development process as a series of steps that helps employees determine and develop in career paths and goals. She does not feel she is being challenged in areas that would help her reach her long term goals of business ownership. It is apparent this employee has formulated a career goal, but without gaining experience in her current position, she feels her time there is being wasted. Identify which of these factors could be addressed with improvements in the way the organization handles development as described in the chapter. The factors, burnout and career development, can be addressed with improvements in the organization. In regards to burnout, it is related to workload, pressure, stress, and employees who did not expect to encounter difficult working conditions. Research suggests that managers and leadership can play an important role by...
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...This archive file of BUS 680 Week 1 MHC Case Study comprises: 1. Describe MHC's strategy in terms of market position. Also, identify the type of external environment MHC is working in and the degree to which the strategy matches the atmosphere. 2. Identify the type of structure MHC currently uses in its primary businesses. Describe the fit between the structure and the competitive strategy. Describe any structural adjustments MHC should make to maximize the effectiveness of the strategy. 3. Identify any areas where current management KSAs are not aligned with effective implementation of the competitive strategy. 4. Describe how MHC should go about addressing the KSA deficiencies you have identified in the previous question. Your answer should be consistent with the mission and values of MHC. 5. Assume that you are the HRD manager and the competitive strategy was given to you prior to its adoption. Using principles and concepts from the chapter, what recommendations would you give to the strategic planning team? 6. Given the strategy, what tactical activities can the HR unit in general, and HRD specifically, create to support the strategy (be sure to include the implementation of the HRIS)? Identify sources of support and sources of resistance to these tactical activities and point out any areas in which collaborating with the OD unit would be advisable. Business - General Business MHC Case Study. Read the “Strategic Planning at Multistate Health...
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...a project." Where, Grham (1985) identified project management as "a set of people and other resources temporarily assembled to reach a specified objective, normally with a fixed budget and with a fixed time period. Projects are generally associated with products or procedures that are being done for the time or with known procedures that are being altered." These two definitions clearly show the difference of identifying the project management in time to time. Success or failure of the project can influence by project manager. He integrates and co-ordinates and guides them to successfully complete the project. Below are some desirable project manager attributes (Burke 2008). * Ability to select and develop an operational team from a standing start. * ability to integrate project stake holders * ability to plan, expedite and get things done * Ability to keep the client happy * Ability to negotiate and persuade Although project manager tries to complete his project best, project environment directly affect. Therefore project...
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...consumers. It competes by providing very knowledgeable and enthusiastic sales people, excellent tour guides and tour coordinators service at a competitive, but not the cheapest price. The Mall Stores and Marketing Eagle has 5 travel stores in large Malls in metro areas of the U.S. The mall stores are places where people can come to get brochures about vacation products and where they can buy vacation products. One of the challenges that Eagle had was that it was unable to attract young people to come in the mall stores and to buy products. How can it create a gathering place for people who love talking about their “trips”. Susan, the marketing manager believes that: “Eagle needs to create a real buzz for our trips. To do this we have to improve our marketing activities and reach more people in their 30s and 20s. It would be great if we could transform our mall stores into an engaging environment for learning from and interacting with customers. Also, it has also been impossible for us to keep our sales people busy during the day. They have little to do during the day, but during the evening customers have to wait 30-45 minutes to ask our sales consultant questions. We are losing customers because they leave before we can talk to them. We offer free coffee and TV programing to customers, but these have not worked. Many customers leave before we talk to them. One of the problems is that our employees do not have any medium that allows them to answer common questions. We also...
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...LWC1 - Fundamentals of Business Law and Ethics Course of Study Your competence will be assessed as you complete the LWC1 objective assessment for this course of study. This course of study may take up to 10 weeks to complete. Introduction Overview There are the two major subdomains of study within the Fundamentals of Business Law and Ethics Course of Study: business law and business ethics. The exam covers 11 business law and ethics concepts, including the following: contractual relationship government regulation of business dispute resolution labor and employment law hiring and employment practices warranties, negligence, and liabilities Sarbanes-Oxley Act ethical issues in business ethical leadership ethics programs use of company resources You likely have had some experience with the legal system, either through your own encounters or merely through listening to the nightly news, and you have probably read or heard about various ethical and legal issues causing financial upheaval in today's business world. This background will serve you well in this study. Now you can expand on that experience, and perhaps refine and enhance your own views on these issues. Once you complete this course of study, you will have demonstrated a level of competence that you can immediately use in your work setting and career. Outcomes and Evaluation There are 10 competencies covered by this course of study; they are listed in the "Competencies for Fundamentals of Business Law and Ethics...
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...Kudler Problem Statement Describe the Situation: Kathy is running all aspects of the business even though she has a manager at each location that would be capable of taking on additional duties. She is working herself to the bone and could use a few days off here and there. If Kathy could let go and give each of her managers a little more responsibility she would be able to focus on opening new stores and also have a few days off. Frame the “Right” Problem: The problem here is that Kathy is taking on too much responsibility for one person to handle alone. One person cannot run a multiple store operation on their own. Describe the End-State Goals from a Broad Perspective of Values: In the end it would be best for Kathy to rely on her managers at each store location a little more. We feel that Kathy is taking on more than she can handle or for that matter that the company itself can handle. If she were to become sick or for that matter become unavailable to work there is really no one in the company that would be able to take on her duties. She has to get information to the managers in order for them to take on the responsibility for their locations. Identify the Alternatives: 1.) If Kathy does not feel comfortable giving the current managers more responsibility then she should conduct interviews and hire new managers for those locations in order to take some stress away from her. 2.) Kathy should spend quality time at each store instead of rushing in and out and allow...
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...Assignments Case: "Managing Motivation in a Difficult Economy" Due Sep 7, 2014 11:59 PM ERA OF THE DISPOSABLE WORKER Learning Objectives: Define organizational behavior (OB); Show the value to OB of systematic study; Demonstrate the importance of interpersonal skills in the workplace; Describe the manager’s functions, roles, and skills; Identify the challenges and opportunities managers have in applying IB concepts; Demonstrate why few absolutes apply to OB Learning Outcomes: Define organizational behavior and identify the variables associated with its study; Describe the factors that influence the formation of individual attitudes and values; Apply the study of perception and attribution to the workplace; Define diversity and describe the effects of diversity in the workforce; Describe the nature of conflict and the negotiation process; Describe best practices for creating and sustaining organizational cultures; Describe best practices for creating and sustaining organizational cultures; Describe the components of human resource practices The Scenario The great global recession has claimed many victims. In many countries, unemployment is at near-historic highs, and even those who have managed to keep their jobs have often been asked to accept reduced work hours or pay cuts. Another consequence of the current business and economic environment is an increase in the number of individuals employed on a temporary or contingent basis. The statistics on U.S. temporary workers...
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... 2. Explain the role of operations management in business. The role of operations management is to transform organizational inputs—human resources, facilities, materials, technology, and information—into a company’s finished goods or services. 3. Describe decisions that operations managers make. Operations management is responsible for a wide range of decisions, ranging from strategic decisions, such as designing the unique features of a product and process, to tactical decisions, such as planning worker schedules. 4. Describe the differences between service and manufacturing operations. Organizations can be divided into manufacturing and service operations, which differ in the tangibility of the product and the degree of customer contact. Manufacturing and service operations have very different operational requirements. 5. Identify major historical developments in operations management. A number of historical milestones have shaped operations management into what it is today. Some of the more significant of these are the Industrial Revolution, scientific management, the human relations movement, management science, and the computer age. 6. Identify current trends in operations management. OM is a highly important function in today’s dynamic business environment. Among the trends that have had a significant impact on business are just-in-time, total quality management, reengineering, flexibility, time-based competition...
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