manager tried to make it as enjoyable as possible, but the longer I worked there the less fun it was. A major contributor to this was the daily e-mails from the district manager. There was rarely anything encouraging in them. Far too often we would get a little bit of recognition for getting sales in one area, but it would always be
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of it that way. Every time you have a conversation about what someone “should” or “ought” to do, you doing moral philosophy. Your moral converations may be very personal – whether you should return the five dollars extra change the clerk gave you at the video store – or very broad – whether national security is more important than personal freedom. Whatever your moral conversations are about, it is likely there is a body of literature that would be useful in clarifying your thoughts on the issue.
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Quiambao, CIE • Leader – Someone who can influence others and who has managerial authority • Leadership – What leaders do; the process of influencing a group to achieve goals • Ideally, all managers should be leaders • Although groups may have informal leaders who emerge, those are not the leaders we’re studying Leadership research has tried to answer: What is an effective leader? • Trait Theories (1920s-30s) – Research focused on identifying personal characteristics that differentiated leaders
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Leadership whether it is dark or integral, is the ability to influence individuals or groups toward the achievement of goals. Leadership, as a process, shapes the goals of a group or organization, motivates behavior toward the achievement of those goals, and helps define group or organizational culture. It is primarily a process of influence. The quality of leadership is a primary factor in the success or failure of any business. Individuals in positions of leadership have a direct influence on the
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Literature Review Trust: “Fardet indicates that organizational trust leads to organizational effectiveness and have impacts on intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships inside and outside of organization.” It means that effectiveness of organization relay on the organizational trust. If organization trust will be more than effectiveness of the organization (interpersonal or intrapersonal) will effect. If an organization shows the trust within an organization and out of the organization
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difference between moral philosophies and business ethics. When we refer to an individual’s principles and values which help to define and determine what is considered to be moral or immoral, this is known as moral philosophy. Business ethics is usually based on decisions in groups or those made when carrying out tasks to meet business objectives (Fraedrich/Ferrell, page 151). We can use moral philosophies as guidelines or a blueprint to aid in “determing how conflicts in human interests are to be settled
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‘Suits’, we felt that we could relate to the organizational designs. Also, practically, we are currently studying the main topics such as culture, ethics, motivation, impact of organization hierarchy, leadership. We can clearly see the human emotions and the internal hierarchy in the series. These emotions and practical demonstrations of work culture and ethics will help us learn better about the building blocks of a successfully running organization. We can analyze the facts and we already have some
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60,000 employees worldwide, has emphasized ethics in interesting ways. Until a few years ago, Cisco did ethics training and enforcement like many other firms by using organization-required sessions and procedures. However, Cisco now uses a constantly available ethics program through its firm communications, Internet, and even television programs similar to American Idol. To conduct its ethics awareness, Cisco enables employees worldwide to view the Ethics Idol via television on its intranet. Cartoon
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