...Interclean Management HRM/531 May 2, 2011 Memo Interclean Management May 2, 2011 RE: Merger with EnviroTech As you all know, there will be some changes happening around the company with news surrounding the merger with Envirotech. I wanted to take a moment and discuss a few topics with each of you in regards to this merger. Merging two companies’ together is a difficult and stressful process, especially when adding roughly 60 Envirotech employees to our sales staff The topics I wanted to discuss with each of you are, (1) how your behavior can affect the productivity of our employees. (2) Employment Laws and (3) working in a diverse environment Managements Behaviour Communication is vital in regards to behavior. This will be a stressful time for all your employees because of the unknown factor, taking on additional work or training. As managers, your behavior can affect the productivity of your employees, which will cycle down to our customers. I ask each of you to have a positive outlook during the merger and show support to your staff. Recognize those that are going above and beyond their duties as this will help ease some of the stress within the staff and will temporarily help move some of the focus off of the merger. Express to your staff that we plan on ramping up training activates in different area of the company. This will give your staff an opportunity to cross-train which will broaden their skill set. As the merger gets closer, rumors...
Words: 823 - Pages: 4
...Management Behavior on InterClean-EnviroTech Merger The current essay has the intention to briefly analyze the merger situation between the two companies InterClean and EnviroTech, after the acquisition of the latter from the former organization. As a part of InterClean’s new strategy newly proposed solutions/service model, sales reps from both companies will be set into multi-functional teams taking advantage of all the expertise gathered mutually from these organizations in the Cleaning and Sanitation Industry. A merger or fusion between organizations is always a sensitive subject to deal with, since the human capital from the companies involved will experience a cultural, structural and managerial change that needs to be handled delicately during the transition, in order to impact the least on areas like employees social identity, behavior and attitudes toward organizational commitments, turnover intention of key players among the company, to name a few. Lipponen, J., Olkkonen, M., & Moilanen, M. (2004) explain the approach of social identity theories, by stating that they “share the same fundamental assumption that individuals define themselves in terms of their social group memberships and that group-defined self-perception produces distinctive effects on social behaviour and intergroup relations. This means that the more an individual conceives of him- or herself in terms of membership in a group or, in other words, identifies with the group, the more his or her attitudes...
Words: 791 - Pages: 4
...12/20/10 To: InterClean, Inc. Supervisory Team From: Sales Manager Subject: Behavior Exhibited by Managers As of today, InterClean has officially acquired with EnviroTech. With this acquisition, InterClean has taken a giant step in achieving domestic market dominance in the sanitation industry. More than that, the service expertise that comes with EnviroTech dovetails perfectly with our new strategic direction (University of Phoenix). InterClean has grown drastically during the past year due to everyone’s loyalty, hard work, dedication and commitment. InterClean’s success has opened the door to many new and great opportunities and that is why InterClean decided to take advantage and expand with EnviroTech, another successful company. EnviroTech has grown drastically within the last year. They have a very experienced team that helped the company gain a positive image. Merging these two successful companies together will assist InterClean in reaching its goal of becoming a more powerful force in combining our outstanding products and our new focus on service. Management is aware that due to the acquisition there are going to be many changes in the workplace therefore it is imperative to maintain a supportive management and supervisory team with positive behaviors. Managers are the ones that set the pace in the work environment and if we maintain a successful team with great managing skills InterClean will have effective and efficient employees. InterClean expects Managers...
Words: 721 - Pages: 3
...Running head: MANAGEMENT BEHAVIOR Management Behavior George Dalton University of Phoenix HRM 531 Dr. Samuel Sanders February 18, 2009 Memorandum To: First-Level Managers From: Midlevel Sales Manager Date: February 18, 2009 Subject: Managerial Behavior As everyone has probably heard InterClean, Inc. has acquired EnviroTech and will be merging its staff. As first-level mangers you have been entrusted with a great deal of responsibility and your responsibilities will surely increase as this merger proceeds, and I know you will be up to task. In saying that, I would like to address the importance of the type of behavior that a manager should exhibit with 3 key points; (1) how a manager’s behavior can impact the productivity of his or her workers. (2) Types of management actions that are in line with employment laws and those that are not and (3) some best practices for working within a diverse work environment. Managers must have a positive attitude, express fairness in order to retain employees, and an open mind. Remember, InterClean will be bringing in new staff from EnviroTech, so retention will be very important. Employees performing their jobs effectively should be rewarded. There should be good working relations between employees and managers; and InterClean needs to maintain a healthy and safe work environment. There can be many factors which affect productivity, quality of materials, people skills, procedures, equipment and management skills, just...
Words: 822 - Pages: 4
...InterClean Merger Memo HRM 531 COMPANY MEMORANDUM To: Sales Supervisory Team From: Jane Doe, Sales Manager Date: ------------------------------------------------- Re: InterClean Merger ------------------------------------------------- Some uncertainty has been raised by the approaching merger between InterClean and EnviroTech among present employees. Employee morale and trust in management has diminished because of circulating rumours. Management’s demand to carry positive information to the employees about this merger will open endless opportunities to the personnel and provide the firm a competitive advantage. The administration team is key in helping our employees fully comprehend the brand new focus of the organization, and much more importantly, they will need to consider that their jobs are protected. In the transformation stage supervisors will need to keep employees stay well informed of the changes that may take place throughout the merger. The responsibility will lie with direction to describe the skills and evaluation procedure to minimize the anxiety about any possible job loss. The assessment procedure will concentrate on both InterClean and EnviroTech regions of staffing, retention, improvement, adjustment, and managing to guarantee a smooth transition and to calm employee worries. Many employees from midlevel management will need to reduce stress levels, worries and questions on how precisely this transition will probably affect them and the way...
Words: 1173 - Pages: 5
...Performance and Career Management Plan Travis Steiner University of Phoenix Human Capital Management HRM/531 Jim Foote May 01, 2011 Performance and Career Management Plan Having a career management plan is exactly like having a map; you want to know where you are, where you are headed, and where your destination is. Your career management plan should also take into account your career interests and needs along with your knowledge, skills, and how to balance your work (Purdue.edu, n.d, p. 2). As CEO of InterClean I would like to develop a career management plan and guide the employees in a positive direction. Feedback and Opportunities It is crucial to give honest and timely feedback while trying to develop relationships. Developing a healthy relationship is very important and sometimes honest feedback can be hurtful and it needs to be done in a professional and compassionate manner. This will ensure the employee that you are not trying to tear anybody down but rather working with the employee to build a successful organization. Each employee has a different personality and based upon this you may need to be more sensitive when evaluating the employee. An evaluation should be performed four times for new employees and twice for the other employees. For a new employee there is an evaluation after the initial training is finished, there is a 90 day evaluation, a 6 month evaluation and a 1 year evaluation. For other employees the two evaluations are done at...
Words: 745 - Pages: 3
...University of Phoenix Human Capital Management/531 Career Development Plan Part III – Performance and Career Management January 11, 2011 Career Development Plan Part III – Performance and Career Management InterCleans new strategic plan has gone in to affect and the growth of the business has created the need to preform appraisals for team members. The goal for InterClean is to retain top talent integrated with new members and growing a world class sales team. Part of building and retaining this team is to have a career management plan in action for the team members. Feedback is very important along with avenues for employees to achieve goals, reach promotions and educational goal along with providing dual career parents opportunities that other companies are not. There are different costs associated with this plan and it will be discovered how Interclean will approach this matter in more detail with how to adapt to the diversity of the newly developed team. Feedback To obtain a world class sales team training and feedback is necessary. The overall goal of this training is to ensure the sales team is fully up to speed on the services available through InterClean. The training will also educate the sales representatives on the OSHA standards and environmental regulations. While an employee is in training a large portion of the training will be while the employee is working. Feedback is one tool that will be necessary while employees are training so they can...
Words: 1209 - Pages: 5
...II. Analysis Information III. Workforce Planning System IV. Selection Method V. Employee Profiles I. Introduction InterClean is merging into the solutions-based selling market. In order to be successful, new positions have become available. With the new positions, employees will have the opportunity to advance within the company and also offer employment opportunities for external applicants. Each employee has to be experienced and know cleanliness and safety. In order to fulfill the new positions, a total of 10 employees will be hired. The employees include: Director of Sales, Assistant Director of Sales, Sales Coordinator, Sales Manager, three Inside Sales Reps, and three Outside Sales Reps. II. Job Analysis Job analysis “describes the process of obtaining information about jobs” (Cascio, 2006, p 158). It includes the job description for each position in detail and includes the skills they must possess for the position. The analysis is so important because it outlines the requirements so the best person is hired. If the employees are not fit for the position, then this will cause the compnay to lose money due to training expenses and losing wages for being short in labor. Director of Sales “Responsible for the overall coordination, the functional management, and leadership of all the sales activities of the business” (About Personal Growth, para 2). They are responsible for all budget information and finding...
Words: 1377 - Pages: 6
...Interclean Memo InterClean-Enviro Tech Merger Memorandum Christopher L Kearney University of Phoenix HRM/531 Human Capital Management Shavona Wright November 8, 2010 MEMORANDUM To: First-Level Management Team From: Christopher L. Kearney Date: November 8, 2010 Re: InterClean-Enviro Tech Merger This memo is designed to inform the first-level managers about the recent merger with Environ Tech and the vital role management will play in ensuring the transition is a smooth one for everyone. I will explain the expectations for the management team and discuss how important it is managers lead by example so that other employees will follow the managers lead. The attitude of a manager has a huge effect on subordinates, and as managers it is important not to allow behaviors to hinder the performance of others and this is each supervisor will have to develop better strategies when working in an environment with diversity. The merger will generate a higher degree of diversity, which will allow others to build on their strengths and innovative abilities. InterCleans expansion into new markets affords the company to acquire more consumers. With more consumers come more markets shares that the company can draw from any competitors in the process. This is why it is vitally important for all managers to unify so this can be a successful venture. Embracing the merger will show others the positives making them want to join in and support the merger with renewed ideas. Productivity...
Words: 975 - Pages: 4
...Imagine you are a midlevel sales manager at InterClean, Inc. with three first-level managers under your responsibility. In response to a merger that is about to take place with EnviroTech, you have been instructed to draft a memo to your supervisory team about the importance of the behavior exhibited by managers. Review the InterClean–EnviroTech Merger Scenario on the student website. Write a 700- to 1,050-word memo that includes the following information: Explain how a manager’s behavior can affect the productivity of his or her workers. Describe the types of management action that align with employment laws and those that do not. Describe best practices for working within a diverse work environment. Note. Be sure to draw from your experiences and readings for each aspect of your memo. APA format is not required for this memo; however, you must include a title page and a references page. MEMORANDUM To: First-level Managers From: Sanjay Patel, Sales Manager Re: InterClean – EnviroTech Merger Date: February 21, 2011 First and foremost I would like to confirm the rumors you have been hearing about InterClean merging with EnviroTech. This is an exciting time for InterClean, as we look at this merger as a great opportunity for our company to gain market share and build for future success. While this merger may cause some uneasiness among our employees, it is vital for our management team to stay professional and address our employees concerns thru...
Words: 902 - Pages: 4
...| | Management Behavior | HRM/531 | 11/15/2010 | November 15, 2010 MEMO TO: InterClean Supervisory Team RE: Management behavior Introduction Upon upcoming changes to InterClean, I am writing this memo to express the importance of managerial behavior. As a midlevel InterClean sales manager it is my responsibility to stress and highlight key points of effective and professional ways a manager should behave. Issues I would like to address include the impact of management behavior on productivity, management actions regarding employment laws, and best practices for working in a diverse environment. As InterClean has acquired one of our major competitors EnviroTech, management will begin integration efforts immediately. With two successful businesses in the cleaning and sanitation industry coming together may create unnecessary problems. I would like to promote important managerial skills and successful ways to handle these changes to create a healthy work environment and achievement among employees. Impact of Management Behavior on Productivity With InterClean’s domestic market dominance and EnviroTech’s service expertise, the company plans to meet sales goals next year. This is great news for our sanitation company as it will increase profit by 40 percent. More than 60 EnviroTech sales staff and operations specialists will be merging into the InterClean structure in the next four months and it will be our responsibility to show adequate managerial behavior...
Words: 1011 - Pages: 5
...Management Behavior Nancy Fisher HRM/531 September 27, 2010 University Of Phoenix Wade Larson Management Behavior | InterClean, Inc. | Memo To: InterClean, Inc. Sales Managers From: Nancy Fisher, VP Sales Manager CC: David Spencer, President and CEO; Janet Durham, Vice President of Human Resources Date: [ 9/27/2010 ] Re: Merger: InterClean, Inc and EnviroTech As you are all aware, InterClean, Inc. officially has announced the merger with EnviroTech, one of our major domestic competitors in this market. With this acquisition, InterClean has taken a giant step in achieving domestic market control in the sanitation industry. In addition, the service expertise that comes with EnviroTech fit together perfectly with our new strategic direction. This merger creates what we believe will be a very compelling value proposition for our employees, customers, and communities with significant potential for even new growth. With the knowledge of both companies combined into one, we fully expect to reach our sales goals for the next year, which should increase profitability by 40%. Over the next four months, we will be working to merge about 60 EnviroTech sales staff and operations specialists into the InterClean structure (University of Phoenix, 2010). This will roughly coincide with launching a major media onslaught to announce our new service focus (University of Phoenix, 2010). Managers keep in mind there maybe staff affected by this merger. Mergers are never...
Words: 991 - Pages: 4
...MEMORANDUM TO: II Level Supervisor Team FROM: Bernadette Marks VP. InterClean Sales DATE: December 7, 2009 SUBJECT: Business and Management Practices CC: Board of Directors In response to the recent merger of InterClean and Envirotech Inc, several changes have been implemented in order to ensure the successful and seamless transition of the merge in regards to company policies and practices. It has come to the attention of upper level management, as much excitement that has been circulating via emails, conversations and meetings, there have also been some valid concerns about these changes and how they will effect departments, management and our employees. The important thing to remember is this is normal activity, and what we do to maintain professionalism throughout the duration of these changes will impact the outcome of the success of the merger. The purpose of this memo is to introduce you and your team innovative strategies to positively endure the changes and increase productivity and morale among the employees. As leaders of this company, what we communicate to our teams and the level of professionalism that is displayed plays an integral part in focus and productivity. That being said, the only information that should be presented before the employees are facts. With the surge of hearsay circulating through emails and conversations that has been indicated, we want to make sure as leaders that we are conveying positive messages that...
Words: 710 - Pages: 3
...Management Behavior Human Capital Management / 531 University of Phoenix April 05, 2010 To: Supervisor Manager From: Sales Manager Date: April 5, 2010 Subject: EnviroTech Merger - Management Behavior In reference to our upcoming merger with EnviroTech, and as all of you know, InterClean, Inc. has officially acquired EnviroTech, one of our four major domestic competitors in the corporate market. Over the next four months, about 60 of EnviroTech staff and operations specialists will be merged into our company’s structure. Therefore, I would like to discuss some potential challenges we my face in the future. These obstacles, no matter the number, can be easily avoided if with arm ourselves with the knowledge to recognize and overcome them. I think we can all agree that the way a manager behaves, will have a direct effect on our employees. It is very important now more than ever that we create an environment where employees are productive, due to the leadership of our mangers. Therefore I encourage all of us to be aware of our communication skills. This will be were the battle will be won or lost. With effective communication skills, we can encourage and reward our employees for their hard work, but also criticize them in the same sentence if we are not careful. In order for us to avoid this mistake, we must be aware that these are diverse times, and especially in today’s workforce were most likely the majority of us come from different ethnic and racial backgrounds...
Words: 922 - Pages: 4
...Akinlua Oludolapo Morayo University of Phoenix Week 4 Individual Assignment Career Development PlanIII (Performance and Career Management) HRM531 Instructor: Deborah Jones April 25, 2010. Performance and Career Management Performance management entails willingness and dedication that focus on improving performance on the individual or team level every day. It helps employees with indicating present direction and their desired direction. To practice high-quality performance management, managers must provide timely feedback about performance, while consistently focusing attention on the ultimate objective (Cascio, 2005). A career management plan is a plan that has been developed in order to help managers guide employees in a positive direction, which in turn helps employees to become successful. A career management plan is an important piece to an employee’s growth and development preparation throughout his or her career. This plan will permit an individual on how to reach their goals and know where they want to be. Due to the fact that InterClean has completed the training and mentoring program, a “Performance and Career Management” plan will be implemented. This program will assist the employees and the organization to achieve their set goals. This plan will enable each employee aware of his or her strengths and weakness, toward improving and achieving the goal of the organization. ...
Words: 1220 - Pages: 5
