...Master of Business Administration International Programme Managing People in Organizations ASSIGNMENT OCTOBER 2010 – SEPTEMBER 2011 Prepared by Karim Saied Ibrahim Mahmoud El Sisi Submitted on 22 of August 2011* Introduction The success of any organization is depending on a lot of factors, but the most important factor is the management. Management is like the maestro of the musical band. Can you imagine band without maestro, like company without management. So in recent decades, all the organizations start to recognize the importance of management. So there are a lot of books and studies investigate the importing of management and the type of management. What is the management According to According to Harold Koontz, “Management is an art of getting things done through and with the people in formally organized groups. It is an art of creating an environment in which people can perform and individuals and can co-operate towards... Task 1 Research Task 2 Report Report Section A – Communication Practices: Benefits of effective communication on organisation: Communication is one of the basic functions of management in any organization and its importance can hardly be overemphasized. It is a process of transmitting information, ideas, thoughts, opinions and plans between various parts of an organization.” Communication is the process of conveying information from a sender to a receiver with the use of a medium in which the communicated information...
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...A never ending project Introduction In the following pages a particular work scenario will be briefly described, it will be primarily analysed on the different aspects of work attitude, motivation, perception, group dynamics and leadership; the final part will be an evaluation of the decisions made and whether these can be justified under an academic viewpoint or not. Background/Situation Geci Gmbh is part of Geci international. The company headquarter is based in Paris and the German headquarter is in Hamburg. The entire group employs about a 1000 engineers, in Germany there are around 150 engineers between the North and South of the country. In the last year and half Geci GmbH has grown quite sharply in the South of the region, and currently it has about 60 engineers based there. One important client in the South is Eurocopter Deutschland (ECD). From which ECD GECI GmbH has earned some important projects in a short time. I am in charge of the Geci´s office onsite at ECD my role is Program Manager, in I oversee the work on a particular project that is almost complete. The project has been at its final phase for some time however the costumer keeps updating his requests, and a final closing date cannot be established. The original project team was 10 engineers: about 30% German, 40% from other European countries, and 30% from extra European countries, each member of the group holding on average 4 years of experience. About 3 months ago I started to notice an increase, by part...
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...With reference to the case study, summarize the relationship between goals, objectives and policy and advise the management of Scotia Airways of the contribution each will make to effective managerial performance. Clear goals and objectives are required by every organization accomplish or achieve their expectations or targets as there is a strong relationship between the goals and objectives which will guide a company to a right direction. Generally, goals can be defined as something that one's efforts or actions are intended to achieve or accomplish. The definition of a company's goal can be to survive, to move forward and to gain or profit either from development or wealth. Goals also determine the inputs' nature, (which include employees, management and efforts) as well as nature of outputs (which can be defined as quality of service). Goals are set for long-term and are future expectations for an achievement or accomplishment. For an organization to be able to realize their objectives setting goals are the essential tasks. There are four types of organizational goals; a) Consumer b) Product c) Operational d) Secondary Confusion in understanding of relationship and difference between goals and objectives are common. Objectives are specific sets of goals or targets within the general goals. Moreover, objectives are time-related which means that there are time limitations to achieve or obtain certain tasks. In other words, goals are the intentions...
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...I %te"x *$'*t r€s&u rc€ffi €xpeniencing Management Explore the four levels of learning by doing the simulation module on Ethics & Social Responsibility. Pod Nod Mini lecture reviews all the learning points in the chapter. Author lnsights Chuck talks about why it's hard to do the right thing Self Test 10 quiz questions, 6 exhibit worksheets, and Power- Points for quick review. 56 I What Would You DoP Gap, lnc. Headquarters, San Francisco, California.r When you a decent standard of living and allow workers to organize unions to improve decided to join Gap as its new CEO (Gap, lnc. runs Gap, Banana Republic, their conditions in factories." ls Gap the only company that relies and Old Navy clothing stores), your teenage daughter immediately asked, on such suppliers? No, it isn't. According to Kirk Douglass of pivot lnterna- "Doesn't Gap use sweatshops?"you stockholders, suppliers, overseas weren't surprised by her question, as the company has received intense negative news coverage regarding the tional, a manufacturing company that owns factories in the Philippines and workers, or protesters-take precedence? Furthermore, is Gap really does work with Chinese companies,,,lf you go into almost any plant in the treatment of workers in the overseas factories from which it buys its clothes. responsible for the terrible treatment of overseas workers? ln other words, nondeveloped countries of the...
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...Managing Organizations and Leading People, C200 Task 1 Managing Organizations and Leading People Evangeline Klingbeil 262608 WGU C200 Task 1 Emerson is a global technology and engineering solutions company that has been providing diversified and innovative solutions to customers for the last 125 years , as of 2015, employ more than 111,000 people . They are solution providers for industrial, commercial and consumer markets through its 5 business units. Those business units are: Emerson Process Management Companies are under constant pressure to cut cost, increase output all with fewer and less experienced workers. Emerson Process Management is relied upon by companies across the globe to aid in solving their process problems. Emerson is experienced in taking their customers toughest challenges and bringing predictable success. Emerson Industrial Automation There is a power in optimizing every facet of operations, greater energy efficiency, lower design costs and improved quality, to name a few. Emerson Industrial Automation helps speed your time to market, wherever you are located and whatever your line of business, from automotive to solar and wind, with reliable industrial automation solutions. Emerson Network Power Emerson Network Power is a hardware, software and service solutions technology business unit of Emerson. They are there to help protect and optimize the infrastructure for companies voice, data or multimedia content...
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...C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People Hermisecier Broussard C200 October 20, 2015 C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People In today’s society, if a company or organization wants to get ahead and progress ahead of the game, quality leadership practices must be set into place in that organization in order to have a blueprint of knowledge of where they are heading and trying to go business-wise. Although, there can be major role differences in the way that organizations implement their leadership practices, all of the approaches tend to be unified with the desired outcome of improving the organizations efficiency practices and growth in helping the organization to move forward in the direction that they want it to go. A1. Description of the Organization The ACS or Army Community Service center is a one stop family center that focuses on serving military communities all over the world. It was implemented and put into place to offer an array of services that include but is not limited to information and referral systems, relocation assistance programs, orientations and briefings, financial readiness, family advocacy, employment readiness programs, army family team building classes, army family action plans, army volunteer corps, swap and assist shops, food pantries and Christmas shops. These programs in some way shape or form are very important to the military, their families and communities in which they were designed to serve as a helping agent to assist...
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...Managing Organizations and leading People Task 1 Corinne C Dolan Western Governors University October 2015 Managing Organizations and Leading People Task 1 A1. Description of the Organization The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is the leading medical center in South Carolina providing medical care to surrounding communities and training to future health care professionals with affiliations to six different colleges and universities. The Medical University was founded in 1924 as a Medical College for the training of physicians. It was one of the first medical universities in the United States. In 1955 it was expanded into the Medical University of South Carolina, the medical center it is today, providing health care and training health professionals is areas of pharmacy, nursing, medicine, graduate studies, health professions, and dental medicine. MUSC is a not for profit organization serving millions of people in South Carolina and surrounding states with over 12000 employees and training approximately 2600 health care professionals every year according to the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Administration website. The Mission of MUSC is to improve health and maximize quality of life through education, research and patient care. They have the Vision to be nationally recognized as a Premier Academic Medical Center and to be a leading and transformative Academic Health Center being recognized as top 25 among academic medical...
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...Managing Organizations & Leading People C200 Tuwanna McDaniel WGU Student 000555757 Managing Organizations & Leading People Task 1 Managing Organizations & Leading People C200 A1. Organization Description Describe the organization and its objectives Youth Villages is a residential mental health treatment facility for children founded in 1986. The owner Patrick Lawler, combined two residential campuses at that time to create one Youth Villages. The company's main goal then and now is to build strong families. Over the past 30 years the company has grown tremendously and is nationally known for its great work. While it is known for its residential treatment, Youth Villages encompasses many areas. Youth Villages is made up of five residential campuses in Memphis, TN and one residential campus in Linden, TN. There are two residential campuses in Georgia and one residential campus in Massachusetts. Youth Villages also has two wonderful intense in home treatment programs using multi systemic therapy. The company has an adoption and foster care program that began in 1999. The company also has implemented a Specialized Crisis Services in 2003 with trained counselors that are available 24 hours a day. They implemented a mentoring program and MYPAC (Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock). Finally, there is YVLifeSet, a transition to adulthood program. Patrick Lawler and Youth Villages has served more than 23,000 families across thirteen states. U.S. News & World Report recognized...
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...Table of Contents MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS & LEADING PEOPLE-BIP2 Task 2 2 Evaluation of my Personal Leadership Style 2 Reflection on the Results of my Seven Habits Profile 2 Self-Leadership Evaluation 4 Strengths and weaknesses identified 6 Recommendations. 7 Goals to improve my leadership practice. 8 References 9 MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS & LEADING PEOPLE-BIP2 Task 2 Evaluation of my Personal Leadership Style Reflection on the Results of my Seven Habits Profile The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (1989) is a business and self-help book bestseller. The work brings up that success comes from developing personal leadership, from which leadership of others can follow. I had the opportunity to participate in a one day seminar with Mr. Covey, sponsored by my employer in 2010. At the time I took the seminar, I was an experienced software developer but I wanted to transition to the role of project manager. Covey’s work helped me to identify and work on some of my behaviors, which in turn helped me to take on the project manager role successfully to date. I executed a particular approach, I applied Covey’s teachings to my transition to project management, and then to a personal level. One of the good consequences at a personal level was obtaining my bachelor’s degree at Western Governors University, in 2014. Covey’s work proposes that just changing outward behaviors or attitudes is not the way to succeed. First, our principles, the way we perceive the...
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...| Managing Organizations and Leading People Task 1 | A.1 Describe an Organization and its Objectives I would like to describe the organization once widely known as Kinko’s now recognized as Fedex-Kinko’s. More specifically, I would like to describe how the organization Kinko’s got its start and identify its objectives. Kinko’s was originally founded in 1970 by Paul Orfalea, a college student living in California. Named after Paul’s kinky hair, Kinko’s got its start as an effort to offer reasonably priced prints to other struggling college students. It quickly became the source for school materials and late night prints for last minute research papers. The company quickly grew and developed through the years to reach far beyond the average college students. With all of the business services and printing options offered it was no wonder that Kinko’s would eventually make its way into the offices of high executives in organizations across the county. Kinko’s locations began to pop up in every state offering services including small and exceptionally large prints offered in either black and white or full color. With the ability to offer computer rental and shipping, they became the office away from the office. Kinko’s takes pride in the ability to serve their customers in a timely and proficient manner. Their number one objective is to take care of their customer and they worked hard to develop relationships with each of their clients and they accomplish their goal...
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...Task 1: ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP ANALYSIS Assessment Code: C200/BIP Task1 Student Name: xxxx Student ID: xxxxx Date: October 30th 2014 Student Mentor Name: xxxx Task 1: ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP ANALYSIS 0 Organization Overview 2 Organization Description 3 Leadership Practices 4 Relationship between Leadership and Organizational Culture 7 SWOT Analysis 8 Organizational Strength 8 Organizational Weaknesses 9 Organizational Opportunities 10 Organizational Threats 10 Leadership Evaluation 11 Leadership Strengths 11 Leadership Weaknesses 13 Recommendations for Leadership Development 14 Organization Overview Organizational overview provides a framework of the organization. It would ideally be a catalogue all necessary information that would help an external party to assess the organizational fit in a better way and understand whether he/she is in total sync with the organizational goals and the other beneficiaries. The organizational overview addresses the following: * The mission and the history * The stakeholders * The goals and the programs * The budget * The outcomes and the achievements * The sponsors or the funders. I have chosen Salesforce.com as the organization for my analysis and believe that the description provided would help in giving a better understanding of the organization for any third party considering a position with the organization. This organization was developed about fifteen years ago...
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...globally because almost everyone has spilled gas on themselves or clothes. To have a product that will erase the smell would be beneficial as well. The other benefit of Gas-off is that it will be available in wipes and liquid as well. The consumer will also be able to purchase the product in many different store chains. Whenever a new product is being introduced, there are important steps that need to be taken in order to see of the products will be accepted. For instance, it is important to know if there is a need for products that are being introduced. Secondly, is there as place for the product in the global market. The three methods that I used to identify my target market are focus groups, feedback or surveys and lastly invite people to a...
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...------------------------------------------------- Task 1: Organization and Leadership Analysis Assessment Code: C200 Date: 9/1/14 Organization Overview In this section, I will give you a detailed description of my Chosen organization, leadership practices of its primary leader, and how the practice of the primary leader relates to the organization culture. My chosen organization is Smith Youth Center: an after school facility located in Denver. I will do an evaluation on Mr. John Smith, who was the site director. I choose this organization because I was once an employee there for several years and will like to better understand how having Mr. Smith as a leader affected the organization culture. Organization Description Smith Youth Center is a community center located in Denver. It is under the supervision of the Denver Parks and Recreation department. This organization was established on 1998 to serve as an after school program and a safe haven for children living in the neighborhood and surrounding areas. Due to its location, Smith Youth Center provides services to mostly children and families of the African American demographic. Serving the children warm meals are a routine part of everyday at the center. They are also assisted with homework and also have time to play games and have access to computers and the internet. On some Saturdays during the school year, the children are encouraged to participate in a Saturday school (Tutoring Program) where they learn about...
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...------------------------------------------------- Task 1: Organization and Leadership Analysis Table of Content Organization Overview 3 Organization Description 3 Leadership Practices 4 Relationship Between Leadership and Organizational Culture 6 SWOT Analysis 7 Organizational Strengths 7 Organizational Weaknesses 8 Organizational Opportunities 8 Organizational Threats 9 Leadership Evaluation 10 Leadership Strengths 10 Leadership Weaknesses 11 Recommendations for Leadership Development 13 References 14 Organization Overview In this section, I will give you a detailed description of my Chosen organization, leadership practices of its primary leader, and how the practice of the primary leader relates to the organization culture. My chosen organization is Weiser Park Youth Center (WPYC): an after school facility located in Fort Wayne Indiana. I will do an evaluation on Mr. Kweku Akan, who was the site director. I choose this organization because I was once an employee there for several years and will like to better understand how having Mr. Akan as a leader affected the organization culture. Organization Description Weiser Park Youth Center is a community center located in Fort Wayne Indiana. It is under the supervision of the City of Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation department. This organization was established on 1998 to serve as an after school program and a safe haven for children living in the neighborhood and surrounding areas. Due to its location...
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...A Leadership Self Evaluation A.1- See attached completed Seven Habits Profile A.1.a. The Seven Habits Profile reveals several areas of success in leading as well as areas of opportunity for me to improve my leadership. I believe that my high scores in the emotional bank account and think win-win category are major contributing factors to my ability to synergize well with coworkers. I am a people person and I prefer to work as a team rather than individually. It is important to me that everyone on our team succeeds. I get to know my team members on a personal and professional level , know their challenges in life, so that I can help them overcome those challenges. It is my belief that having happy employees leads to having positive customer interactions and more productive workdays. I believe that when employees know you want them to succeed it makes the synergizing process run more smoothly, as all parties know the intentions of the others are good. My proactive attitude; taking responsibility for my work, my mood, and my circumstances; is another reason for my success in the synergize category. I don’t need public credit for a job well done, but I do make a point to say when I have made a mistake. This helps to build trust and transparency. I want my employees to be able to come to me to admit when they have made a mistake as well so that we can work together to fix the error. Without a culture of transparency and trust errors can get hidden and come up later...
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