...rather it is ethical or unethical. Normally, the view of leadership has been that the main goal of leaders is to increase production and profits through motivation and leading others. Good leadership refers not only to competence, but to ethics and transforming people as well. Every leader is responsible for influencing others to perform an action, complete a task, or behave in a specific manner. It is believed that the nurturing aspect of leaders can raise organizational cultures and employee values to high levels of ethical concern. Ethical leadership requires ethical leaders. If leaders are ethical, they can ensure that ethical practices are carried out throughout the organization. Title of Paper Certainly, leadership is not a skill that is always naturally obtained. In my opinion, most successful leaders take training and learn through life’s lessons and experiences. The dictionary defines leadership as “taking others to places they would not normally go”. However, to personalize this definition, it’s my belief that leadership is the act of taking ourselves to places we would not normally go. Leadership can also mean how well we manage our functional responsibility as a professional and does not always mean being the boss. During a records check for temporary positions with the “Play in the Park” program at the Parks Department, Personnel Specialist, Becky prescreened the criminal records of two applicants for the positions. Prescreening the applicants background...
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...and reduce the negative stress surrounding many life changes. Summary of Firm and Services Transition from one situation to another can be stressful; it is a process of progress forward. The Holmes-Rahe Scale (1967) lists 43 life events and life changes that contribute to one’s stress level. Each member of this team has personal experience as well as education, which would benefit a consultant firm with a mission to assist people in some form of transition. Two of the team members have direct experience with transition from state Foster Care programs, three members have been small business owner/operators, and four members have direct educational experience fitting the human services need. The strengths of this team indicate strong organizational skills, leadership, and empathy. The qualities complement...
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...Allstate Insurance Company Professor: Thomas Schaefer Brittiny Roseberry Leadership and Organizational Behavior April 27, 2011 Allstate Insurance Company has defined itself as being more diverse, affordable, and personable with consumers. Using the model for goal setting, evaluate Allstate's goal setting process to determine whether Allstate has an effective goal-setting program. The goal-setting program incorporated into Allstate's policy and procedure is great. According to the text there are five elements of efficient goal setting that should come together in order obtain the many benefits of the program. The first element is determining if the employee has the knowledge and ability to attain the goal. The employee has to be confident in knowing that they can actually reach the goal. An employer cannot ask an employee who lacks self-efficacy to perform high sales volumes that would be considered a stretch for that particular employee. The employer needs to understand and know what their employees are capable of doing effectively. Influencing an employee to go beyond their capabilities can lead to them becoming unethical in order to please their employers, which can lead to problems for the organization. Allstate has incorporated this element through employee development. Employee development is a process in which each employee is evaluated on his or her current job skills. Then Allstate creates a progress plan for each employee so that employees can develop the necessary...
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...Case Write Up “In a world of free agency, signing bonuses and stock options, this a place where loyalty matters more than money.” This is the belief of The SAS Institute, the largest privately owned software company in the world. At the heart of SAS are its people. While some companies drive their employees through commissioned sales and a competitive environment, SAS stands in contrast as a company that takes pride in caring for their employees and giving them a workplace that is more egalitarian than authoritarian. While it can be argued that this structure has been successful at SAS, we believe that the organizational structure is flawed from a long term perspective and creates a climate that inhibits both motivation and innovation. As a whole, SAS promotes innovation by endorsing different methods to motivate their employees. The core corporate belief is that satisfied employees will create satisfied customers. The company rewards innovation, encourages experimentation, and cares about employees’ personal needs and professional growth. Based on this corporate belief, SAS has created an environment to align employees’ personal needs with company’s business objectives. SAS Institute’s fundamental desire is to “create a corporation where it is as much fun for the workers as for top management”.(O’Reilly P.106) All employees in the company are treated equally. Many practices are created to support this philosophy such as not having reserved parking spots for...
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...------------------------------------------------- Multicultural Competency Paper Dr. Rawls, Andre Multicultural Psychology / 535 May 07, 2014 Multicultural Diversity The information in the following paper will include answers to the following questions: what biases, perceptions, attitudes and beliefs might I hold about culturally different groups? How might these attitudes or perceptions influence my interaction with individuals who are culturally different from myself? How knowledgeable am I about my values, practices and experiences of individuals who are culturally different from myself? And finally, what are my strengths and weaknesses in interacting with culturally diverse individuals and how might I address any shortcomings? One final bit of information prior to getting into the body of the paper, the information from my personal life (past and present) is what I have assessed, being as I do not currently hold a job in the workplace, however, I am a stay at home mom and student. My life tends to be very culturally filled even though I am a stay at home mom. For seven years, I ran an in-home daycare. I was very culturally open. I have always been one to believe that everyone is exactly the same under the skin – blood and bones. My personal attitudes with people of other race, cultures, etc. I believe are very open. I find others to be very interesting so when there are cultural differences – it is fun to take the time to learn the culture or at least to be...
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...Louis article on NAB’s employer’s strategy involves in several management theories. Mainly discussed in this essay will be influences of organizational culture, CSR, theory Y, behavioral management theory and managerial functions. The essay ends up with reflections future benefits of embracing diversity. Influences of organizational culture As “a set of shared value, norms, standards for individual and expectations” within an organization, organizational culture holds together a group of people with similar attitudes or personalities. Benjamin Schneider pointed that these similar employees are more likely to stay than those who are dissimilar in personalities. National Australian Bank (NAB), with 26,000 out of 44,000 staff working in Australia where ethnic diversity and individualism are dominant, responses quickly to this national culture. Succeeding setting up an organizational culture of appreciating diversity and autonomy, NAB witnessed an increase in the return rate of employees on leave by 16% from 2006 to 2011. Effective management of diversity Among 11 steps a manager can take to manage diversity effectively, given in Waddell (2007, 135-138), NAB sits comfortably along with the theory by securing top management commitment, increasing diversity skills, encouraging flexibility and mentoring of diverse employees. Also, Based on the Hawthorne effect, the bank set up a top management commitment to keep employees happy, which is based on appreciating diversity, so as...
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...July 27, 2012 TO: Senior Management FROM: , HR Practitioner RE: Suggested Improvements Regarding Work Organization and Maternity Leave Recently, a few of our employees announced they were pregnant and will be taking their entitled 15 weeks of maternity leave in addition to 35 weeks of parental leave to care for their newborn. Due to the added cost to the company in hiring cover-off employees and the redistribution in work, it has been suggested that HR propose changes that will reduce the number of maternity leaves in the company. Legally, we cannot control when and how many employees choose to take their maternity leaves. And, if we avoid recruiting women who are in their childbearing years we would be underutilizing the tremendous talent that women have to offer. It would also be a violation of the Ontario Human Rights Code. ("Guidelines on developing," 2008) It may even set us back further financially if we find ourselves in litigation over discrimination suits. The future labour force will be increasingly made up of women as they now account for over half of the post-secondary graduates in Canada. ("Education indicators in," 2011) Approximately 57% of our new hires are females with a post-secondary degree. Thus, our selection process is in proportion with the current labour market. If more women continue to become educated than we can expect that the amount of maternity leave will only increase in coming years. However, it is important to...
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...Motivation in the Healthcare Environment HCA 310 Health Care Strategic Management Introduction “Many business managers today are not aware of the effects that motivation can (and does) have on their business, and it is therefore important they learn and understand the factors that determine positive motivation in the workplace.” (ROK connect unlimited 2006) Why is this important? Motivated employees are needed in our rapidly changing workplaces to help organizations survive. Motivated employees are more productive which can help maintain efficiency. It takes hard work and insight to motivate employees to join the company, perform well and stay with the company. To be effective, managers need to understand what motivates employees within the context of the roles they perform. Of all the functions a manager performs, motivating employees is arguably the most complex and important. (Dunham 2004) This is due, in part, to the fact that what motivates employees changes constantly. For example, research suggests that as employees' income increases, money becomes less of a motivator and as employees get older, interesting work becomes more of a motivator. (Dunham 2004) This paper attempts to look at theories of motivation, determine what implications they have on the healthcare industry and demonstrate why it is such an important consideration for managers. Why is motivation important? “Employee motivation has a direct impact on a health services organization’s...
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...I have a very demanding job and dealing with stress is a very serious issue. If you are not careful dealing with stress can lead to some major health issues. When I had my first encounter with some health issue due to stress, I immediately change my way of dealing with certain situations at work. I choose my battles carefully. My doctor gave me some very helpful tips on how to deal with stress: evaluate the cause of stress, start managing stress appropriately, and develop some stress relievers (exercise, yoga, etc.). Coleen should have evaluated the situation a little more carefully before reacting this would have limit the amount of stress and anxiety she was feeling. * Evaluate Joan’s performance in terms of consistency, distinctiveness, and consensus. Evaluation of Joan’s performance: Consistency- Joan appeared to very dedicated and hardworking when it came to being a successful engineer. She completed a four degree at Northeast with a 3.4 GPA and had internships in Japan. Also, according to the text she work with only two major jobs that she had over her attire career as an engineer. But within a year, she has consistently missed 12days of work, seems unmotivated about her job and not completing her assignments. Distinctiveness- According, to the case Joan work performance evaluation has been about average. She is not performing the way she has when they first got hire. In my opinion, she has gotten comfortable and relaxed since she’s been there. Most employees...
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...monetary value to employees in exchange for work completed and can accomplish numerous purposes helping in areas of recruitment, job performance, and job satisfaction. The competitive and global marketplaces as well as employee benefit programs today has become known as necessary tools used by companies to draw creative and useful employees. Meeting the requests and needs of employees can be rather complicated during difficult financial times in which businesses must find its balance between compensation methods and keeping overhead costs low. This paper will analyze the impact of various compensation methods and benefit programs on employees and organization. The paper will also relate salary and benefit administration strategies to organizational culture and performance. Compensation Methods Compensation and benefit strategies are ways that organizations can use pay and benefits to recognize and reward employees’ contributions to the organization’s success (OPPapers, 2008). In a retail or customer service organization, workers are usually compensated by one of the following methods: 1. A direct salary or hourly rate, 2. Salary in addition to commission, 3. Quota bonus, 4. Commission without advances or 5. Commission with advances. Although commission payments are tied to sales, the requirements of the exemption are that more than half the employer’s compensation characterizes commissions on services; which can include all sorts of commission usually based on the services...
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...How to Adapt to a New Organizational Culture after a Merger/Acquisition Introduction The organization that I will be researching is Wachovia Bank. Wachovia is a diversified financial services company that provides a broad range of retail banking and brokerage, asset and wealth management, and corporate and investment banking products and services. They are one of the largest providers of financial services in the United States, with retail and commercial banking operations in 21 states from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas and California, and nationwide retail brokerage, mortgage lending and auto finance businesses. Its retail brokerage operations under the Wachovia Securities brand name manage client assets through offices nationwide. Globally, clients are served in selected corporate and institutional sectors and through more than 40 international offices. Over the last several years Wachovia has always been in the position of purchasing smaller banks. And with most acquisitions, Wachovia has implemented their policies and procedures without taken into account how this would affect the existing employees of the company that was bought. Now for the first time, in company history, Wachovia finds itself on the other side of the table. I’m currently a Business Analyst at Wachovia. I’ve been with the company for almost 2 years, but I’ve been there long enough to understand and adapt to the culture, their policies & procedures, their implementation of diversity within...
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...A survey of over 3,000 members of the Institute of Management and Leadership revealed that 73% of the females felt that there were barriers to being promoted to management and executive positions in the UK area, whereas only 38% of males thought there was a glass ceiling (www.guardian.co.uk, 2011, pg. 1, para. 3). It is not customary practice for businesses in South Korea to hire and promote women no matter how qualified they are and so discrimination is still a culture norm in this country. This gender gap is a culture norm due to a traditional belief that men are better leaders than women an idea that is based from Confucianism ideology (Nobel, Carmen, 2010, pg. 4, para. 1). Even today the legacy of the Confucianism is apparent in their moral values, legal system, relationship between young and old, and also between husband and wife. Confucianism was a way to hold the nation together at one time and the remains of these beliefs still hold a very strong effect on the people of South Korea. A new trend of multinational companies coming into South Korea and hiring these excluded women has become quite popular. As for InterAd.com, Inc. the choice to either massively hire this untapped market of talented women and reap the benefits later...
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...Communicable Disease Outbreak Analysis Evelyn Sutton Western Governor's University Communicable Disease Outbreak Analysis There are many diseases that have become a thing of the past due to vaccines that are routinely given during infancy and early childhood in the United States. These diseases still exist but we just see it very rarely now. When a person is diagnosed with one of these communicable diseases in the United States, it is reported to the Department of Health and Environmental Control and the Centers of Disease Control so it can be investigated further. This is required so they can monitor for any outbreaks that may occur and find the origin of where and how it was contracted. Any case of the measles that is diagnosed in the United States is said to have come over through international travel in some way. Measles Outbreak In December of 2014, during the holiday season, a measles outbreak was beginning at two adjacent Disneyland locations in California. It was first discovered on January 5, 2015, when the California Department of Public Health was notified about an eleven-year-old child who was unvaccinated for the measles and hospitalized with a rash onset on December 28, 2014 (Clemmons, Gastanaduy, Fiebelkorn, Redd, & Wallace, 2015). Just two days later, a total of seven cases of measles had been discovered. It started out with seven cases and by the time the outbreak was declared over in April of 2015, there had been a total of 136 confirmed cases...
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... 80 Global Social Contribution : Delivering Hope Around the World 2014 SAMSuNg ElECTRONICS SuSTAINAbIlITy REpORT 50,416 workforce increase compared to 2012 Grow Together Establishment of a Creative Culture At Samsung, we consider creativity to be the seed of innovation and take pride in the creative spirit and autonomy of our employees. The collaboration and entrepreneurship we encourage across our company has enabled our success to date and will propel us forward. At Samsung, we welcome challenges and see new initiatives as opportunities for growth and learning. Samsung Electronics encourages employees’ independence and creativity through their performance-based compensation policy. In an effort to ensure a smooth organizational operation, the company has established a global integrated personnel management system that is focused on fostering continuous innovation. Samsung Electronics guarantees the rights of all workers and prohibits discrimination based on gender, education, race, and age. The company fully abides by or exceeds all country and state laws and regulations relating to these matters. Samsung Electronics...
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...Welcome to Week 1! College is all about change, and this course is designed to help you adapt to the new learning environment, new challenges, and even the new way of attending college in an Internet environment. You will begin this week by looking into what essential qualities are necessary for success at college and in your career. You will then begin working on developing these qualities by completing the assignments for the week. For those of you who think you have all the skills that this class might help you develop, challenge yourself to think more deeply about the topics. Go beyond what you've learned in the textbook and what you are asked to do for the assignments. Reflect deeply on what has worked well for you in your career or your life. What are your stumbling blocks? Focus on using the deeper levels of thinking from Bloom's taxonomy in your responses on all assignments, discussion posts, and so on. You will get out of your education what you put into it. Have questions? Please post them in the Q & A Forum in the Discussion area. For faster response times, feel free to call or e-mail me. ------------------------------------------------- Ready? Let's get started! Click on the Week 1 Objectives tab to left to see what learning we will achieve this week. Marketing, Strategies, and Research What is Marketing? | What is Market Management? | Discovering Consumer Wants and Needs | The Marketing Orientation and the Marketing Concept | The Four Ps | Market Research...
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