...Summary of Facts In 1979 Bailey’s Woodworking was established by Tom Bailey, this company offered door to door custom built wooden structures in the domestic and commercial market. Throughout the early 1980’s sales ascended rapidly, given Mr. Bailey’s “good quality” work, this built him a good reputation, which lead to the birth of bailey’s interior a registered partnership, however due to the national economic recession, failure to implement relevant marketing strategies and the contraction of the construction industry the company sales began to decline tremendously, accumulating a loss of $43,093 by 1986 and loans totaling $125,000 by 1989.The partnership was later dissolved on April 4th 1989leaving tom bailey founding manager as onus. In the household market Mr. Bailey is unable to determine the definite size of this market and his market share. However it is clear that the market has contracted as a result of socio economic conditions. There are 9 competing firms other than bailey’s each offering different services and price ranges. In the commercial market bailey’s is also unaware of the exact size of the market or his company’s share in the commercial sector. In this market as well, a few prominent firms compete with smaller ones; the commercial is more competitive in relation to pricing. Ms. Marlene smith, a local marketing consultant estimated that bailey’s could capture 50% of market share depending on it is marketed. Mr. Bailey strongly believed that if there’s...
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...Personality Traits and Leadership Styles of Great Leaders What personality traits make up great leaders? Self-confidence: It is important for the leaders to exude self-confidence at all times, including during times of crisis. If the team is in a crisis mode, it is important for the leader to give words of encouragement such as: “We’ve been in a tougher spot before, and I know we will get through this.” Self-confidence is also shown though posture and gestures while working with the team. Humility: The leader must know how to balance their self-confidence so they do not come off as arrogant or boastful. The great leader will admit when they are not an expert in everything and knows when to ask for assistance. The Leader should also acknowledge the team or members when goals or projects are accomplished, because without the team, the leader could not have achieved in their position. Trustworthiness: The leader should portray trustworthiness both inside and outside of the office. The leader should be known for their character of integrity and always make decisions that right for the team, not just for political gain in the workplace. If the leader builds and acts of this type of behavior, then the rest of the team will follow suit creating a cohesive team that wants their actions to benefit the whole and not just to get themselves ahead. Sense of humor: A sense of humor can increase your approachability and likability from team-members if done correctly. Humor should not...
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...Organizational Structure HCS/325 Jeffery Dodd April 7, 2015 Presentation Outline Long-term Care Services Expansion Introduction: I. The Impact of Organizational Structure on Communication (internal/external factors) What internal factors need to be considered? 1. Strengths 2. Weaknesses What external factors need to be considered? 1. Opportunities 2. Threats What is the importance of communication on the organizational structure? 1. Planning and Decision Making 2. Five-step Process The steps involved in organizational planning and functions of management Steps used to properly plan and implement change within the organization Steps in organizational planning are: 1) Identify and define the problem 2) Generate and evaluate possible course of actions 3) Choose a preferred solution 4) Implement the solution 5) Evaluate results Functions of Managements are: 1) Planning 2) Organizing 3) Leading 4) Controlling Steps of organizational planning and functions of management could be applied in the scenario and would be of a lot of help too. It can help in the scenario because there would be implementing a new long term care service and with the new expansion we will need to hire and train several new employees. I would use the steps of organizational planning for analyzing the pros and cons of bringing a new long term care to the facility. The pros would be that we would have a new additional long term care we would have more patients. The cons are...
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...Organizational Structure Analysis After discussing with Team A, we were impressed by John Whybrow’s video and his experience from switching from a functional organization to a line of business. The changes that his company was faced with were very exciting, better communication, better results, and impressive behaviors. The first functional organization that was discussed in the video was the line of business organization. This was the top to bottom structure that had all employees, divisions, and leadership in the same communication ladder. The second was functional organization. In this type, the business is split up by certain aspects of a given task. It could be departmental, or just a product or idea that the team is working on. The biggest problem with this is that upper management would need to take more time to see what the bottom line was, or what the issue is with the business. All other business functions would be only looking at what is seen within the division. For the line of business function, there would be many different managers looking from the top down for financial analysis. There a four types of horizontal structure organizations. They are functional, divisional, matrix, and network. They each have their own unique way to structure a business, and each have pros and cons to them. This first type is the functional organization. An advantage of a functional organizational structure is that it offers a high level of specialization. Each unit operates...
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...Using Organization Methodologies and IT To Resurrect Montgomery Ward’s Margie Coltrin Mylien Nguyen Tran Humaira Ameer University of Phoenix Organizational Theory CMGT 320 John Fritz 23 February 200 Abstract Montgomery Wards was a legacy company that couldn't seem to shake the tendency to go bankrupt in its later years. They had communication problems between departments. They were also unable to keep up with trends in consumer preferences and technology. The professional team of MGHM Enterprises took on the challenge of resurrecting Montgomery Wards into the new and improved company, Arron's (the first name of Ward). By using IT, foreign and virtual investors, and by flattening the organizations structure, the team was able to put together a plan to make Arron's productive once again. The newest innovation to Arron's is the incorporation of an e-business where the consumer is able to conduct business online. This added to the new look, business principles, and innovative mind-set has made Arron's into a competitive marketing enterprise. Using Organization Methodologies and IT To Resurrect Montgomery Ward’s Montgomery Ward, an American retail merchandising company, founded in Chicago in August 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward was a pioneer company selling merchandise directly to the people, it invented the “mail-order catalog” business. Montgomery Ward was famous for coining the phrase, “Satisfaction guaranteed or your...
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...Introduction/Thesis: I. The Impact of Organizational Structure on Communication (internal/external factors) A. What internal factors need to be considered? 1. Strengths 2. Weaknesses B. What external factors need to be considered? 1. Opportunities 2. Threats C. What is the importance of communication on the organizational structure? 1. Planning and Decision Making 2. Five-step Process II. The steps involved in organizational planning and functions of management A. Steps used to properly plan and implement change within the organization I. Steps in organizational planning are: 1) Identify and define the problem 2) Generate and evaluate possible course of actions 3) Choose a preferred solution 4) Implement the solution 5) Evaluate results II. Functions of Managements are: 1) Planning 2) Organizing 3) Leading 4) Controlling B. Steps of organizational planning and functions of management could be applied in the scenario and would be of a lot of help too. It can help in the scenario because there would be implementing a new long term care service and with the new expansion we will need to hire and train several new employees. I would use the steps of organizational planning for analyzing the pros and cons of bringing a new long term care to the facility. The pros would be that we would have a new additional long term care we would have more patients. The cons are the losses we are going to have...
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...Case Analysis and Methodology Principles of Management (MGMT1120) Contents: 1. What is a business case? 2. Why use cases? 3. Is there an analysis framework to follow? 4. Case Analysis Model a. Problem Identification b. Environmental Analysis c. Creative/Practical Strategic Alternatives d. Decision Criteria e. Select Appropriate Alternative/New Strategy(s) f. Develop an implementation plan 5. Evaluate the results 1|P age 14 1. What is a business case? A business case is a “story” or “narrative” describing a problem or problems in an organization. The organization can be a profit, not-for-profit, or public sector organization. All organizations experience business problems which management must solve. Cases have been written on such organizations as Apple, Microsoft, Y.M.C.A and Royal Bank. Examples of cases are end of each chapter of your text. The “story” or “narrative” often contains additional information which gives insights into the causes of the problems. Sometimes, the case will actually propose possible alternative solutions to solving the problem. Many cases are written from the viewpoint of the manager/leader that recognizes the problem and is under pressure to find a solution. 2. Why use cases? At the JR Shaw School of Business, we take an applied approach to learning. As a student, you learn concepts/models and theories that are simplified representations of the “real world”. While it is not possible to illustrate real world issues...
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...Chapter 3: Leading Situations 110 Lesson 3: Decision Making and Problem Solving Unit 2: Leadership Theory and Application LESSON 3: DECISION MAKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING INTRODUCTION — PUTTING YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN PERSPECTIVE As we have indicated throughout your previous JROTC lessons, leadership is the process of influencing others by providing purpose, direction, and motivation while operating to accomplish the mission and improving the organization. Purpose gives subordinates a reason why they should do different things, sometimes under stressful circumstances. Direction shows what must be done. Through motivation, leaders give subordinates the will to do everything they are capable of doing to accomplish a mission. LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK Recall the fundamentals of BE, KNOW, and DO. As you can clearly see, they are deeply embedded throughout the leadership framework illustrated below. The top of this framework shows the four categories of things that leaders must BE, KNOW, and DO. They are values, attributes, skills, and actions. The bottom lists the dimensions of leadership, grouped under these four categories. The dimensions consist of the seven values and 15 subcategories under attributes, skills, and actions. Leadership starts at the top, with the character of the leader, with your character. In order to lead others, you must first ensure your own house is in order. Leadership begins with what the leader must BE, the values and attributes...
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...The founders, Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak, relied on their guiding principles: “Do your own thing, defy the pessimists and ignore the Establishment.” Such custom gave birth to what would be Apple’s “insanely great” Mac, largely patronized and loved by users. When the shortcomings of the existing renegade corporate culture started to surface, Apple’s doomsday was inevitable causing changes in the leadership for a few times. At the time of the case, one of America’s celebrated CEOs, Gilbert Amelio, was invited to take the helm of the organization and was tasked to steer the company away from the imminent crisis it was then facing. Tasked with such great responsibilities of turning the sour crisis into sweet profitability, Amelio had to stand for what he believes would be beneficial to Apple even if he had to breakdown an existing grand old corporate system. Will his successful “chartreuse strategy” for the National Semiconductor Corporation be a duplicable victory story in the case of Apple? II. Point of View Gilbert Amelio, Apple’s New Chief III. Statement of the Problem How would Amelio change the pitch of Apple’s existing corporate culture while laying out a robust corporate operational structure that would enable the company to last for long? IV. Statement of Objectives Short term: ▪ To save Apple from a continuous decline. Long term: ▪ To establish a corporate culture that would provide for a robust operational structure to the organization. ▪ To break the pattern of company’s...
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...Assignment 2: Integrating Culture and Diversity in Decision Making: The CEO and Organizational Culture Profile BUS 520 March 2, 2015 The organization that I chose to research was Southwest Airlines. This particular Airline Company has been around for over thirty eight years. The creators Rollin King and Herb Kelleher only had one priority and that was their customers. Their goals were to get each passenger to their desired destination in timely matter, at an affordable cost, and have while doing it. Because of their remarkable customer service experience, Southwest has named one of the top Airline Organizations in the United States. The mission of Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride, and Company Spirit (www.southwest.com). The Organizational Culture of Southwest Airlines is to connect with the customer through kindness, consideration and reliability. It requires many skills to be a part of an interpersonal group. Being an employee of Southwest Airlines, you will encounter many experiences dealing with all sorts of people. It requires organizational culture, which consists of ways of thinking, acting, and understanding work that are shared by members of an organization and that reflect an organizations identity (Wood, 253). It was very important to be able to identify interpersonal group work as its own degeneration, and how it is associated with other variables such...
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...team be more beneficial for the company in the long run? Let’s look at some pros and cons of working as a team, using an imaginary project as an example. Project: Mass communication to geographically diverse work force regarding upcoming changes to health benefits • Teamwork Con: Speed o Working in a team requires multiple schedules to be coordinated. If Mary’s part of the project cannot be done until Bob has completed his part of the project, Mary becomes dependent on Bob’s schedule. Bob may experience an illness or be assigned a task that requires immediate completion. Mary could have completed the entire project faster had she been working by herself. o The deadline for this project cannot be altered, as the implementation date for the changes to benefits is set in stone. • Teamwork Pro: Multiple perspectives o Having varied perspectives on the strategy used to announce the benefit changes may be the difference between retaining and losing valuable workers. o A team approach to this project can include perspectives from various geographic regions, which may have varied cultural influences and communication styles. What may seem like an innocuous change in Region A may be much more significant in Region B. While the change may still have to be made, the team approach to the project will bring the issue to light and allow communications to be tailored to address concerns. • Teamwork Con: Too many opinions o When a team cannot agree on an approach, the project...
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...creativity and innovation practices. This ranges source from individual and organizational learning, management practices and technology in creativity and innovation. Jones (2004) states, “Each design challenge has implications for how an organization as a whole and the people in the organization behave and perform.” (p. 115). This means that each area influences the direction of the organization and some of the difficulties that stifle a creative environment that lends itself to an innovative organization. Further, successfully overcoming challenges associated with a void in creativity consists of implementing a plan that address concerns highlighted by employees in the recent organizational survey. Creating a plan may source at the leadership level but the input sources from the employees because this is the identified area where creativity does not exist in the desired way. Leadership teams must recognize that the survey indicates employees do not feel they have the freedom to provide creative input therefore; leadership team members become part of the problem. Mat and Razak (2011) state, “Identification of success or failure of innovation can be done through implementation phase” (p. 217). As a result, the problem itself lies within the leadership team members rather than the employees of Best Snacks. Based on this analysis of the Best Snacks survey results and the desired results of the organizational direction, the basis of investigation for the problems with creativity...
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...ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR-I An Analysis Of The case study on “Julia Stasch’s Dilemma” INTRODUCTION: The case revolves around Julia Stasch who from being a teacher went on to join Stein and Company. Stein & Company is a real estate company providing complete array of real estate services. Stasch work here could be called as Change Agent in the industry. Her efforts in introducing affirmative action as well encouraging women and minorities to be part of real estate industry improved their conditions. However because of the mentality of being a male dominated industry in construction projects, she was facing problems of introducing and encouraging women workforce in construction industry The Case study concludes as to what Julia Stasch should do to overcome her dilemma, introduce changes and also be able to obtain the bid Metcalfe Federal building to advance the cause. OUTLINE OF THE CASE: Stein & company, founded by Richard A Stein which started as a small venture handling rehabilitation of townhouses evolved into a successful enterprise responsible for over a billion worth of commercial properties in Chicago . Julia Stasch, a socially conscious high school teacher, joined Stein and Company as a secretary to Richard Stein but rose to the status of president and chief operating officer within 15 years. Julia Stasch’s first real opportunity to address minority and women’s issues in construction began in 1984 when Stein and Company was asked by the city of Chicago...
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...baked goods company, and then growing it by introducing products from the U.S. line. By 2009, Europe accounted for 20% of UC’s worldwide sales. But at the same time, European market was becoming a complex market to handle. The market varied to a great extent in each of these countries. There were a variety of breakfast traditions and national tastes that differed from each other. So Lora Brill pursue an idea which she referred to as the “Eurobrand” concept that could be adapted for product marketing. Crunch in other European markets with the Eurobrand approach, continuing with Germany and Benelux, as those countries are also in favor of Healthy Berry Crunch. Lora Brill faces a challenge in launching a new product for the European market. Pros of the French Market with Healthy Berry Crunch Healthy Berry Crunch began for Lora, to begin her Eurobrand strategy starting with France where market research had begun under the UC’s principles of centering decisions on the customer’s wants and needs. Not to mention that we are now in an era where everything is about being organic and green. France made about 21% of the total sales realized in Europe by UC. Clearly, the mass launch of this cereal should be centered in this market due to its importance and somewhat...
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...control systems. Despite these changes, the firm was still involved in contract work. Mr. Fred Codova was the President of the company at this time. Due to severe traffic problems the implementation of a ‘Flex Time’ system was undertaken per suggestion from the Mayor. This implementation was said to be able to increase productivity along with a higher morale of work. President Cordova assigned the task of designing the plan and writing a memo to the Director of Personnel, Richard Sasche.The company was accustomed to the traditional work hours. The rush hour in the morning and evening period had always caused problems amongst the work force. The memo about the Flex Time plan was suggested to be posted for all employees to see. The memo informed workers about the plan and its guidelines. The Digital Display team was headed by Jim Hallora, who was the project coordinator. Jim worked at the firm for 27 years and is considered conservative with his thought and unsociable yet very argumentative whenever his mandates are criticized. He always exerts much authority over his workers.The Flex Time program is implemented and Jim disagrees and writes his own memo to be able to control and supervise his men. The Statement of the Problem In this case, many issues were uncovered but Ineffective Change Management was identified as the core problem. Implementing change is never easy, but ignoring the people’s side of change can be disastrous. Ineffective change management can be described as...
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