...Work Culture Preferences XXxxxxxxxxx XXXXXXX BCOM 275 December 8, 2013 Professor XXXXX xxxxxx Work Culture Preferences Having an appropriate understanding of your ideal work culture is indispensable in developing both strategic plans to plans to achieve organizational goals. When conducting a Work Culture Results analysis there are certain competencies that are necessary, each of the competencies involved is important in developing a Career Building Plan, but the level of significance varies between individuals. Based on the outcomes of my Career Plan Building Activity, in the Work Culture Preferences survey of my ideal work culture three competencies are most prevalent, Supportive, Ethical, and well resourced. As the results of my assessment illustrate, strengths are a significant element in my achieving organizational goals. Specific examples are a secure and stable environment combined with factors such as recognition and celebration of success; and the ability to be at a safe place to work. Equally important in developing strategic and operational plans to achieving organizational goals are available opportunities with emphasis on fairness. Specific examples are the opportunity for varied and ground breaking work, innovative and creative atmosphere and the opportunity to control my own work schedule and organization. The manners in which my specific competencies relate to the required competencies for conducting a Work culture analysis are that my competencies...
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...Work Culture Preferences Townes, Christopher Gen/200 July 10, 2013 Dr. Johnella Bradford Work Culture Preferences My Career Plan: Work Culture Preference states that I am an ethical well-resourced expert. Based on over one-hundred questions given that narrow down what I would like in an ideal job setting, I had only the choices of not at all or more likely. Knowing my ideal work culture not only would allow me to benefit my organization to achieve goals but will also allow me to achieve personal goals as well. I’m excited to find the work culture preference results returned that being ethical was the first of the three qualities it defined me as. Emphasis on fairness and equal rights has always been important to me, I believe that my timed served in the Navy is a reinforcing factor in that you should not segregate by gender, ethnicity or cultures. There should be no one person that is looked at as inferior or not qualified to complete any task assigned. I would look for the people who would not be afraid to express themselves freely and contribute their thoughts and ideas to better the organization. The next quality work culture preference defined in my results was that I was well resourced. Providing a safe and comfortable work environment with all the necessary resources to do high standard work is paramount, ensuring that encourages employees to want to work and perform at their highest level. A safe environment results towards limitless performance, innovation and...
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...The work culture results define me very well. I feel that I strive in a secure, comfortable and stable environment. Then there is a disruption in my environment, I tend to get overwhelmed and stressed out very easily. I have learned some stress relieving techniques, but stress still comes on quickly when there are disruptions. I like having a clearly defined job and I set goals for myself to achieve my expectations of a high standard of work. When I do achieve my goals, I do like to celebrate my success and the success of the people around me. I try to be a perfectionist in my work environment, I make sure I have a plan for the day and any projects that we are doing to have the materials prepared. I make sure the children have fun and are safe in my classroom no matter if we are in circle time, writing, crafts, or just playing in centers. I go are my class and make sure all of my cleaning sprays, shape objects, and other thing was cause harm my student and other people in my classroom are put away. I work very hard to keep a clean room, I spend a hour a day at the end of the day to make sure my room is clean (swept, mopped, chairs, tables and toy are clean) and organized. I lately have been learning office protocol and covered for my director will she was out last week. I noticed that I always had a note pad around me to write notes and if there was a problem I wrote my concerns down and sent my director an email at the end of the day so then the next day I could have a solution...
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...Lanel Wolf March 25th, 2014 Mrs. Carr BCOM 275 Work Culture Preference It’s all about being around different work situations that help you determine which work cultures you do best in and which ones may not work as well. It is obviously good to be in a safe place to work and be comfortable but it is also good to be helpful in all the ways in which your business expects. I also learned that it is good to put more emphasis on subjects that matter in any career and with more engagement these will encourage you to do much better and be more creative and dynamic in different work conditions. I think this also helps me tremendously organize my communication strategies and how I influence a group of people or team type atmosphere. I really like to make others see that their job choice is the right one and that if you work together you can all be leaders in your own ways and have the jobs that you want in any type of condition you choose to put yourself in. I like to think of every job I get as an opportunity to do something important for people and have the opportunities to show that I can be a very important and strong influence on my fellow workers and team mates. Another reason I felt that this was so important is because it shows you what you have to be to succeed at other jobs and what it takes to keep your organization at a professional level and so really you never slack at what you do. Very important to take this work culture preference resource because I have a better picture...
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...Career Plan Work Culture Preferences April 12, 2013 Well after doing the Work Culture Preferences in the Career Plan I was a little surprised on the results because it showed me that maybe I do have more skills to work with helping people than I thought. My results were under the Ethical section; emphasis on families, that if given the chance to contribute positively to society I could make a difference in people’s lives, emphasis on social and environmental responsibility, and active in promoting equal rights for all. Well Resourced; I like a well-designed and comfortable work place, and I utilize necessary resources to do high standard work. Team Work Culture; enjoy working in a close knit team, have lots of interdependence, friendly and supportive colleagues, and cooperative and sharing atmosphere. After exploring the resource in the Phoenix Career Services I realized there are a lot of resources that believe might actually be very useful like the Interviewing link where you can go and they have help with conducting pre-interview research, preparing for your first interview, how to answer common interview questions. Which I think I will really explore that link, beings interviews seem to be the toughest part about job searching for myself. I think the resources in the Phoenix Career Services are wonderful resources for students to follow their career choices and with the extra help with certain areas of job searching can make it easier to obtain employment...
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...Fan work is a complex form of self-expression that utilizes components of pre-existing works such as television shows, films, games and other forms literature as the basis of these new fan made creations whilst incorporating personal interpretation. This practice is unique because it allows for the fanwork creator to voice their own personal opinions and create alternate universes, scenarios and timelines in which character from the original text would have the opportunity to explore. Typically, these works are not for profit and are not considered canon in the source that it is derived from. There is a struggle for legitimacy for fanwork creators, as fan work, especially fan fiction, is generally interpreted to only contain explicit sexual...
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...Corporate and Culture Moral at Work People naturally resist change of any kind, especially when that change affects the way they work. As a result of this resistance to change, any organizational culture change is likely to negatively affect employee morale. Employees will complain and resist this change, asking why it is necessary. In order for your culture change to be accepted by your employees, you must anticipate this reaction and prepare for it. Identifying Decreased Morale Decreased company morale is not always easy to identify. Complaints and grumblings are the most common symptoms of reduced morale, but they are just a few signs that things are not right in your company. Calling in sick, arriving late for work and leaving early are other indicators that morale is decreasing in your company. Mistakes and poor treatment of customers are two other signs that company morale is declining. Your managers and supervisors are on the front line of company morale and you should listen to them during your culture change. Culture Change and Morale Changing your company culture involves several steps and processes. Your first step is to identify what you stand for and state it as simply as possible. For years, General Electric stated, "We bring good things to life." Employees and customers understood what this meant and how to behave because of it. To make your culture change successfully, you must articulate clearly your company's philosophy. Once this is understood, your change...
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...NEGOTIATIONS Cross-Culture Work in a Global Economy Erin Meyer, affiliate professor at INSEAD and author of The Culture Map, on why memorizing a list of etiquette rules doesn’t work. For more, read the article, Navigating the Cultural Minefield. 14:47 SARAH GREEN: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Sarah Green. I’m talking today with Erin Meyer, an Affiliate Professor of Organizational Management at INSEAD. She’s the author of the book, The Culture Map, and of the HBR article, “Navigating the Cultural Minefield.” Erin, thanks so much for talking with us today. ERIN MEYER: Thank you, Sarah. SARAH GREEN: So let’s just start by tell us what The Culture Map is. And tell us a little bit about why you developed it, what’s the problem you’re trying to solve. ERIN MEYER: I became very interested in researching how cultural differences were impacting business people, because I found that, although the world has changed quite dramatically over the last 15 years, the discourse around management hasn’t kept up with it. So just to give you an example of this, I was just in a bookstore yesterday. And I picked up a book about negotiations, a new book written by an American author. And as I’m looking through it, I can tell that the implicit assumption by the author is that the people who are negotiating, who are reading the book, are going to be negotiating with people who come from their own culture. But this isn’t the case anymore...
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...new product for the U.S. That is manufactured in China’ This essay touches on how people's culture and having a understanding of organisational behaviour theory’s and research help this campaign and have an impact at the work place. This will be shown through a marketing team from company X. In order for this campaign to be successful. They need to know the differences between their cultures. Psychologist Hofstede defines ‘culture’ as a set of unwritten rules of behaviour that set out what a particular group expects its members to do and believe’( Small business-Chron.com,2015). Furthermore, culture is also the characteristics and understanding of a particular group of people defined by everything from language, religion, social habits etc. (LiveScience.com, 2015). Moreover understanding organisational behaviour is critical due to the reason that organisational examination of a company can be a useful way for members genet to recognise difficulties or disorganisations that have arisen, but have not yet been spoken on, thus change tactics for dealing with them’( BusinessDictionary.com,2015). As we can see in company X the main countries are France, China, U.S and other European countries all the countries have different or certain similarities when it comes to culture such as their views, norms, languages and other things that define culture. Moreover, factually the French culture was initially...
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...Work plays an important part in our lives. Growing up we see our parents, grandparents and relatives work to provide for their family. In order to survive in this world, an individual has to work. A man’s basic needs; food, clothing and shelter comes with a price, and in order to have the basic needs a man has to work. Most people like us work in order to get compensated and have enough to feed the family. Some people work to succeed. They do not just have a job, but they want careers. They will challenge themselves to go higher and higher in the business world. They work not only for the money but for self-respect and gratification about themselves. Individuals, who are born rich, will consider pursuing their hobbies into work. They start their own fashion line, or perfumes, become a singer or actor, but all this is considered work. Different cultures look at work differently. I was born and raised in India. Growing up, friends, relatives and neighbors all at some point of time dreamt about coming to America, the land of opportunities. I knew a few people who came here to work, and heard stories from them about how the working environment in America is different from that in India. It made me want to come here and take advantage of the opportunities out here and make a name for myself. When I first came here and started working at the hospital, I came across various cultures, but all had one thing in common, they all worked hard. There was no job that was inferior to the...
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...NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION PROGRAM POSITION PAPER Class: Advanced Accoutancy 55B Course: Culture of regions & people in the world CODE: SSCI165 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- TOPIC: The work culture differences between two represent of Eastern culture and Western culture: Japan and the USA Talking about Japan and America is as people talk about two cultures representative of the East and the West. Two cultures were not standing characteristics sometimes conflicting, embodied in every aspect of life. We always remember the Japanese samurai culture and a multi-cultural country, open and hospitable. Opposition things that make human culture become more remarkable. In this paper, we will explore features that rival in terms of work culture. Although they are individual country, each country will not put up with the general characteristics of the local culture. We will explore the culture of this country both in the cage culture of the East and the West. About how to express thoughts, Westerners respect frankness. They did not hesitate to express personal political opinions. The Eastern enhance dexterity, soft, avoid conflicts of opinion. When solving problems, Westerners appreciate the final result, so they are ready to cope with problems hindering, remains on achieving goals quickly. The Eastern respects implementation process. Inherently dislike confrontation...
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...Career Plan Building Activity: Work Culture DaShawn Butler MGT/527 Consulting Instructor: Graciano Etrata The right business culture doesn’t require a cult atmosphere, but it does require a disdain for concepts like conventional wisdom and the existing condition. It does have to be built around ideals, employee permission to be creative, and something other than just making profit. After viewing my work culture skill plan I am driven by high powered. At first I wasn’t to sure if why this was my number one choice but after taking a closed look and reviewing the skills, I know have a clear understanding why. I enjoy learning new skills, career development and advancement, and high salaries. Also something that I though was going to be my number one skill is teamwork. I believe that in order to have a good work environment, the team has to work together, supportive, open communication, cooperative and sharing atmosphere, and positive feedback. By knowing my work culture I am able to select my methods of engaging clients by knowing exactly what to look and be able to make decisions based on the organizations needs. My approach and attitude would be based off knowledge and confidence in knowing that I would be able to help bring success within a company. As an consultant getting thru the discovery phase the competency that would be helpful is teamwork. Working with the client you are there to help encourage new attitudes and beliefs to transform...
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...Work Culture Preferences MGT/521 Week Two Work Culture Preferences Determining one’s culture can help one to build its relationship with one’s organization. In this paper one will determine how knowing your ideal work culture can help develop strategic and operational plans to achieve organizational goals. Next one will decide which competencies are essential to conducting a SWOT analysis. Last one will relate the essential competencies to one’s own competencies for conducting a SWOT analysis. Knowing the culture of one’s organization will allow the company to grow. A “strategic plan is a plan that applies to the entire organization and establish the organizations goals” (Coulter & Robbins, 2012). When knowing the culture this will also enable one to create a ideal work environment for the employees and one’s self. There can be different types of culture within an organization. This is where an operational plan in which is a plan that encompass a particular operational area of an organization can help a company reach its overall goals (Coulter & Robbins, 2012). Strategic management is something managers do to develop the organizations strategies (Coulter & Robbins, 2012). This business model helps a company decide on if it will be able to persuade customers to buy their brand or if the organization can make money in doing so. Identifying an organization’s mission will also help the organization to highlight the direction of the organization and what is...
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...Work Culture Preferences Work Culture Preferences It was determined after completing the work culture preferences activity, that I prefer a career in which I can be an expert in my field, I prefer an environment in which I am not only supportive of the company and those I work with, but they are equally supportive of me. I also prefer a well resourced environment. A environment that is safe to work at, but is also comfortable and has all of the necessary resources to do high quality work. When reflecting on these work culture preferences, I can’t help but think, “Film making is absolutely where I belong!”. As a script writer and an independent film maker, I can honestly say I would do this for the rest of my life if only I could get paid doing it. My goal is to get one of my scripts picked up by a major studio so that I can get my foot in the door and move up into writing for television shows and feature films, with an ultimate goal of directing and producing. When I have my own studio, knowing my preferences will help me achieve my goal of directing because I will be able to easily communicate what I want to accomplish to my colleagues. As an expert, I will be looking to use innovative technologies and will be attracted to working with other creative individuals. As a director, I will set my own schedules and communicate with colleagues to determine a healthy schedule for the team. The studio will be safe and well designed with the latest equipment. My colleagues...
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...Work Culture After completing the work culture assignment I found that I am in need of high powered, competitive and well-resourced work environment. A high powered work environment will allow me for advancement and a fast paced demanding job. The competitive aspect will bring challenging opportunity to compete for success as well as having challenging targets. Lastly a well-resourced work environment will give me a safe and well designed work place. Knowing my ideal work culture will help determining appropriate channels for communication because I am able to see what situations and culture is needed to get the best out of myself. With the results from the work culture assignment I realize that in order to succeed in a high powered, competitive and well-resourced work environment I must be able to communicate successfully as a sender as much as a receiver. Verbal and written communication will have to be a strong point. My results have showed me that my communication is what will take me to the next level with my career. I have already seen these successes over the past couple months at work relating to my communication. I have used my personal communication skill and have used them to be successful as a sender and receiver in verbal and nonverbal situations at work. These actions have shown the right people the success of my communication skill have hopefully will bring me success in the near future. There are a couple steps I want to take in order to improve the...
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