Management Essays

A democratic leader works well mostly with any kind of employees except those who just do not wish to contribute on their own. The democratic is the most simple but it holds the leader the most responsible in case anything goes wrong. The Transformational Model is great with a team that craves communication and wish to give feedback about their jobs.

The knowledge base of the bank remains its prime advantage and this should be utilised in innovations that make the newer products and services lucrative through effective differentiation. For this, the plans of opening KPO sections have to be realised as have to be the plans for entering new market segments like broking and microfinance.

Given that Starbucks managers were able to foresee that establishing its coffee shop in historical and cultural areas could damage the cultural heritage of the Chinese and/or non-Chinese people, the company could have saved more money by choosing not to open Starbucks store outlets on these kinds of places.

The disagreements that arise because of difference in opinion cause frustration amongst team members and other colleagues which further leads to a hostile and uncomfortable environment. This could even be the cause of the de-motivation of employees. There is likely to be plenty of communication problems within different groups or between individuals as it is.

Production meeting – it is essential to plan before the rehearsals and tour begin. Since the tour would take place in secondary schools and the expected audience would mostly be high school students, the language of the script should be adapted to the age of the audience. It should be simple and complicated words should be omitted.

On the contrary, given that women are more charismatic by nature and have the ability to communicate better than men, female leaders often adapt the transformational leadership approach than transactional leadership style. (Bass, Avolio, & Atwater, 1996;  Davidson & Ferrario, 1992; Rosener, 1990))

The Woolmark Company’s image is based on its selling history and the exceptional quality of its products. The mission of the company is: “to serve our shareholders by being a financially sustainable company that provides quality certification technology, product and services to the global wool industry” (The Woolmark Home Page 2008).

Failure of the manager to honor his promises, giving recognition when appropriate, making unenthusiastic remarks, or blames the employees for mistakes that should be solved collectively largely impacts on the productivity of employees. It lowers their morale and happiness and consequently affects their output.

The Fiedler contingency model that quickly became established as one of the most popular and well-used models within the study of organizational behavior.  When it was first developed the Fiedler contingency model was widely perceived to offer a lot of advantages for anybody seeking too effectively analyze organizational behavior.

The employee thus comprehends the real meaning behind money coming in as a source of motivation for him. He satisfies his thirst for money and tries his best to put his wholesome basis towards the assigned task or job at hand. Money then again is the main reason behind grabbing such positions of significance.

PRINCE2 is widely implemented method of project management having implications almost in all the fields and sectors. The proposed research aims to specifically study the implications of this methodology in the railway sector.

How does Ford Australia impart training to its engineers so that they can be shaped into successful managers will be analysed through this assignment. A through study of the company was conducted and it was found that the managers who were former engineers lack in many areas of management because of which the company has come down to level from where they are trying to come up to a stage where they were in the beginning.

The ethical stance that the company follows is based on three major stakeholders. Firstly to provide the shareholders with higher returns for their investments, secondly to provide the employees with better working conditions and last but not the least to provide the customers with the lowest and cheapest air fares in the industry.

The communication that is required to take place within an organization is quite vast. There requires being complete disclosure of the process flows used within the company. Also, clear communication of the various learning and training programs that are available for the employees needs to be disclosed (Hughes, 2007). 

Since anyone can access almost everything through the internet, and even blocked sites can be hacked and assessed, there is a question in protecting the rights of the owners. There are many issues in using systems and technologies that prevents access to different materials. The users and the owners are placed in the middle of the issues about this technology. 

Ways of minimizing misunderstandings due to language differences and preventing the situation deteriorating to one of conflict are raising awareness of important differences, establishing channels for healthy flows of information and communication, and improving communication skills in the organization.

Boeing, according to the latest revenue estimates, is the largest manufacturer of aircraft in the world. The same is true for the number of deliveries and orders. Its current staff strength is in the region of 158,000 employees working in 70 odd countries. This figure alone speaks volumes about its pay & benefit related strategies and initiatives.

Ergonomics is not a new term in organizations, and is well understood in the field of human resources management. Many employees understand the term or apply ergonomic principles on a day-to-day basis even when they are not really conscious about ergonomics. It is a broad term that is inclusive of workplaces as well as the practices of workers and the manner in which they undertake their routine tasks.

Motivation leads to an energetic, more encouraged, and goal-oriented workforce. My third goal is to improve my motivational skills. One way to improve it is by celebrating the accomplishments. Even the smallest success of the group should be celebrated or communicated to motivate the group of their capabilities.

RTC has been unable to attract scientists from its other sites due to lack of a well-defined charter and because of a lack of facilities at the new center. The cost of living being high at RTC location, not many from other R&D sites are interested in moving to Cambridge.  The RTC has no structure with only the key researchers knowing what was going on.

In the recent times, the role and functions of the banks have gone tremendous transformation. While they have maintained the fundamental principle of banking, they have also expanded their business interests in wide-ranging areas that have become controversial and highly unethical in certain spheres of their modus operandi.

However, when a focal person does not meet the expected behaviors that the sender has designed as expectations, then remedial action will need to take place. As an example, if a role is designed to be a participant in certain activities such as stocking a shelf, then the expectation is that the focal person will participate in stocking a shelf.

Based on the above test it is evident that I give almost equal importance to all of the above. Although the results show power and autonomy to be higher than the achievement and affiliation needs, it is evident that these are not much higher and can be classified to be under the same level. I see a basic balance in my needs.

Social work has developed over a number of centuries. Even though there might be new policies and methods of delivering a service, the ethics and values of social work remain the same with the vision of helping the disadvantaged. Case management has had a positive impact on individualizing clients, needs but there is a need for looking at these needs in a broader social environmental context.

The concept of the traditional approach to project management (initiation stage, project planning and design stage, project execution and construction stage, project monitoring and control systems) is still important, the use of the pure traditional approach is not sufficient in terms of increasing the success rate of a project. To cover-up the limitations of the traditional approach, there is a need to incorporate new techniques.

The second component is the one which processes the inputs to become or produce what is desired. The third component is the output, which is the product that is produced by one or more processes. Information is a processed data, the one which a human mind can easily understand. Take a simple example to elaborate on this concept. 

The questionnaire will be developed to obtain information regarding appropriate time management techniques as well as causes and effects of project delays in construction projects. The questions will be constructed under a Likert scale, whereby project managers will be asked the degree of agreement with certain statements relevant to the research.

The author states that you should save the document with a file name that contains the initials of the course module you are in, the worksheet you are working on (you are presently in Module two, and working on the Comparison Report Communication Strategy Worksheet), and your user name.

The question of who among the US and China would get to the point of energy independence would depend on the short term and long term prospects of both the countries and their development paths. As discussed above, the fact that the US is much more of a “mature” market would indicate that it would succeed in the longer term.

To run its various project-funded activities, the pfeg opted to contract non-permanent staff. From a resource point of view, this highly decentralised structure appears to be a rational approach to scaling up. However, there is also a danger of its army of consultants being disconnected or alienated from the core culture.

Presenter: “Very much so - it is already an international market, but what I see as happen­ing is that there are some very good products out there that have a really lot of investment put into the production but with little into the marketing. And I think that's what's killing the market right now....” 

In some industries, the main complaint against commoditization is that it prevents consumers from comparing or discovering prices while it enables sellers to charge higher prices for higher profit margins. There used to be no standards for grading diamonds such that dishonest retailers called their diamonds “perfect” or “blue-white” to fetch higher prices.

The second part studies the case of the engineering consultancy firm, reviews its organizational context, and identifies an appropriate strategy for improving the firm’s KM practices. The conclusion lists concrete action steps for a KM Officer (KO) to install a KM system.

A certain amount of delay is inevitable in most of the communication modes. Communication is effective only when it is received and comprehended by its receiver. This is the fundamental rule that applies to offers. In some situations, acceptance may transpire, even if there is no knowledge of the offer.

Fields information system has played a major role in the Fields’ success. But using the same system at LPB will not be a wise move, as the operations and requirements of both the businesses are different from each other as discusses above. The information systems of Fields are relatively portable in the top management of LPB, but need customization to meet the needs of LPB.

The comparison between stress levels in different countries can be done on the basis of sources of stress in different countries as well as the effects of stress on the individuals in those countries. The corporate sectors of different countries have different working environments and thus have different causes of stress at the workplace and consequently, the effects these stresses yield on the working individuals are also different.

The paper is a critical review of the facts and findings of the research conducted on identifying the techniques of management that lead to continuous change. It has identified the pros and cons of the previous research done on the topic and has recommended ways for improvement in the future. The review of the article has come up with certain traits that management follows to sustain growth and remain competitive in the business environment.

Prior to carrying out this study and applying the balanced scorecard which has been developed in Saudi schools, it would be necessary to collect some preliminary data on the school, such as the incidence of accidents, reasons for the occurrence of such accidents, the dangers and threat they have posed and this should be the basis for arriving at an assessment of general safety measures on the basis of which recommendations can be made.

Change management is one of the most crucial disciplines and on the contrary, a very interesting subject that modern managers of small, big and even huge companies are giving increased significance to. Precisely, the term means an approach to deal with different changes that occur in both organizational and individual basis. Change management as such does not imply a definite or concrete meaning for all.

The author states that this fact contributes greatly to their support of the general economy in providing livelihood to a vast number of the population, even in developed countries like the UK. Here they sustain a majority of the working population as well as provide sustained assistance to the larger companies.

Retailing is indeed a win-win game as far as British supermarkets and chains are concerned but the aspects that need pertinent attention here include the fact that these supermarkets are making a name for their own selves within the different market scenarios and thus creating their own niche with the passage of considerable time.

Renting a car gives freedom and flexibility and in some parts of the world, this is the only feasible way to move around. People have started renting cars from a neighborhood location and the reasons could be many. It could range from the need for an extra-large truck to move around town or the need for a comfy hauler.

Interviewing is one of the many methods that are used for the collection of qualitative information. Interviews have to be prepared well and planned to enable obtain the required information for the survey. Since interviews are qualitative in nature, it is important that the questions bring out as many direct an answer as possible.

From the motivational framework of Vroom and its subsequent development through Porter and Lawler, organizations are aware that employees do not achieve satisfaction through extrinsic factors of pay and prestige, but also need to have their intrinsic factors satisfied to be motivated. The focus of motivation thus shifts to an individual basis.

People need to be guided by someone they respect and someone who has a plain sense of direction and to gain respect the leaders have to be ethical and a sense of directional is achieved by conveying a strong vision of the future. So we see that a person personality is one of the most important influences for his or her being a leader.

Career development refers to making sure that the employees get the required set of skills needed for keeping themselves functional at the workplace. It is an ongoing process and a much-needed one hence mostly all organizations aim at providing their employees with incentives and skills that are needed to make sure they stay “developed”.

Care must be taken that overpraising is dangerous that small good work need not be extravagantly praised. Keep the good words for better performance. Understanding the sub-ordinates, their zeal to work, their strong points and their aspirations serve as a really good contribution to the team as a whole.

Management needs to support the customer feedback initiative by individualizing experiences, according to our defined target market, an example of this may be a free round of golf at the beautiful local courses for golf enthusiasts, or perhaps a nail treatment at the local nail salon for our female clients.

The Service’s Management Board is comprised of the Director-General, the Deputy Director-General, the Directors, and the Legal Adviser.  It regularly meets to make decisions on policy and strategic issues affecting the Service.  Decisions of the Board are subject to external validation processes embodied in the code of governance of the Service.

Therefore, it is important to communicate with a foreigner in an expressive way by using effective verbal and nonverbal communication methods during the communication. Nonverbal communication plays an effective role in conveying the actual meaning to the other person by making use of our gestures and body language.