Carver is lacking in interpersonal effectiveness. He needs to address his ability to communicate and build interpersonal relationships. He needs to build a rapport with his employees to be successful. A successful leader “can help people contain and recover from their emotional stressors on the job” (Newman, Guy & Mastracci, 2007, p. 13). Carver was actually the stressor in many situations.
The Company were not used to sharing their strategic vision with public. However, after they went public that mentality had to change. Grueber needed to rebuild a good relationship with investors and so, it will improve the perception others had of the company. Also, the company would have benefit from a survey designed to analyze the citizens’ perception of the company. It is very important to know what others think about the company so they can improve their communication and product.
By hiring yourself the company would be more familiar with current and past experiences the company has faced with different staffing situations and they would be able to improve on any mistakes they may have had. Tanglewood could choose to outsource in a few situations. (Outsourcing involves the use of outside organizations to recruit and select employees). In the beginning, with a lack of professional human
The learning curve will present challenges in that, employees will maintain the need to refer to the old system to proceed with business as usual. Possible struggles presented by the learning-curve are expected from several employees. Some will adjust more than others, but the main challenge is in the adaptation or orientation phase. Technologically, since the system is equipped with back up software, it should eventually eliminate the need for hard copy records and files. This will save time in the long run, which should encourage most employees despite their initial frustration with the management system change.
Different issues will occur that will keep Huffman from reaching higher goals. Huffman’s employees worked hard to keep pace and maintain a stable trend that has been set by Huffman’s competitors. Huffman is unsatisfied with overall results that his organization has not been able to rise above the competition, but to remain at the competition’s side. One issue facing Huffman is the company’s internal marketing culture. An organization is able to give each customer individual and unique attention, but it depends on the customer’s preference.
Employee Motivation Theory Often times companies that struggle with the relationship between the employees and the goals of the organization; sometimes the moral of its employee is thread that sets the relationship apart. Managers have made several failed attempts to establish that relationship with the employee to knit them together with the goals of the organization. Therefore, the company level of accomplishments is diminished. A good manager has learned good people skills, and often times he/she is able to motivate their employees to increase their output. It is important to be able to penetrate any barriers that the employee may have as a defense mechanism.
Active or Passive Diversity: I would say that Tanglewood should look into active diversity because it meets the diverse needs of the customers. Diversity is a huge part of the company’s hiring process and they don’t want to be labeled as hiring only one class of people. Especially since the need of each customer is different Tanglewood needs to make sure that they have the necessary qualified associates to take care of the
However, he scores low in engagement. He tends to alienate his co-workers which can build distrust between them. It is recommended that he take the Communications Skills survey so that the company can help him develop his interpersonal skills to build a more cohesive team. Tim Scott also has high job satisfaction, but tends to act first and think later. It would be beneficial to have him take the What Time of Day am I Most Productive survey to see if his poor decision making is based on his ability to focus.
What specific strategies would you recommend, and how would you promote them at Premier? I think that the primary issue with work/life balance at Premier Publishing is the ability to have a more flexible work schedule and to work from home. Every former Cybooks employee that we have heard from has had the same concern. This gives them a negative image of Premier because they think that the company does not trust its employees. Premier needs to realize that by moving into the technology segment, they are acquiring a new breed of employees, how crave the ability to have creative freedom, which means that they need to be able to work at the times that are most suitable for them.
Without customers, there is no business and this will hurt this large company in the long-term. Not only is it right for the company to give more consideration to their employee’s desires but it will also contribute to the bottom line. Their customer will know the value of their company and employees will be more productive in what they do and proud of who they work for. Wal-Mart makes an average of $245 billion in revenues; therefore they have the resources to treat employees fairly. It is important for their corporation to take care of their workers and have a reputation of treating them fairly, which is important to the customers.