Assignment 1 Doris Green Grand Canyon University October 19, 2011 Communication in today’s business place has become more complex, with the introduction of technology presenting both opportunities and challenges in any organization. Strong organizations demand effective communicators that can effectively manage business and organizational changes, concerns or events using technological as well as traditional means. This program focuses on providing professionals the tools and techniques necessary to foster open dialogue, project credibility, and effectively communicate, even in challenging situations. Change means taking people out of their comfort zone. Change is painful for some people, because they do not want to change; they want to remain the same.
This approach strength is multitasking to get the job complete. Weakness The weakness of the behavior approach is that if there are no organizational skills to continue a thriving business, this leader will be unbalanced, unless they figure out how to combat the situation. Leaders need to know their weaknesses to
Team members tend to behave independently and although goodwill may exist they do not know each other well enough to unconditionally trust one another. Time is spent planning, collecting information and bonding. Storming The team starts to address the task suggesting ideas. Different ideas may compete for ascendancy and if badly managed this phase can be very destructive for the team. Relationships between team members will be made or broken in this phase and some may never recover.
PAD 515 Week 3 Discussion Carver is missing some very basic values and attitudes. He is missing being considerate, respectful, fair, cooperativeness. The changes that Carver needs to make are numerous. The changes will be difficult for him to sustain, as they are not his “style”, but change can be achieved, as with anything, if he works on his values and attitudes. It will more than likely take his subordinates and co-workers even longer to trust that he has changed and that he will adhere to his new found values and attitudes.
The office manager takes the appropriate action needed. When the office manager is no longer able to solve the problem, it is then forwarded to the senior manager for further review. Depending on the severity of the problem, the senior manager will make the final decision. Usually company issues are seldom reviewed by the senior manager because his job mostly consists of the company finances, pay raises, bonuses, and promoting his business. In conclusion, the four functions of management are the key to holding an organization together.
Organization: Four Seasons Hotel The Four Seasons Hotel faces challenges, problems, opportunities, and other organizational issues on a daily basis. Identification of goals, strengths and weaknesses, and opportunities is necessary to the success of operations and management. Decision making is the key element in identifying issues and is the anchor in the growth and stability of hospitality management. Decisions must be made on all levels of management and by employees on each level of hierarchy. A decision making process is crucial to
It also true that effective strategy deployment is dependent upon, and tends to shape, organizational structure because the organizational structure must be aligned with and support the accomplishment of strategic initiatives. Thus organizational design is an important strategic decision. Traditional organization tends to develop structures that help them to maintain stability. They tend to be highly structured, both in terms of rules and regulations, as well as the height of the 'corporate ladder'', sometime with seven or more layers of managers between the CEO and the first-line worker. Organizations in the rapidly changing environments characteristic of modern organization have to build flexibility into their organization structure.
The inspirations of workers can a large problem for managers in business. To maintain a level of performance in every department including production, this problem can sometimes take away from the inspiration of employee problem. Workers do not only require one type of motivation but various
These issues cause many rifts in a successful society and workplace and often prevent goals of the organization and the teams within from accomplishing their goals and achieving their missions. Most importantly, leaders must be aware of these challenges in order to rise above them and lead successful teams, while also reaping the many benefits that diversity provides. References Author Unknown. Mind Tools. 1996 – 2013.
People are a business most valuable asset and keeping them satisfied, motivated, developed and retained is necessary if a company is to remain profitable (humanresources.about.com, n.d.). HR department plays a vital role in companies; helping them master the challenging competitive environment and the demand for highly qualified employees. Their primary roles are locating, screening, recruiting, hiring, and training high quality individuals who will become constructive members of the organization. They must be professional at all time handling different situations and people; skillfully communicating the firms’ policies, procedures, and goals: other responsibilities include perform job