E.g. Jack Welch, Steven Jobs Transactional leadership • Clarify the role and task requirements of subordinates • Initiate structure • Provide appropriate rewards • Display consideration for subordinates • Meet the social needs of subordinates 2. What are the two sets of behaviors that can be learned as an effective leader? • Task orientated behaviors: assigning employees to specific tasks, clarifying their work duties and procedures, ensuring that they follow the company rules, and pushing them to reach their performance
DQ 1: What can an organization do to maximize the opportunities to make necessary adjustments during change? Why is it important to make adjustments during change? Explain your answer. DQ 2: Why do individuals resist some changes but not others? Why is it important to understand employees’ reasons for resistance?
If not how does it affect you organizational effectiveness? In general is it essential for the employees of the organization to know the strategic plan? Support reasons. What factors should be taken into account while developing a roadmap for a strategic plan? Give examples of external and internal change agents?
When it comes to organizational culture affects the way workers respond and react when positioned in ethical problems Organization’s culture can disclose the unwritten ethical standards that guide workers in their decision-making. Some companies can prevent unsafe ethical behavior by changing their organizational culture. Organizational culture is the study of the attitudes, beliefs and psychology within an organization. It not only includes how workers act together, but also how they connect with others outside of the organization. Ethical standards are the code of conduct required by the organization for workers to follow.
How important would reliability and dependability factor into your evaluation? * How does one evaluate the characteristics of a quality intangible product? How important would courtesy and knowledge be of the person representing the provider in resolving an issue with a quality intangible service? Week Three Discussion Questions What are the two principle activities in strategic planning? Why is it important to correctly identify and address these two activities to ensure success in the quality initiative?
The personal values of the manager will affect his or her decisions and leadership style. Using a tool like the Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory Assessment will give the manager an idea of his or her ethical profile and allow then to see if they match the ethics of the company. Using the profile the manager can better serve the company by applying his or her values in an area that may need their
The process of making decisions in the ethics games were based on the position of employment within the company. The position within the company can change based on an employee’s level. Ever employee has a duty to report issues, it is the position held that changes in what to do with the information. With the position held in these games the first process was protecting the shareholders and thinking of how this could affect those involved. The issues were dealing with by the employees in this exercise can affect the company and the individuals.
SECTION 1: ESTABLISH PERSONAL WORK GOALS ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Activity 1 * 1 What characteristics do you believe a positive role model in the workplace should demonstrate? Bottom of Form 2 Describe a person you have looked up to as a positive role model. What qualities in them did you admire? What made them a suitable role model? What did you learn from them?
• Did change occur? • Is the change due to training? • Is the change positive related to organizational goals? 3.________________ include everything in a work environment that enhances a worker’s sense of self-respect and esteem by others. • Social responsibilities • Nonfinancial rewards • Internal pay objectives • General business strategies
The tools that are available are the Rights and Responsibility Lens and the Results Lens. When using the Rights and Responsibility Lens I was able to focus on an employee's duty. The tools involve asking questions regarding motive, reversibility, prior agreements and general expectations. The Results Lens focuses on a choice that gives results that make a better long term turn out. The questions that occur with this tool are questions regarding influence factor, criteria for happiness, units of happiness and greatest good.