As a manager, I can see myself inspiring my subordinates to think, grow and take responsibility for them. I do this by demonstrating belief in what my staff members can accomplish. I believe that I can help people to improve, and I enjoy managing and supporting their efforts. Moreover, observing the best in people is important to me. In fact, my ability to combine an acceptance of others as they are with the inspiration and encouragement they need to become even better is what makes me a valuable mentor, manager, co-worker, and friend.
Operating efficiency was improved using just-in-time and lean operations techniques. I used sales predictions to estimate how many units a sales person would be able to sell each day. This number determined how many units were to be produced each day. Therefore, limiting the number of inventory left over at the end of the quarter, and in turn eliminating waste. I also used marketing surveys to determine what customers wanted in the products RIE Tech was producing.
Question 5 – Customer Service Quality I feel that other measures would be to continue to train the employees on customer skills. Develop a program specifically for Tanglewood that would give the employees realistic scenarios they can do to improve their relationship skills with customer. You can also provide meeting where the manager and employees can discuss certain scenarios to better prepare new hires. I think focus groups will continue to help because they stay on top of problems and can keep you on your toes as the retail business changes. Question 6 – Realism in
My leadership plan for Mai is that she assists in the market research, development, and implementation of strategy Leroy Washington – My personality assessment score is ISTP. The relationship theory would also apply to me because I am interested in the performance of the group and I have high ethical and moral standards. Since this project calls for to be the manager appointed leader of this project, my leadership plan for me is to participate in the research, marketing,, development, and implementation of strategies for the new department to not only reach its target market but to also be successful in its desired market for as long as
Tanglewood: Case One Dear Mr. Perrone, after reviewing your company history, values and philosophy I feel confident that I can help you design a better functioning staffing department. Acquire vs. develop talent I believe that since two middle class everyday individuals founded Tanglewood, it is within their philosophy to develop talent within to promote ideas from their own employees and make them feel empowered. As part of my research of your company I found that it is company culture to allow all employees to give their input and suggestions, therefore in order to promote participation employees need to feel that their efforts will result in promotions. Hire yourself vs. outsource When I first began researching your company and
They send out thousands upon thousands of handbills requesting workers. In reality they are just trying to further their own wealth by paying workers lower and lower wages. If there are too many workers, they can pay as little as they want to. A man will not let his family go hungry when he can change it. He will gladly work for two cents per bucket of peaches.
Positive Influences James Bond LDR/531 April 03, 2053 Jason Bourne One of the best ways to influence employee is providing a feedback through performance appraisal. Cascio (2005) states, “Appraisal provide feedback to employees and thereby serve as vehicles for personal and career development”. If leaders can find and identify ways to motivate and satisfy the employees, then their performance will be better. It is important to understand the personal traits, such as attitudes, emotions, personalities, and values of each person, which motivate an individual to achieve higher goals and performance. Therefore, the leaders need to concentrate on making adjustments to create a pleasing work environment for employees to deliver optimized performance.
284). As regarding the pragmatic approach, such mentors tend to clearly indicate their authority in the mentoring relationship, via “imparting knowledge and skills to the learner” and providing precise and clear instructions to the mentee (Kwan & Lopez‐Real, 2005, p. 282). On the other hand, interpersonal mentor promotes the idea of mutual support, sharing and collaboration, which can facilitate professional growth both for the mentor and student teacher, for instance, as Kwan and Lopez‐Real (2005) clarify, a critical friend mentor is defined as a supporting friend, who nevertheless, can provide some constructive criticism for the sake of the mentee's professional improvement. Managerial style was regarded the least popular style among mentors, which can be explained by a highly judgemental and least flexible nature of the approach, comparing to pragmatic and interpersonal styles. Interestingly, but the change in perceptions of the mentoring roles was found in course of time and experience for some of the mentors and was influenced by two reasons: either because of the student’s
Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace Successful leaders have been studied extensively in an effort to determine the attributes contributing to effective leadership. Pearman (2011) writes leaders who employ the use of emotional intelligence deliver more transparent communication, accomplish initiated goals, and realize a greater level of employee satisfaction and engagement. The relevance of emotional intelligence correlates with the need for leaders to have followers. This is dependent on strong relationships (Pearman, 2011). Therefore, in addition to possessing the necessary technical skills, a truly outstanding leader also maximizes the application of emotional intelligence in the workplace.
Analyzing Michael Saul Dell as Leader in the Context of Transformational Leadership Theory Transformational leadership works when leaders set out to empower followers and nurture them in creating change. They act as role models for their followers, listen to them and make them have a vision (which is a focal point for transformational leadership). Northouse (2007), pp. 189 – 190 Moving on to analyze the extent to which Michael Dell’s leadership style explains the theory of Transformational Leadership using the four factors and other characteristics of the theory will help to ascertain if indeed ‘Transformational Leadership is an effective form of leadership’. (Yukl, 1999 in Northouse, 2007), pp.