Imagine that you are the owner of a small manufacturing company. Your company manufactures a commodity, widgets. Your widget is a clone of a nationally known widget. Your company’s widget, WooWoo, is less expensive and more readily available than the nationally known brand. Presently, the sales are high; however, there are many defects, which increase […]
Leadership
Leaders use power and influence to empower their employees. In Max DePree’s (1987) book, Leadership is an Art, there is an example of how the leaders empowered their employees to make decisions regardless of the consequences. DePree is the chairperson of Herman Miller, Inc., a Michigan-based office furniture maker and the son of the firm’s […]
leadership
Analyze the leadership style(s) of a senior executive (CEO, CFO, COO, Director, etc.) in your current or previous organization who made a positive or negative impact on you. Analyze the organizational structure and culture of the company for which you work (or would like to work) to determine its approach to team development, and whether […]
Communication
Much of the oral communication that goes on in business is the informal, person-to-person communication that occurs whenever people get together. Analyze and explain how the elements of good talking help us to communicate better?
Importance of employee management and training
Importance of employee management and training. Include an employee development and training plan
Role of HR
The changing role of HR How the organizational environment affects HR and how HR affects organizational culture How HR can be the force that leads change in an organization Fairness, opportunity, and legal Compliance within HR and HR practices How job descriptions and competencies affect work and the role of HR.
SWOT analysis
Create a SWOT analysis of the usefulness of talent management in general. List the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) that could propel an organization toward the creation of a specific method to identify and develop the talent within the organization.
Team development
Compare your previous team experiences with the different stages of team development. What happened for the team at each stage? Did your team get stuck at one particular stage, say, the storming stage? What happened, and what insights does it provide? Describe how your team worked toward becoming a high performance team with these special […]
Resistance to change.
Research the resistance to change in large system-change programs and address the following key points: Explain the concept of resistance to change. List and describe the various types and levels of resistance to change. Choose 1 type of resistance to change, and discuss how you would address that type of resistance at each stage in […]