Is it better to be relationship-motivated/concern for people or task-motivated/concern for the task. Is it better to be a transformational or transactional leader? Can a person be a transformational leader sometimes and a transactional leader other times? Is there a continuum for relationship-motivated and relationship-task or is it one or the other?
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strategic management
You are to develop the fundamentals of strategic plans for the Ford Motor Company and the Toyota Motor Corporation, two giants of the automobile industry. You are to develop SWOT analyses and propose strategies for the two multinational enterprises. In doing so, it will be necessary to research, analyze, and compare both firms to understand […]
Strategic management
Discuss the advantages and the disadvantages of the first mover and the last mover theories You should provide an unbiased comparison of the two theories. 1. Identify at least four advantages and four disadvantages for each theory and comprehensively show how each advantage or disadvantage affects the use of that theory (a minimum of 16 […]
Measurement
According to Berwick (1996), “measurement is only a handmaiden to improvement but improvement cannot act without it” (Sollecito & Johnson, p.78). Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why or why not? Provide at least three specific reasons to support your position.
Technology changing business
How Technology is Changing the Face of Business Today The traditional retail model has focused on finding high-margin, high-volume products or services because limited space means reduced space inventory. For example, organizations such as Walmart select the biggest hits from the broadest genres, called the “short head.” The short head means Walmart will only carry […]
Business Ethics and Legal
Question 1 Which of the ethical theories are you most sympathetic to? Why? Which of the ethical theories are you least sympathetic to? Why? Question 2 Critics raise a number of objections to the claim that the maximization of profits will always promote the general welfare. They argue that there are such things as “market […]
Duska’s discussion of whistle-blowing
Central to Duska’s discussion of whistle-blowing is his conception of loyalty. Do you find his account of loyalty convincing? What elements of it might you disagree with? What implications might an altered conception of loyalty have on his contention that whistle-blowing does not require moral justification?
Family assistance programs
Family assistance programs help employees with caring for loved ones, both young and old. Briefly describe the three types of family assistance programs and their benefits.
