COM 405 week 7 discussion

A depressed employee's manager is having trouble with the said depressed employee. Although the employee if achieving her quotas, she is having difficulties submitting her reports and her manager feels like she is bringing down her entire team. Almost everyone in the company knows that the company has counseling services for its employees, but are reluctant to go. What should the manager do to address this issue? Should she push through with her initial plan of terminating the depressed employee?

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"You have two equally qualified employees who both deserve a promotion. However, you only have one available position. How would you determine who gets the promotion and justify your decision to both employees?" This question challenges managers to consider their decision-making process, their ability to assess and compare employees' qualifications objectively, and their communication skills in handling potential disappointment or conflict.

You are in your last semester of college and have been looking for a job. You have registered with the placement office and posted your résumé online, but the jobs that are available leave a bit to be desired. In one of your classes you overhear a classmate, Bernardo, talking about an interview he had last week. Bernardo said that he really wanted the job but didn’t think his interview went particularly well. He is currently waiting to hear back from the employer. As Bernardo was describing the position, you thought it sounded very interesting, but you wondered if it would be right for you to pursue the position since Bernardo had found it first.   Question: Should you apply for the job? Should you wait until Bernardo hears from the employer?

Use your knowledge of organizational structure to select the term that best completes each sentence. If you are starting a new company and need employees to do a variety of things while you make most of the decisions yourself, you would use a      organizational structure. Use your knowledge of organizational structure to select the term that best fits each scenario or description. If you are working in a consulting company and need to form short-term cross-functional and cross-level project teams to serve client needs, what type of organizational structure should you use? A. A team-based structure B. A lattice structure C. A bureaucratic structure

Meeting planners must learn how to deal with all kinds of people. Suppose you are the meeting planner. At the meeting, there is one participant who monopolizes speakers with questions after each event. Other attendees feel frustrated and come to you to complain. How would you handle the situation?

Your instructor has been asked by the county emergency services to find volunteers for their next county-wide disaster drill. You are intrigued and your entire class has chosen to participate. On the day of the county-wide drill, your class is divided into groups and taken to different locations. All of your classmates are “victims” of a 9.0 earthquake close to your home. You are either dead or have simple to complex injuries. The organizers have provided food for a midmorning snack and a box lunch. At the end of the drill, you are bussed back to your departure point. All of your classmates are returning at different times. The drill was on a Friday, so you have not seen any of your classmates for feedback before the weekend. On Monday, as the class is about to begin, students are exchanging stories and everyone seems to be saying the same thing. Although everyone enjoyed the drill, they felt that the hospital participants were very disorganized. Personnel did not know procedures or…

Analyze each reaction against the proposed situation in: Counterproductive, Ineffective, Not very effective, Reasonably effective, Effective or Very effective. You are returning from a few days off. Tomorrow you need to make a presentation to the board and your manager has prepared the slides for you. He did this because he knew you would have little time and thought it best for you to focus on preparing the presentation itself. However, the slides are bad, with little impact and far from what you think is ideal. You: - Explain the situation to your manager, comment on what points the presentation might be best for and ask him to get the slides right before the presentation.   Counterproductive Ineffective Not very effective Reasonably effective Effective Very effective   - Focuses on improving the slides so that they are the way you would like them for tomorrow.   Counterproductive Ineffective Not very effective Reasonably effective Effective Very effective   - It fixes only a few…

Kaily Bach was recently promoted to the managing director's position at Big Wheel Bikes, Inc. Kaily was told by her boss that she received the promotion because he believed she had the management skills necessary to help the company become more efficient and effective.  During her first week, Kaily first compared the actual revenues and expenses of the company with desired results. She also met with employees to get their feedback and suggestions.  Armed with this information, she formulated the future course of action for Big Wheel Bikes. One of her short-term goals is to provide the employees of Big Wheel Bikes with flexible working schedules. Another short-term goal is to create business lunches, in which groups of five employees meet over lunch to discuss organizational objectives. Kaily is confident she can lead the company into a prosperous future.   Refer to Big Wheel Bikes, Inc. Kaily's formulation of a future course of action for Big Wheel Bikes is an example of the…

Kaily Bach was recently promoted to the managing director's position at Big Wheel Bikes, Inc. Kaily was told by her boss that she received the promotion because he believed she had the management skills necessary to help the company become more efficient and effective.  During her first week, Kaily first compared the actual revenues and expenses of the company with desired results. She also met with employees to get their feedback and suggestions.  Armed with this information, she formulated the future course of action for Big Wheel Bikes. One of her short-term goals is to provide the employees of Big Wheel Bikes with flexible working schedules. Another short-term goal is to create business lunches, in which groups of five employees meet over lunch to discuss organizational objectives. Kaily is confident she can lead the company into a prosperous future.   Refer to Big Wheel Bikes, Inc. Which of Clark Wilson's three skill categories is involved when Kaily implements the lunch sessions?…

Kaily Bach was recently promoted to the managing director's position at Big Wheel Bikes, Inc. Kaily was told by her boss that she received the promotion because he believed she had the management skills necessary to help the company become more efficient and effective.  During her first week, Kaily first compared the actual revenues and expenses of the company with desired results. She also met with employees to get their feedback and suggestions.  Armed with this information, she formulated the future course of action for Big Wheel Bikes. One of her short-term goals is to provide the employees of Big Wheel Bikes with flexible working schedules. Another short-term goal is to create business lunches, in which groups of five employees meet over lunch to discuss organizational objectives. Kaily is confident she can lead the company into a prosperous future.   Refer to Big Wheel Bikes, Inc. Which managerial function is Kaily performing when she compares the actual revenue and expense…

You are a trainee accountant in your second year of training within a small organization. A more senior trainee has been on sick leave, and you are due to go on study leave. You have been told by your manager that, before you go on leave, you must complete some complicated settlement work. The deadline suggested appears unrealistic, given the complexity of the work. You feel that you are not sufficiently experienced to complete the work alone. You would need additional supervision to complete it to the required standard, and your manager appears unable to offer the necessary support. If you try to complete the work within the proposed timeframe but fail to meet the expected quality, you could face consequences on your return from study leave. You feel slightly intimidated by your manager, and also feel pressure to do what you can for the organization in what are challenging times. While looking at this scenario, explain whether any precepts of common morality help or create a hurdle in…

Consider the scenario, and then answer the corresponding question. You are working on a market research project with two coworkers, Jason and Leticia. Your boss, Shruti, sends an email to the team requesting an update on the team's progress. The team brainstorms and coordinates how to prepare the requested status report. Then, Leticia drafts the report and sends it to you via email. You make several revisions and send the draft to Jason to edit and proofread. He then sends the report to Shruti, who reads it and is quite pleased with your progress. Shruti sends your team a congratulatory message for staying under budget and on schedule. Well done! When Shruti responds to your team with a congratulatory message, in which direction is the flow of communication? Downward O Lateral O Upward

Evidence suggests that the employees who already have the highest skill levels in an organization are the most likely to receive further training, while the lower-skilled employees most in need of training are less likely to receive it, either because those employees decline opportunities or because they are not selected to participate. Why might the situation described above happen? What criteria should be used to determine who is selected to participate in training programs? How can organizations encourage lower-skilled employees to take advantage of elective training opportunities?

Select an overseas country of your choosing (UK) and assume that you are employed in the human resources department for a large company(Grace Kennedy). The company has just reached an agreement to open a new sales office in this foreign country in order to better serve customers in that market. Although support personnel will be hired locally, three sales representatives from headquarters will be transferred to this office for a period of two years in order to get it “up and running.” The national sales manager has asked you to prepare a report outlining the intercultural communication issues that these sales reps likely will face. Your team will be required to research the business communication in this country and write a report to your Board of Directors that addresses the following that may play a role in impacting the success of these sales representatives in establishing an office in the country. a. What intercultural issues that the sales representatives will likely faces.

You are a new grad assigned to work on the surgical unit of your local hospital. During your first week, however, you hear many complaints about the unit’s nurse manager. The staff is complaining that she makes decision about things that affect them without asking for their input. They say their opinion about things just does not matter. You hear a lot of frustration in the break room and that the staff dislikes the manager and does not respect her. They avoid her and often defy her directives. No one has felt comfortable enough to talk to her about how he or she feels. What is the leadership style of the nurse manager, and what are the behavior styles of the staff? How are you going to be able to work comfortably in this environment?

You are a new grad assigned to work on the surgical unit of your local hospital. During your first week, however, you hear many complaints about the unit’s nurse manager. The staff is complaining that she makes decision about things that affect them without asking for their input. They say their opinion about things just does not matter. You hear a lot of frustration in the break room and that the staff dislikes the manager and does not respect her. They avoid her and often defy her directives. No one has felt comfortable enough to talk to her about how he or she feels. 1. Can you be a leader in this situation, and if so, how?

For this assignment, you will be required to identify a research topic that is relevant to your discipline of study. You will not be able to start the assignment until you understand what we mean by “research” in Introduction to Research, as you have probably understood the concept differently in previous modules and assignments. You will create a short, catchy title for the proposed research and describe the background and context in which the research would take place. You will need to formulate and present the research problem in such a way that the reader understands why this research is worth doing and why it is a manageable, specific problem that has not been researched before. This will require additional study and extensive reading. Once you have a well-developed research problem, you will describe the relevance of the research and formulate research question/s, explaining what outcomes you expect if you were to conduct the research. A relevant theory will need to be…

The board of directors of an organization considers that incentives for senior management are important to accomplish the business's objectives. The board of directors decides whether to give bonuses depending on the value of the company's stock at the end of each fiscal year. Bonuses will be paid in the form of stock, which managers may keep or sell on the open market. What are the ramifications of instituting such a rewards system?

Instructions In this exercise, read through the situational overview below. Using the information presented in Chapter 3 of your textbook, answer the following questions. Your answers should use a 12 point font, be double spaced, and use APA formatting to cite references on the last page of your assignment (if you use any external sources). It should be submitted as a Word or PDF document.  Situational Overview James Stilton is the chief executive officer (CEO) of RightLiving, Inc., a company that buys life insurance policies at a discount from terminally ill persons and sells the policies to investors. RightLiving pays the terminally ill patients a percentage of the future death benefit (usually 65%) and then sells the policies to investors for 85% of the value of the future benefit. The patients receive the cash to use for medical and other expenses, and the investors are "guaranteed" a positive return on their investment. The difference between the purchase and sale prices is…

You have just been appointed to head up the committee to plan the upcoming holiday party for your company, which employs around three hundred people. Susan, Mark, John, and Kathy have also been appointed to this committee. You have worked with Susan before and know that she will be a great worker. You have met Mark and Kathy, but do not know much about them. Unfortunately, you have heard that John can be difficult to work with. At any rate, you are really excited about planning this party and know that leading this committee will be a great opportunity to show your leadership skills. Based on this scenario and understanding of how to write internal e-mails, respond to the following: Create an e-mail draft to send to committee members about an initial meeting to discuss the party. In the e-mail, include any information that is appropriate to get everyone excited and on board to make this the best holiday party ever. Then, respond to the following: As this e-mail is being developed,…

Meetings take up a lot of productive time. If a meeting is going to take place it should be because there is no other way to acquire the same result. In your professional opinion,  should this meeting have even taken place? Could there have been another way to come up with a plan for the "outing"?  What could you suggest?

You are finance director in a public sector organization that has experienced difficulty attracting and retaining skilled staff. To assist in overcoming this problem, the board has engaged a consultant to recommend an improved benefits structure, to apply to all staff. The consultant has produced his report, and you have been asked to consider the proposed staff benefits structure, and make appropriate recommendations to the board. You study the report, conduct appropriate research, and assess the costs involved. You conclude that it will be necessary to increase staff costs, but you believe these will be offset by the efficiencies brought about by recruiting and retaining high-quality staff. The report contains the following recommendations: Benefits should be related to the length of service of members of staff. After one year of continuous employment, a member of staff will qualify for private health insurance. Private health insurance should cover the member of staff and his or her…

In the module you will read the case of the Preferential Treatment.Write a problem solving paper following the format listed in the module.The format provided directs you as to how to write the paper.You are to write a paragraph stating the problem, a situation analysis, state what the alternatives are, then write your recommendation.You are to state the pros and cons to each alternative.There are 5 alternatives, with the fifth alternative being "do nothing".This is your first draft. After you've turned in your first draft, I will grade it and provide feedback. In a later assignment you will revise your first draft and submit it. Introduction to ManagementPreferential TreatmentGeorge Mason was foreman of the Production Department of a small manufacturing company. Most of the time, he supervised about eight to ten people. One of his employees was Paula Whisler, a widowed woman with five small children. She was a very good worker, but she almost always was late for work in the morning.…

You receive four applications for the three positions. You have read their resumes and conducted interviews. Who do you hire for each role? Students will use a categorization table to match the right job to the right person. Pat is outgoing and likes working with people. Pat is friendly, organized and wants to be a part of a growing team. Teddy is creative and is interested in culinary arts. Teddy is interested in joining a new company in the hopes of helping develop the next great food destination. Robin likes working with numbers and is interested in joining a large organization with a clearly defined career path. Lee is detail oriented and likes working with numbers. Lee works well independently and wants to work for a start-up. Customer Bookkeeper Service Taco None Maestro

Juanita is a health science major and is anticipating a job search in three months. Juanita knows she wants to be a surgery technician. She understands the importance of networking as the No. 1 source of discovering a job. This is the first time Juanita has seriously considered networking, and she is a little worried about how to begin. Juanita is also concerned since she recently moved to the area to attend school and has not had much time to get to know many people. She has some acquaintances but wants to expand her network as quickly as possible and work on developing influential references.  what sources of networking you would recommend Juanita to use. Additionally, identify people resources she could draw on to develop her personal support system and her more formal job- and career-oriented network. What would you recommend Juanita pay attention to when she thinks about possible references and about the process of developing references?

Assume you are working for a Human Resource Department in a leading apparel company in Sri Lanka. Your board of directors have instructed you to initiate a management trainee programme to hire 10 talented management undergraduates to the organization. Assume you have already advertised this opportunity and you have received 1000 applications. Based on the information above, draft a proposal for the board of directors on how you will be selecting 10 individuals from the pool of applicants and how you would do the induction process for them. Budget approved for these activities are Rs. 2 000 000.00 1) Induction Programme

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Katie received an entry-level job offer from a clothing store. She feels the initial salary offer is too low. What is the first thing that she should do? O Request a 35% increase in salary. Agree to the salary and hope she will get a raise if she performs well. O Decline the job offer. O Research the starting salaries for this position in her geographic area.

You have been hired by the board of a mid-sized company to resolve a conflict. The co-founders are no longer speaking to one-another. They fundamentally disagree with the other person’s view of where the company should be going, and they cannot resolve the issue. Describe what type of conflict this is, the conflict process, and what you will do to resolve this issue.

Interview a manager in today’s work environment who has between 15 – 50 people reporting to him/her. If you would like to interview someone with more or less then this amount, send me a message and I may approve your request. You may interview a family member, someone from your current or past employment, a friend or neighbor, anyone who fits the above criteria. If you know an industry or company you would like to work in, someone from that company/industry would be an ideal interview subject. If you are unable to find someone to interview, please let me know in a reasonable amount of time and I will introduce you to someone whom you may interview.