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What skills do you consider most important when it comes to teams and teamwork?
Which of these skills do you feel you possess and which ones do you need to further develop?
What are some effective strategies for enhancing successful team performance?
How can these strategies help to decrease threats to team performance and motivation?
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How do God want you to trust his plan in the midst of life daily difficulties and how does God want you to be a blessing to other?
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8. What are the most important differences between public- and private-sector collective bargaining?
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Your text indicated that it is increasingly popular to have a variety of sources evaluate an employee's performance. This practice is called 360-degree feedback. Imagine that you have been asked to design a 360- feedback system for servers (waiters, waitresses) in a restaurant. On the lines below, indicate what sources you would use to gather feedback. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Comments ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
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Learning Activity #1 - Theme 1
The article, The Balanced Scorecard, as well as this week’s readings discusses the balanced scorecard.
Artemus Gordon is mentoring a new management trainee. The new trainee is unfamiliar with the balance scorecard and its use in the production department. Artemus says,
“The best tool a manager has is a balanced scorecard because...”.
Finish the statement by explaining the purpose of a balance scorecard and how it functions.
Then, compare the value of the SWOT tool to the value of the Balance Scorecard. Do you agree with Artemus that the Balance Scorecard has more value or are we comparing apples and oranges?
Learning Activity #2 - Theme 2
Traditionally, the managerial function of controlling is not to be confused with control in the behavior or in the manipulative sense. The control function does not imply that managers should attempt to control or to manipulate the personalities, values, attitudes, or emotions of his or her employees. Instead, this function of management concerns the manager’s role in taking necessary actions to ensure that the work-related activities of employees are consistent with, and contribute toward the accomplishment of organizational and departmental objectives.
Research the concept of the virtual organization. Then, explain how a manager can measure work that is performed when the employee may be 5,000 miles away? Be sure to consider the virtual and global organizations and how a manager would control and measure work from afar.
PLEASE PROVIDE REFERENCES FOR ALL WORK CITED
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Collective Bargaining. SDBC Holdings, Inc., acquired Stella D'oro Biscut Co., a bakery in New York City. At the time, a collective bargaining agreement existed between Stella D'oro and Local 50, Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers, and Grain Millers International Union. During negotiations to renew the agreement, Stella D'oro allowed Local 50 to examine and take notes on the company's financial statemtn and offered the union an opportunity to make its own copy. Stella D'oro, however, would not give Local 50 a copy. Did Stella D'oro engage in an unfair labor practice. Discuss. [SDBC Holding, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, 711 F.3d 281 (2d Cir. 2013)] (See Labor Unions)
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Please read the following made up story and come up with 1 1/2-2 page resolution to the story
Keeping
organizations properly succeeding is vital in our mission at OTC
(Organizational Theory Consultants). We pride ourselves in being
able to upright the most complex of situations involving various
organizations needing a turn around to keep from failing in their
specific industry. Organizations need to have their culture running
like a well
oiled machine to
avoid any hiccups which can have a negative impact. Culture is one
of the most important theories we at OTC focus on. Culture involves
a variety of different aspects that reside in the organizations we
are called into help. Culture can have many different
variable
that need to
be addressed such as the ethics, morals, values, synergy,
relationships, etc.
The culture within organizations is highly regarded in terms of success within the organization; a lack of culture can ultimately cripple an organization from the inside. “There are many definitions of organizational culture yet all pointing to the idea that culture represents a shared understanding of “How we do things around here.” It is comprised of written and unwritten, norms, beliefs, values, attitudes, and feelings that are expressed in the stories, rituals, ceremonies, behaviors, and the workplace’s physical setting. These different attributes contribute to the whole picture of the organization, creating essentially a personality based on how the company ticks internally. Culture within an organization is the most vital aspect that can be researched in depth in regards to success and failure within organizations.
We have been summoned to a semi large retailer in the D.C area whom provides a variety of services and the sale of goods, an overall general store. The morale among the store is quite well between associates and supervisors, with a clear and concise company goal of customer service. The associates of this retailer abide by this overall goal and respectfully the customers admire their attitude. The associates among themselves have formed a tight knit family like atmosphere, but with any organization there are a few bad apples that appear to want to go against the grain of the organization. From an outside picture this retailer has all the positive cultural aspects to remain a top competitor in their industry; but, the store owner has noticed the statistical sales are on in a dive bomb towards becoming bankrupt. The owner has called us to peel back the various layers of his organizations to identify the potentially fatal underlying issues.
Our team has been called into this retailer for a reason so we can take a thorough look into the underlying aspects as to why this retailer is beginning a downward spiral to failure. Once we identify the problematic organizational culture issues that present themselves then we can help turn this organizations into a positive trending successful retail store.
Prestige apparel has been in business for almost 10 years. Known by both their employees and customers to high moral and very little turnover it is surprising to many that they are currently facing the issues they are today and receiving such negative media attention. Almost two weeks ago a female employee reported a sexual harassment incident to HR and her immediate manager. Their response was that they saw no reason to take extreme measures and that having a sit-down with him should be enough. For years Prestige apparel has made it their business to ensure their employees of the fact that they have a work environment where they feel safe above all else. This situation changed things for some employees, they no longer felt safe and protected. A system that once made them feel safe by providing the ability to report incidents as such and know that they would be thoroughly investigated failed them. In this situation HR failed to take extreme measures because they did not want to lose a manager who has been employed for years with the company and produces great numbers. Not only is this unethical but their lack of holding this individual accountable for their actions have caused a huge uproar in a once safe workplace. Employees no longer come to work with the same work ethic they once did. The moral has completely shifted, and the tension can be felt amongst the customers every time they enter the store.
Prestige’s decision to turn a blind eye on a situation this serious has resulted in the employee feeling as if their only choices were to quit or stay and deal with the possibility that it could possibly occur again and be sweep under the rug. The employee decided to take matters into her own had and go public with her story which is now drawing negative media attention to the company. What once made this company unique were their company values; employees were always encouraged to be themselves, to work as a team to accomplish/meet goals, to protect and treat one another with respect has suddenly fallen to the waist side. As time passed they ultimately forgot to keep the pace of a once family-oriented work environment and some managers became more obsessed with company gains and meeting their sales in order to receive their bonuses at the end of each quarter. Once money became the main goal all ethical standards went out of the window. Upper management turned a blind eye to important issues taking place under their noses in order to keep their highest earners in que. Now that the media has caught wind of this situation loyal customers and investors are demanding the company take action. Failure to do so can greatly impact the future of the company.
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In your post, discuss what you believe will be one of the biggest challenges for operations and transportation professionals in the next 10 to 20 years. Whether it is achieving sustainability, a shift in the marketplace, or the demand for even more service at a lower cost, articulate what you believe we must be ready to tackle.
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Write about THE GLOBAL POLITICAL ECOLOGY ACADEMY AWARDS.
include sources used please.
answer must be more than 300 words
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When you order from an online retailer, the data you provide is not protected by US privacy law. Does this fact cause you to reconsider setting up an account with a stored credit card number? What is the advantage of storing the credit card number? Do you think the advantage is worth the risk? Are you more willing to take the risk with some companies than with others? If so, state the criteria you use for choosing to take the risk.
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find an article related to any Long Term and Residential Care Issue. It could positive or negative. Please make sure it is from 2018. You are going to give a summary of the article and your reaction to the article as well the article web address.
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please discuss the case involving the United States of America versus Ross Ulbricht.
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The city of Bozeman, Montana, requires job candidates to list their social networking sites, usernames, and passwords on the city employee application. City Attorney Greg Sullivan explained that the city has “positions ranging from fire and police, which require people of high integrity for those positions, all the way down to the lifeguards and the folks that work in city hall here. So, we do those types of investigations to make sure the people that we hire have the highest moral character and are a good fit for the City.” No prospective employee has yet to remove his/her name because of the requirement. Yet, with such high access to a prospect’s profile, it could become difficult for human resources to not be aware of a candidate’s ethnicity or even religious affiliation.
Has the city justified its decision to ask for this information? Would you be comfortable if a prospective employer asked you for this information? Why or why not?
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Should an advertisement be treated as an offer rather than an invitation to make an offer? Why or why not?
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