...MICROBASE INC. DEVELOPING TALENT STRATEGIES AND ITS EFFECT ON EMPLOYEE MORALE Statement of the Problem This study tends to find out the effect of Developing Talent Strategies to Employee Morale. Precisely, it seeks answers to the following: 1. What are the demographic profile of the respondents based on the following: * Age * Gender * Civil Status * Rank or Position * Length of service 2. What are the Talent Strategies practiced by Microbase Inc.? 3. To what extent do these following Talent Strategies affect Employee Morale? 4. Which among these Talent Strategies has the greatest influence/impact on Employee Morale? 5. What is the level of Employee Morale based on the organizational behavior during fiscal year of 2012? 6. Is there a significant relationship between Developing Talent Strategies and Employee Morale? Conceptual Framework EMPLOYEE MORALE Based on organizational behavior during the fiscal year 2012 EMPLOYEE MORALE Based on organizational behavior during the fiscal year 2012 TALENT STRATEGIES * Leadership Team Assessment * Building Change Capability * Loyalty in Organization * Delivering Strategic Communication * Behavioral Training * E-recruitment TALENT STRATEGIES * Leadership Team Assessment * Building Change Capability * Loyalty in Organization * Delivering Strategic Communication * Behavioral Training * E-recruitment INDEPENDENT DEPENDENT ...
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...beginning of a project when developing a business case, and it's essential when you're identifying the tasks that you need to complete to deliver your project” (Mind Tools LTD, 2011). In this assignment, Tables one, two, and three are provided as tools to identify issues/opportunities, stakeholders, and the end-state goals. Issues and Opportunities One of the issues facing Intersect Investments is employee retention. The company needs a stable work force to help the company better serve the customer. The company is struggling with low employee morale. The company must develop a culture that helps promote positive motivation amongst their employees. The company will need to strengthen their culture with “the idea is that strong cultures create goal alignment, employee motivation, and needed structure and controls to improve organizational performance” (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2003). Sales have been anything but steady for Intersect Investments. Sales have been steadily declining. Much like employee satisfaction, customer satisfaction is also below a healthy level. Improving employee satisfaction will also improve customer satisfaction. Intersect Investments needs to improve the overall commitment of their workforce. “Organizational commitment also improves customer satisfaction because long-tenure employees have better knowledge...
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...UnitedHealth Group | Organization and Leadership Analysis | Western Governors University | | Miles Lee, Camryn | 3/10/2016 | The content of this paper is to evaluate the leadership style and practices of United Health Group while conducting a SWOT analysis and highlighting the strengths and weakness of the company. | Managing Organization Analysis: United Health Group Seeking to enhance the performance of the health care system and improving the overall health and well being of the people has been a part of United Health Group’s objective since the organization open its doors in 1974. Working with health care professionals and other key partners to expand access to quality health care; supporting the physician/patient relationship and empowering people with the information, guidance and tools needed to make personal informed health choices and decisions are the key objectives to United Health Group. Although much of the organization has changed over the years, these objectives to enhance the health care system and physician/patient relations while enhancing the overall well-being of their members have remained the same. In addition to UHG’s overall objectives, the organization operates by a set of values designed to maintain the innovation, integrity, compassion, performance and the internal and external relationships of the company. UHG prides itself on their values and have implemented policies to ensure that these values are exercised daily. One of the...
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...How can a good leader positively affect workplace morale? How can a bad leader negatively affect workplace morale? Can it ever happen that the inverse is true, i.e. a good leader having a negative affect on workplace morale? Cite a personal example of how a leader in a workplace setting affected your morale in an employment position. An effective leader can positively affect workplace morale by challenging and motivating followers at the same time. As stated by Mooney (2016) “Effective leaders who (…) empathize and appreciate their staff will have positive results.” When a leader is capable to inspire others it does make a difference on the employees’ behavior making them to perform better. On the other hand, ineffective managers, that don’t make an impact on their followers, or perhaps inspire them to be disengaged at work for lack of leadership skills, present usually negative results. I believe that when we take the definition of a leader as someone capable to inspire or influence others to follow his or her ideas, then yes, the inverse can be true when a good leader has a negative affect on workplace morale. Even a good leader can sometimes perform low and affect the morale at the workplace. Once when I as working in a part-time job as a student employee and had the opportunity to work with other students at an employment center for the school, we had an inspiring leader that was the director of the department. As qualified by Gabzhalilov (2016) leaders inspire people...
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...school systems across our great nation. Teachers are a vital part of the educational system for they provide the motivation and support that pupils need in order to succeed. Yet, teachers also need to be motivated and supported in order to be productive. Teacher morale could suffer due to constant stress of trying to meet the educational goals. Improving teacher morale has many benefits in that it can help teachers to maintain a positive attitude and be happier at work (Govindarajan, 2012). Ellanberg as cited by Govindarajan (2012) found that where morale was high, schools showed an increase in pupils’ academic achievement. Conversely, low levels of morale can lead to decreased teacher productivity and burnout. Recent studies found out that the academic achievement of pupils in the Division of Antique did not meet the standard set by the Department of Education (Arguelles, 2012; Ople,2012; Doronila, 2011; and Cabasan, 2011). Moreover, as observed by the researcher being one of the teachers in the division, the attitudes and enthusiasm of teachers towards their work seems below the standards also. This situation aroused the interest of the researcher to conduct a study to examine the level of teachers’ morale in relation to pupils’ academic achievement, hence this study....
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...InterContinental University Abstract This paper will address the internet structure of an organization and the traditional structure of an organization. The Appalachian Lending Corporation is a small finance organization that will be used to show the traditional organization. The online retailer used will be eBay. The management and leadership roles and functions will be explained. Two challenges facing both the types of organizations will be described. The similarities of the challenges will be discussed. Suggestions will be given, about how to transition from a brick and mortar organization, to an online organization. Traditional Versus Online Management The new age of business is moving towards the internet age of business. The internet is attractive compared to the traditional brick and mortar because of the low startup costs. New companies need less capital for their initial startup and this allows more small businesses to be established. The internet also allows new businesses to reach consumer markets, which could not be reached before, by the brick and mortar businesses. With the change in the type of business comes the change in the leadership styles and management styles needed to run these businesses effectively. This paper will look at both, brick and mortar and internet organizations, and discuss the differences in structure, management obstacles and the solutions to these issues. Addressing Management and Leaders The titles Management and Leaders are sometimes...
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...Leadership Style Charlene Taylor WGU 000345193 Leadership Style Analysis There are many leadership styles that were presented in the reading. As well as the reading, I completed an assessment “What’s Your Leadership Style?” (About.com). This assessment, as well as my reading of the material identified my style as participative and situational leadership. Participative leadership involves engaging multiple group members in the decision making process, as well as problem solving. The leader does have the final choice in the decision. This style of leadership helps to encourage and motivate group members. “This style of leadership often leads to more effective and accurate decisions, since no leader can be an expert in all areas” (About.com). As a participative leader, I always drive teamwork among my team. This gives the members of my team the ability to share in the decision making processes of the company. Participative leadership does have some negative factors. Participative leadership “results in extensive and time-consuming team meetings and committee work” (Dublin, 2010). Many managers also believe that giving group members a share in the decision making lowers their power. Another weakness in this style is that a decision cannot be made until the entire group agrees on something. This can slow down productivity, as the group argues and discusses the points until everyone unanimously agrees. Situational leadership occurs...
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...* GM 591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Course Project Outline Ashanta’ Savage 2331 Turnesa Avenue, Sacramento Ca, 95822 ashantasavage@hotmail.com 916-844-9269 GM591 ON/SEC V – Leadership and Organizational Behavior Professor Anne Hallcom February 19, 2011 DeVry University is an accredited nationwide University whose headquarters are based in Chicago, Illinois; there has also been global expansion to Belize and Calgary. DeVry University’s primary goal and focus is providing quality practitioner oriented education to students and has for nearly 80 years. “The Sacramento Center, as the campus is called, is booming. Marcela Iglesias, who has been dean since it opened in 2003, estimates that the campus will exceed its capacity of 825 students within a year, and DeVry officials have begun to search for more space.” (Keller, 2010). Along with DeVry University, Carrington College, Ross University, Keller Graduate School of Management, Becker and Stalla have also been acquired under the DeVry University Inc. umbrella and are affiliated with the brand. Advanced Academics is a school recently acquired that is targeted to middle school and high school students as a means of completing their middle school and high school degrees, to ensure a greater chance of success and continuing their education after they graduate; and also been acquired under the DeVry University Inc. umbrella and are affiliated with the brand. “DeVry's origins trace back to 1931...
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...[pic] Training Proposal Fundamental Communication Skills Training for Managers Prepared For: Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness 44 Cooper Square New York, NY 10003 Provided By: Personnel Fusion Consultants Table of Contents ICPH Background: The Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness is an independent nonprofit organization that was founded in New York City in 1990. The organization was formed after the late 1980’s when family homelessness rates was increasing in the United States. (ICPH) is a research and development organization that studies the motives of family homelessness and as well, develops data to inform and help enhance public policy for family homelessness. During their past 25 years of service, the Institute of Children, Poverty and Homelessness has been committed to advance statistics as they believe this data is what interests the public and political provision to help with homeless families. Their mission is to study the impact of poverty on family and child well-being and to generate research that will enhance public policies and programs affecting poor and homeless children and their families. ICPH examines the condition of extreme poverty in the United States and its effect on educational attainment, housing, employment...
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...Increasing Employee Motivation LDR 531 October 26, 2011 Increasing Employee Motivation Employee work ethic is an important part of a business. In some cases, success of the business depends on employee motivation. When employees are not pleased in the workplace, it can cause the company to suffer. Motivation is a vital key in obtaining successful work ethic from employees. Quality Support Coordination, Inc., is a company that assists individuals with physical, mental, and developmental disabilities. Other requirements include being recipients of Medicaid and a part of the Waiver program with the state of Louisiana. The company works with at least 5 different waiver programs that include NOW, Supports, Elderly and Disabled Adult, Children’s Choice, and EPSDT. Approximately, 50 men and women are employed at the Metairie office. The work a case manager does is often redundant. In order to increase employee morale, it is critical to take a look at the current state of the office. Once this is assessed, different approaches of how to increase employee motivation and self-motivation should be developed. Finally, after the details of how this can happen, a line of attack will take place that will explain exactly how management can motivate employees and encourage employees to self-motivate themselves. The organizational structure of Quality Support Coordination, Inc. has the chain communication. The office is split into the different waivers. Every waiver program...
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...Case 1: Dick Spencer Major Issues In an attempt to address the inherited problems that faced Spencer, some major issues arose that must be addressed. These major issues include Spencer’s perceived micromanagement style, employee resistance to change, and the low morale of the employees in the organization. Spencer’s Micromanagement Style Spencer admits that accounting and human relations were his weakest subjects during his Master’s program which he tried to overcompensate for by attempting “to know in detail the accounting procedures [through] long hours of concentration and detailed conversations with the accounting staff’ (Buller & Schulter, 2003, p. 13) as well as practicing management by walking around. The problem was employees perceived his attempts as micro-management. This became apparent by some of the comments made by employees. One of the managers in the siding department expressed his frustration with the statement “‘I wish to hell he’d say up in the front office where he belongs. Whoever heard of a plant manager who has time to wander around the plant all the time? Why doesn’t he tend to his paper work and let us tend to our business?” (Buller & Schuler, 2003, p. 12). Another accounting staff member voiced their concerns to a co-worker with the following statements. “‘For a guy who’s a vice-president, he sure spends a lot of time breathing down our necks. Why doesn’t he simply tell us the kind of systems he would like to try, and let...
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...Resolving Morale and Turnover Issues within a Vital Organization Tierzah Lyon 10662 Crystal Lake Rd. Farmersville Station, NY 14060 tierzahjane@yahoo.com Keller Graduate School of Management at DeVry MGMT-591-20618 Leadership & Org Behavior Professor Joseph Neptune February 22, 2015 Abstract The organization discussed in this work of literature is Cuba Memorial Hospital, located in Cuba, NY. Cuba Memorial Hospital is named as a Critical Access Hospital through a federally supported program. This allows the hospital to choose which services best meet the needs of the community with 50+ employees. Cuba Memorial provides mostly long-term care treatment as the main bulk of their income. Like many other hospitals, Cuba Memorial Hospital (Cuba Memorial Hospital) went thru a significant downturn around 2008 due to fraud and theft of education funding and much more. Not only do they lose funding, but also they also almost get shutdown every six months due to not meeting regulations in controlling heat and air-conditioning, as well as having asbestos in the pipes, and a lack of food as they have maxed out their credits with many companies. It has been a roller coaster for many years. The main contributor for many issues among the organization is lack of morale and ethics within the company and this contribute to a very high turnover rate overall. Employees are not very good as well due to the lack of appreciation of everyone’s hard work...
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...Employee Engagement at Ultra Foods in Forest Park, IL. Course Project Prepared by: Omar Elane mrelane@sbcglobal.net Keller Graduate School of Management Professor: Donna Darr 6/9/12 Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………….3 Problem Statement………………………………………………………….4 Literature Review……………………………………………………………5 Analysis……………………………………………………………………….9 Proposed Solutions……………………………………….………………..11 Reflection…………………………………………………………………….13 References……………………………………………………………………15 Introduction The retail industry is pretty stabilized in today’s economy. The ability to have a competitive advantage is the key to survival. The grocery business has a history low job satisfaction and high performance which are costly to the organizations bottom line. This paper will document the issues that are affecting the organizational culture at the Ultra Foods in Forest Park, IL. Ultra Foods is the organization that will be closely analyzed for this course project. It is a privately owned, regional, super warehouse food retailer whose company headquarters is located in Highland, Indiana. It competes in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores under the NAICS number 445110(IBIS). The chain of stores is subsidiaries of the parent company Central Grocers. The chain has been undergoing constant growth and expanding in the states of Illinois and Indiana. The grocery chain reached a milestone in 2011 when they reached $1 billion dollars in sales. I recently...
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...Skills for Effective Leadership Marion Johnson Wilmington University Abstract It is understood that management, which is defined as the act, manner, or practice of managing, handling, supervision, or control directly affects almost every aspect of the workplace (American Heritage, 2000). An incompetent or careless manager can have a devastating impact on an organization. This incompetent manger can cause and perpetuate decreased employee performance, dissatisfied customers, and poor production. An effective manager will avoid such effects through circumspect consideration and implementation of innovative management strategies. A leader sets the tone for those they supervise. Having a weak or ineffective leadership style turns what could be a productive organization into one that lacks direction, is chaotic, and fails to live up to its potential. Incompetent central leadership can also cause a power struggle amongst the other remaining team members. Groups seek leadership; when leaders fail to use their powers others will maneuver to use the power left in the void. This can lead to a power-struggle and backstabbing (Morgan, 2007). There are a plethora of skills that are necessary for effective management (Humphrey & Stokes, 2000), and there are just as many guidelines and principles that lend themselves to the advancement of admirable leadership. Many of these will be familiar, while others may be more obscure, but it is, arguably, the most valuable of the many management...
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...Christian Academy DATE: May 16, 2012 SUBJECT: Improving employee morale and productivity in childcare facilities Attached is my proposal to provide director based training on improving morale among teachers and staff. The success of our centers is based on our parent-staff relations. According to 2012 Home daycare overview, daycare centers are now rated below average among in- home centers (Baby Center Medical Advisory Board, 2012). From my experience, parents are complaining that they are not having a good experience when speaking with teachers about behavior matters or in receiving reports of their child’s day. I have investigated further by listening to parents’ constant complaints of how upon entering the center they feel unwelcomed by the tone teachers are using and the lack of concern among directors. Centers in Louisiana are having a problem keeping their staff motivated, which leads to problems that impact the center as a whole. This project will educate directors and staff about the significance of high morale in daycare facilities. When the morale is high, teachers are happy and it is reflected in the lesson plans and interaction with the children. I will discuss the benefits of having a great director, how it correlates to improving the environment of your center eliminating high turnovers in staff and students. In an article written by Sherry Storm Eiselen, she discusses how leadership should be based on who you are as a director and the needs of...
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