...Title Case analysis question: What are the strategies used by U.S. companies today to keep them union-free and why is it critical to the success of an organization in meeting its goals and mission? Introduction: This week case analysis, Treadway Tire Company’s presents a great topic of discussion for everyone and a possible open channel to further study unions and the cause and effect within the work force. As we review in-depth the case of Treadway Tire Company, it provides an opportunity for the reader to ask several key important questions like what are the strategies used by U.S. companies today to keep them union-free and why is it critical to the success of any organization in meeting its goals and mission? Clearly this paper focuses on those issues and show how the Treadway Tire Company’s efforts to curtail the rising cost of doing business in the tire manufacturing industry suffered, while having to deal with multiple growing union and employee issues, that cripple and destroy the organization ultimately failing its goals. Look pass Treadway Tire: In order to better understand the problem we need to step back and take a better in-depth look at the overall picture. First and foremost, why were unions created, previously I prepared a paper about the labor movement in the United States and how it gained its humble beginnings in 1768. How it fought and struck a good blow for the worker by protesting wage reduction. Since then, the fight for fair wages and decent...
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...Management and leadership are required for companies so that they are able to succeed. Planning, organizing, directing, and controlling are a must in order to be effective in management and leadership, as well as being able to problem solve, make decision, and have organization communication. Leadership styles are important as well and the still that is chosen can help the leader get the other people on his time to follow them. Managers should be good leaders and good leaders, should have management skills to perform well. Management Management means that you are able to plan and organize an organization or a group of people. By being successful in management, employees will be more productive and enjoy doing their work. According to Teal (1996), when a company is in trouble and employees are unhappy they will complain about management. Management must plan by setting goals and find the best way to reach them (Collins, 2014). Developing a strategic plan, the company can establish the purpose of the company and the goal and objectives that need to be reached. Creating a mission statement can help motivate employees and help them understand the purpose of the company that they work for. Once the mission statement has been developed the next thing to do is look at the company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Being able to identify the strengths of the company, workforce can be motivated, weakness can cause poor workforce (Collins, 2014). Setting...
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...The New Business of Business Leaders: Talent Management The New Business of Business Leaders: Talent Management Introduction We live in an age when people are the business differentiators that power innovation in design, IT, supply chain, process, training, networking, communication, content, and everything else. People make the difference, and talent management is the business strategy to maximize that difference. Talent intelligence provides the information you need to truly know who is driving your organizational success and how to unlock the power of your people. Who provides the key to unlock that power? You. You are the line-of-business leader who hires the talent, makes the talent productive, develops the talent, moves the talent around, pays the talent, and manages performance. As a business manager, you are the one who makes the talent decisions every day that lead to business success. Over the course of this five-part white paper series, the role of business leaders in driving talent management functions is explored, with a particular focus on the tools and approaches that will make them successful. Other papers will address hiring and onboarding, learning and development, retaining and growing talent, and performance management and compensation. This paper addresses talent management and the importance of it to business leaders. 1 The New Business of Business Leaders: Talent Management Talent Practices That Fuel Business Success In the...
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...(2010) posit that “there is a relationship between the level of environmental turbulence and forces for change”. This has placed hyper-competitive demands for organizational change where organizational leaders are faced with the experience and challenge of whether they have an option when it comes to change (Boston 2000). However; despite the importance for organizational change, Durant (1999) notes that 60% - 70% of all organizational change projects fail with tremendous cost implications to the organizations in resources, time, money, etc. This has given rise to growing concerns at this time when change has become a norm in the life of organizations as a strategy for competitiveness and sustainability in response to the business environment (Connor et al 2003). Durant (1999) posits that one of main reasons for failed organizational change projects is linked to the role of leaders in organizational change. It is no doubt that organizational change involves complex and challenging change processes; thus, the imperative role of leadership been noted as key in addressing the complex and challenging issues of organizational change (Kennedy 2000). Senior & Fleming (2006) in discussing the role of leadership in organizational change posits organizational leader as an agent of change shouldered with the responsibility of taking the initiatives and practical steps needed in bringing the desired change in the organization. This brings us to a very important question:...
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...be able to support the unit’s mission no matter what it may be. The organizational mission could vary from unit level training, natural disaster assistance and go as far as combat. The first thing we as leaders need to take into effect is the organizational mission, both in peace time, tactical training and combat. This will set the tone for required training needed to be an effective leader in order to support the unit at the organizational level as well as the tactical level. I believe that Tactical Leadership is developed from previous experiences obtained through training performed at the organizational level. Everything we do as leaders is in preparation to support the organization at the unit level in peace time as well as at the tactical level during war, or tactical training. In order for this to work effectively leaders must follow set standard operating procedures (SOP’s). Leaders are constantly evolving, and without defined parameters established thru SOPs we as leader will not be effective. These standards were set in place to assist shaping organizational leaders into tactical leaders. Basic leadership skills and competencies play another important part as well. These skills must continuously be honed and improved on. I believe as a leader...
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...I am a conscientious, responsible, enthusiastic and open minded young lady with fervour to pursue a career in social work. Over the last two years I have been working in a social care field and I feel that undertaking this degree programme will be the next step in my career. I have chosen social care because I get immense satisfaction from helping those in need. I have experience of working in a variety of settings which allowed me to meet and work with a diverse range of service users. In my current role as a Forensic Mental Health Support Worker, I support individuals with mental health disorder who are offenders, people who have been in contact with the Criminal Justice System and who have been transferred to secure hospitals. I work in a 24hr high support residential project, with individuals who experience a variety of mental health disorders. I have gained a lot of insight into the various types of mental illness and how they affect each individual differently and the difficulties they face daily. Due to this insight I have gained, I am able to promote choice and well-being amongst my clients by affecting positive change where possible and empowering them to live an independent life when possible. I support my clients with their daily living skills, I provide emotional support by helping my clients to cope with stressful situations or changes in their lives and liaise with appropriate agencies for them to get the personalise care they require. However, if they are unable...
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...Buddy learns how to play the system and succumbs to Mr. Gekko’s illegal trading practices and greed. Section II: Leadership Application Gordon Gekko is the main leader throughout most of the movie. As the main leader Gordon Gekko demonstrates leadership characteristics that are charismatic, confident, enthusiastic, tactful, bearing, and decisive. His leadership emerged when he demonstrated the ability to make solid decision rather quickly. Gordon Gekko said “the most valuable commodity is information” (Pressman & Stone, 1987). He used his analytical skills to evaluate the trends of struggling organizations and used that information to make risky and mostly successful decisions. His leadership also emerged when he began to use his power to have such a strong influence over Bud Fox to get the results he wanted. Mr. Gekko was able to communicate with people in a direct and effective manner. He was able to conduct and control his manners and his emotions up until the end. His appearance, his posture, and his mannerism reflected self-confidence and self-control. Beyond ordinary leadership, Gordon Gekko was a strategic leader because he was able think, act, and influence others to get what he needed to sustain his company’s competitive advantage and make money (Hughes & Beatty, 2005). As a strategic leader Gordon Gekko consistently scanned his...
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...handles over two hundred million dollars in charges for more than twelve hundred physicians in eighty-four medical groups throughout the United States Kouzes & Posner (2002). This paper will identify the servant leadership dimensions demonstrated by Jean Campbell that contributed to Synergistic Systems Inc. not only surviving the earthquake but growing and thriving during this unfortunate incident. Jean Campbell Profile in Servant Leadership As Jean Campbell was looking at the damage to SSI that had taken place from the earthquake, she was already formulating a plan for keeping her clients informed of the company’s status. Communication and listening not only to ones followers, but to one’s clients is a characteristic of a servant leader Northouse (2013). By applying this characteristic, Jean demonstrated to her clients that although SSI had been struck by disaster that she were also mindful of their needs. Jean’s initial objectives were to keep revenues flowing to her clients and to be fully operational within two weeks Kouzes &Posner (2002). This is an excellent demonstration...
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...A Summary of the Key Thought Leaders of the Classical School of Management Beth J. Beal Mary Baldwin College BUAD200L WA SP2014 Principles of Management A Summary of the Key Thought Leaders of the Classical School of Management Introduction According to Daft (2009) "Management is the attainment of organizational goals in an effective and efficient manner through planning, organizing, leading, and controlling organizational resources." The classical school of management often referred to as the "Classical School of Thought" was born in the early 1900s out of a need to run organizations efficiently, and it is so named because it comprises the first works and contributions that make up the core of modern management theory. Classical theorists viewed workers as a production instrument and were interested in finding ways to use people efficiently or in "one best way" through the application of science (Lindsey, 1998). It was also during this period of development that the five basic functions of management were identified: planning, organizing, command, coordination, and controlling (Wren, 1994). These five functions are often referred to as "the management process" (Wren, 1994). The classical viewpoint sought to find ways to manage work and run the organization in the most efficient manner, and is made up of the following three major approaches. The scientific management approach represented by the work of Frederick W. Taylor and supporting efforts of Frank and Lillian...
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...A leader of Logistics and Supply chain management: Ronald H. Ballou Chen Wang University of Windsor ELIP 3 Section 7 Instructor: Mary Wheeler Introduction: Background information Logistics and supply chain management, as a vital business activity, to some extent, has became a new core of business management today, compared with traditional fields such as finance, marketing, and production. Being a theoretical expert and practical leader in the field, Ronald H. Ballou, who is the professor of Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, has been standing at the top level in modern logistics’ research and application. In academic research, he published more than 50 articles in professional logistics journals and teaching materials he wrote has been using in relative teaching fields. In application area, he is a welcomed consultant to many companies on logistics issues. He is the model of theory- practice bond in the fields. Issue identification It is obvious that there are various components of a typical logistics system, such as inventory control, material handling, plant and warehouse site selection, packaging, traffic and transportation, etc.. Song (2007, p. 11) states that whether these procedures can be reasonably and exactly designed is the key to companies cutting down their costs and creating more value. In simpler words, it refers to reducing redundant spaces and wasteful time. Upon this, Ronald H. Ballou developed the computer software...
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...MIR 17 HOW SOCIAL NETWORKS AND OPINION LEADERS AFFECT THE ADOPTION OF NEW PRODUCTS Raghuram Iyengar, Christophe Van den Bulte, John Eichert, Bruce West, and Thomas W. Valente Do word-of-mouth and other peer influence processes really affect how quickly people adopt a new product? Can one identify the most influential customers and hence those who are good seeding points for a word-of-mouth marketing campaign? Can one also identify those customers most likely to be influenced by their peers? A pharmaceutical company seeking to improve its marketing effectiveness by leveraging social dynamics among physicians set out to answer these questions. There is indeed evidence of social influence, even after controlling for sales calls and individual characteristics. Also, people who are central in the network and those who use the product intensively are more influential. Finally, people who view themselves as opinion leaders are less affected by peer influence, whereas people who others really turn to for information or advice are not differentially affected. This last finding suggests that self-reported opinion leadership captures self-confidence, whereas a central position in the social network captures true leadership. Since sociometric techniques identify true opinion leaders more effectively than self-reports do, word-of-mouth programs targeting sociometric leaders are expected to be more effective than programs targeting self-reported leaders. THE AUTHORS Raghuram Iyengar, Assistant...
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...What Outdoor Education done for me….by Abdul Kahlid, 25 May 2010 As I ponder on the question that stares into me, I sit writing this piece of reflection with the knowledge that I benefitted from an institution which the late Dr Goh Keng Swee created – Outward Bound School of Singapore – in 1967, as a form of holy order that all young Singapore pre-National Servicemen had to undergo as a preparation before the actual military service. He was certainly ahead of his time and who would have thought the institution he created in 1967 is now one of the leading institutions that shape character and leadership for people of all walks of life and age. My early experiences and exposure of the outdoors was through Boy Scouts. I was conscripted into the boy scouts unit when I was in secondary 2, though there was no scout unit in my secondary school. This was to be made possible as I joined an Open unit, which was open to students of secondary school who had no scout unit in its premises. My very simple reason for wanting to join the Boy Scouts unit were to have a chance to experience the outdoors, get close to nature, be skilled in craftsmanship (I learnt that I would learn to tie knots, pitch tents, use a stove, operate kerosene lamps, learn some survival skills and many more), as well as forge friendship and brotherhood with others. I was curious about expeditions, mountain climbing trips and wondered what it would be like to trek through one. My years in Scouts opened my eyes...
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...individuals in the same community to publicly demean one another in the way many politicians in the ruling Government and certain sectors of the opposition talk about each other today. There is no doubt that society would reprimand any citizens for not respecting each other or for publicly bringing down their dignity to disrepute. UPND believes that Politicians are supposed to be individuals of integrity and responsible leaders of our country, yet actions of some politicians in the ruling government appear like people who do not want to serve the interests of the Zambians but their own interests. It shouldn't be a mystery to anyone why things don't get done in Zambia when we see how the ruling Government and some opposition leaders talk to one another other. The question is why have our politicians that are in Government become so malicious toward those in the opposition over the years? • Is it that they do not have true leadership attributes, • Or is it that they are just power hungry, • Or is it that our culture has lost its identity, that our leaders do not exhibit good morals • Or is it that they may have just done away with their dignity, • Or is it that possibly our African politics have been marred and corroded with the western type of politics. Some politicians seem to have lost their true identity and dignity as Africans, their culture and their morals don’t seem to be there. The aim of...
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...need leadership skills, but not all effective leaders need management skills. To be good mangers need leadership skills as well as managerial skills both skills are necessarily for the organizational management. What is leadership? When people think of leaders, mostly mean politic leader like Churchill, Hitler, Morgan, Nikson and so on but now in the 2010; leaders concern and involve in the business and organization roles rather than the politician who tend to be at the top of the country or militaries owing to presently it is said that we are in the globalization era which technology and communication such as iphone, facebook, twister etc. become socially involved in life, more necessary and affordable. So the leaders play roles differently, however, much more important in the business world in the manager’s roles. Shackleton (1996) described about leadership definitions involves three components: influence, group and goal. First, leaders are who influence the behavior of others. Secondly examine in the context of a group, work group such as managers and their terms or foremen and their subordinates. Last, leadership stresses a group goal that has to be accomplished. Leadership is the process in which influences other group members towards the attainment of group or organizational goals. Leaders may influence followers, but followers influence leaders to lead in one way rather than other. Leadership and management It is mentioned that Leadership is about vision...
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