...C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People Hermisecier Broussard C200 October 20, 2015 C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People In today’s society, if a company or organization wants to get ahead and progress ahead of the game, quality leadership practices must be set into place in that organization in order to have a blueprint of knowledge of where they are heading and trying to go business-wise. Although, there can be major role differences in the way that organizations implement their leadership practices, all of the approaches tend to be unified with the desired outcome of improving the organizations efficiency practices and growth in helping the organization to move forward in the direction that they want it to go. A1. Description of the Organization The ACS or Army Community Service center is a one stop family center that focuses on serving military communities all over the world. It was implemented and put into place to offer an array of services that include but is not limited to information and referral systems, relocation assistance programs, orientations and briefings, financial readiness, family advocacy, employment readiness programs, army family team building classes, army family action plans, army volunteer corps, swap and assist shops, food pantries and Christmas shops. These programs in some way shape or form are very important to the military, their families and communities in which they were designed to serve as a helping agent to assist...
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...Managing Organizations and leading People Task 1 Corinne C Dolan Western Governors University October 2015 Managing Organizations and Leading People Task 1 A1. Description of the Organization The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) is the leading medical center in South Carolina providing medical care to surrounding communities and training to future health care professionals with affiliations to six different colleges and universities. The Medical University was founded in 1924 as a Medical College for the training of physicians. It was one of the first medical universities in the United States. In 1955 it was expanded into the Medical University of South Carolina, the medical center it is today, providing health care and training health professionals is areas of pharmacy, nursing, medicine, graduate studies, health professions, and dental medicine. MUSC is a not for profit organization serving millions of people in South Carolina and surrounding states with over 12000 employees and training approximately 2600 health care professionals every year according to the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Administration website. The Mission of MUSC is to improve health and maximize quality of life through education, research and patient care. They have the Vision to be nationally recognized as a Premier Academic Medical Center and to be a leading and transformative Academic Health Center being recognized as top 25 among academic medical...
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...Table of Contents MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS & LEADING PEOPLE-BIP2 Task 2 2 Evaluation of my Personal Leadership Style 2 Reflection on the Results of my Seven Habits Profile 2 Self-Leadership Evaluation 4 Strengths and weaknesses identified 6 Recommendations. 7 Goals to improve my leadership practice. 8 References 9 MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS & LEADING PEOPLE-BIP2 Task 2 Evaluation of my Personal Leadership Style Reflection on the Results of my Seven Habits Profile The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (1989) is a business and self-help book bestseller. The work brings up that success comes from developing personal leadership, from which leadership of others can follow. I had the opportunity to participate in a one day seminar with Mr. Covey, sponsored by my employer in 2010. At the time I took the seminar, I was an experienced software developer but I wanted to transition to the role of project manager. Covey’s work helped me to identify and work on some of my behaviors, which in turn helped me to take on the project manager role successfully to date. I executed a particular approach, I applied Covey’s teachings to my transition to project management, and then to a personal level. One of the good consequences at a personal level was obtaining my bachelor’s degree at Western Governors University, in 2014. Covey’s work proposes that just changing outward behaviors or attitudes is not the way to succeed. First, our principles, the way we perceive the...
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...Managing Organizations & Leading People C200 Tuwanna McDaniel WGU Student 000555757 Managing Organizations & Leading People Task 1 Managing Organizations & Leading People C200 A1. Organization Description Describe the organization and its objectives Youth Villages is a residential mental health treatment facility for children founded in 1986. The owner Patrick Lawler, combined two residential campuses at that time to create one Youth Villages. The company's main goal then and now is to build strong families. Over the past 30 years the company has grown tremendously and is nationally known for its great work. While it is known for its residential treatment, Youth Villages encompasses many areas. Youth Villages is made up of five residential campuses in Memphis, TN and one residential campus in Linden, TN. There are two residential campuses in Georgia and one residential campus in Massachusetts. Youth Villages also has two wonderful intense in home treatment programs using multi systemic therapy. The company has an adoption and foster care program that began in 1999. The company also has implemented a Specialized Crisis Services in 2003 with trained counselors that are available 24 hours a day. They implemented a mentoring program and MYPAC (Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock). Finally, there is YVLifeSet, a transition to adulthood program. Patrick Lawler and Youth Villages has served more than 23,000 families across thirteen states. U.S. News & World Report recognized...
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...| Managing Organizations and Leading People Task 1 | A.1 Describe an Organization and its Objectives I would like to describe the organization once widely known as Kinko’s now recognized as Fedex-Kinko’s. More specifically, I would like to describe how the organization Kinko’s got its start and identify its objectives. Kinko’s was originally founded in 1970 by Paul Orfalea, a college student living in California. Named after Paul’s kinky hair, Kinko’s got its start as an effort to offer reasonably priced prints to other struggling college students. It quickly became the source for school materials and late night prints for last minute research papers. The company quickly grew and developed through the years to reach far beyond the average college students. With all of the business services and printing options offered it was no wonder that Kinko’s would eventually make its way into the offices of high executives in organizations across the county. Kinko’s locations began to pop up in every state offering services including small and exceptionally large prints offered in either black and white or full color. With the ability to offer computer rental and shipping, they became the office away from the office. Kinko’s takes pride in the ability to serve their customers in a timely and proficient manner. Their number one objective is to take care of their customer and they worked hard to develop relationships with each of their clients and they accomplish their goal...
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...Task 1: ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP ANALYSIS Assessment Code: C200/BIP Task1 Student Name: xxxx Student ID: xxxxx Date: October 30th 2014 Student Mentor Name: xxxx Task 1: ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP ANALYSIS 0 Organization Overview 2 Organization Description 3 Leadership Practices 4 Relationship between Leadership and Organizational Culture 7 SWOT Analysis 8 Organizational Strength 8 Organizational Weaknesses 9 Organizational Opportunities 10 Organizational Threats 10 Leadership Evaluation 11 Leadership Strengths 11 Leadership Weaknesses 13 Recommendations for Leadership Development 14 Organization Overview Organizational overview provides a framework of the organization. It would ideally be a catalogue all necessary information that would help an external party to assess the organizational fit in a better way and understand whether he/she is in total sync with the organizational goals and the other beneficiaries. The organizational overview addresses the following: * The mission and the history * The stakeholders * The goals and the programs * The budget * The outcomes and the achievements * The sponsors or the funders. I have chosen Salesforce.com as the organization for my analysis and believe that the description provided would help in giving a better understanding of the organization for any third party considering a position with the organization. This organization was developed about fifteen years ago...
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...globally because almost everyone has spilled gas on themselves or clothes. To have a product that will erase the smell would be beneficial as well. The other benefit of Gas-off is that it will be available in wipes and liquid as well. The consumer will also be able to purchase the product in many different store chains. Whenever a new product is being introduced, there are important steps that need to be taken in order to see of the products will be accepted. For instance, it is important to know if there is a need for products that are being introduced. Secondly, is there as place for the product in the global market. The three methods that I used to identify my target market are focus groups, feedback or surveys and lastly invite people to a...
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...------------------------------------------------- Task 1: Organization and Leadership Analysis Assessment Code: C200 Date: 9/1/14 Organization Overview In this section, I will give you a detailed description of my Chosen organization, leadership practices of its primary leader, and how the practice of the primary leader relates to the organization culture. My chosen organization is Smith Youth Center: an after school facility located in Denver. I will do an evaluation on Mr. John Smith, who was the site director. I choose this organization because I was once an employee there for several years and will like to better understand how having Mr. Smith as a leader affected the organization culture. Organization Description Smith Youth Center is a community center located in Denver. It is under the supervision of the Denver Parks and Recreation department. This organization was established on 1998 to serve as an after school program and a safe haven for children living in the neighborhood and surrounding areas. Due to its location, Smith Youth Center provides services to mostly children and families of the African American demographic. Serving the children warm meals are a routine part of everyday at the center. They are also assisted with homework and also have time to play games and have access to computers and the internet. On some Saturdays during the school year, the children are encouraged to participate in a Saturday school (Tutoring Program) where they learn about...
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...------------------------------------------------- Task 1: Organization and Leadership Analysis Table of Content Organization Overview 3 Organization Description 3 Leadership Practices 4 Relationship Between Leadership and Organizational Culture 6 SWOT Analysis 7 Organizational Strengths 7 Organizational Weaknesses 8 Organizational Opportunities 8 Organizational Threats 9 Leadership Evaluation 10 Leadership Strengths 10 Leadership Weaknesses 11 Recommendations for Leadership Development 13 References 14 Organization Overview In this section, I will give you a detailed description of my Chosen organization, leadership practices of its primary leader, and how the practice of the primary leader relates to the organization culture. My chosen organization is Weiser Park Youth Center (WPYC): an after school facility located in Fort Wayne Indiana. I will do an evaluation on Mr. Kweku Akan, who was the site director. I choose this organization because I was once an employee there for several years and will like to better understand how having Mr. Akan as a leader affected the organization culture. Organization Description Weiser Park Youth Center is a community center located in Fort Wayne Indiana. It is under the supervision of the City of Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation department. This organization was established on 1998 to serve as an after school program and a safe haven for children living in the neighborhood and surrounding areas. Due to its location...
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...A Leadership Self Evaluation A.1- See attached completed Seven Habits Profile A.1.a. The Seven Habits Profile reveals several areas of success in leading as well as areas of opportunity for me to improve my leadership. I believe that my high scores in the emotional bank account and think win-win category are major contributing factors to my ability to synergize well with coworkers. I am a people person and I prefer to work as a team rather than individually. It is important to me that everyone on our team succeeds. I get to know my team members on a personal and professional level , know their challenges in life, so that I can help them overcome those challenges. It is my belief that having happy employees leads to having positive customer interactions and more productive workdays. I believe that when employees know you want them to succeed it makes the synergizing process run more smoothly, as all parties know the intentions of the others are good. My proactive attitude; taking responsibility for my work, my mood, and my circumstances; is another reason for my success in the synergize category. I don’t need public credit for a job well done, but I do make a point to say when I have made a mistake. This helps to build trust and transparency. I want my employees to be able to come to me to admit when they have made a mistake as well so that we can work together to fix the error. Without a culture of transparency and trust errors can get hidden and come up later...
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...My Leadership Practices and Future C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People September 19th, 2014 My Leadership Practices and Future This following will outline my personal leadership practices and potential future leadership. To analyze my leadership qualities I will use the Seven Habits Profile and a leadership theory to determine my strengths, weaknesses, and areas of opportunity for improvement. In conclusion, I will determine the best recommendations for long-term improvement as well as SMART goals, or short-term courses of action, for leadership improvement. Seven Habits Profile The Seven Habits Profile revealed that I rank as outstanding in two categories, very good in six categories, and good in just one category. This seems to highlight what I am most exemplary at in terms of leadership, what I am just proficient at, and what presents itself as an opportunity for improvement. The main two strengths include having a work-life balance and being a proactive problem solver. An area of opportunity as indicated by the profile would be having the ability to synergize which is a combination of seeking the views of others and making creative decisions. The two strengths point to qualities I have constantly tried to improve upon. Earlier in my career, I was a bit of a workaholic and tended to bring work home with me. This resulted in a dismal personal life which eventually permeated negativity into my professional life as well. In light of...
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...Leading and managing change in organizations: Importance of human resource capacity building Term Paper (Individual Assignment) MCP 2135 – Leading and Managing Change in Organizations MBA in Human Resource Management Semester II – 2010/2012 Course Director : Prof. Sudatta Ranasinghe Professor of Management Name of the Student : Gamini Hettiarachchi Student Registration No. : 110046980 Date Submitted :16.05.2011 Word Count : 1662 words, 5 single side A4 pages Leading and managing change in organizations: Importance of human resource capacity building Term Paper (Individual Assignment) Abstract This term paper addresses human resource capacity building as a strategic instrument in leading and managing change in organizations. After describing the process and the basic steps in leading and managing change, the article has taken an effort to identify the role of leaders and the managers to derive a conceptual frame of reference to develop arguments in strategic importance of human resource capacity building in the process of leading and managing change in organization. To meet the challenges, negative as well as positive, HR capacity building is needed in most of the steps and stages in the process of leading and managing change in organizations. Further, developing human capacities has highlighted as one of the major roles and core functionalities of leaders and managers. Viewing human resources as human capital and beyond, the term paper argues that without...
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...effective managing and leading has been discussing for long. Being a good manager or leader in contemporary organizations is no longer just about establishing control over their subordinates, indeed successful managers and leaders are required to equip themselves with a diversity of skills and competences. This paper will be focusing on managing skills and competences from a personal point of view. First of all, some commonly cited skills and competencies that are essential for successful managing and leading in organizations will be identified and explained briefly. Secondly, one skill will be nominated as ‘the strength’ of mine. Thirdly, another skill, which is considered as ‘the complementary behavior’, will be nominated as well. Both nominated skills will be discussed in detail and analyses are conducted based on relevant personality, working experiences, previous learning in management theories as well as some typical self-assessment exercises. Key Managing and Leading Skills in Organizations In recent years, managing and leading organizations to compete against competitors and establish sustainable advantages is no longer an easy target to achieve. With the rapid changing world, the traditional way of controlling employees in order to meet objective is losing its effectiveness. Organizations are taking significant transformations in terms of managing styles. In fact, there is a wide range of managing and leading skills that could shape the way organizations are running...
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...for higher achievements. Historically, planning described a top-down approach in which top executives establish business plans and tell others to implement them. (Chapter 1: Managing) Organizing is constructing an active organization, setting up and coordinating the human, physical, financial, informational, and other advantages needed to reach goals. Organizing exhibitions involve drawing attention to people to an organization, specifying job restraints, minimizing work into units, placing and assigning resources, and setting conditions so that everyone and everything work in sync to achieve maximum success. In determining the internal structure, management must look at the different divisions or departments, the coordination of staff, and what is the best way to handle the necessary tasks and disbursement of information within the company. Management will then divide up the work that needs to be done, determine appropriate departments, and delegate authority and responsibilities. Building a dynamic organization, historically, organizing involved creating an organization chart by identifying business functions, establishing reporting relationships, and having a personnel department that administered plans, programs, and paperwork. (Chapter 1: Managing) Leading is driving people to be high performers. It includes...
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...Managing within the Functional Areas of Business sc MGT/521 December 7, 2013 rl Managing within the Functional Areas of Business Managers role in business today is as important in the fast paced business world as ever. Managing within functional areas of business, leadership, Human Resource management, law, and management has evolved significantly in recent years. With managers working in all levels of organizations, it is important to know who those managers are and what they are doing. With innovations such as the Internet and an environment of globalization, the roles of managers have grown exponentially. According to Robbins and Coulter (2012), "the dominant view in management theory and society in general is that managers are directly responsible for an organization’s success or failure" (Robbins & Coulter, 2012). Good managers can make the difference between harmony and chaos. Good bosses inspire and can make an impression on an individual that can last a lifetime making that individual a success in any organization. Conversely, a bad manager can make an impression on that same individual that can nurture a lifetime of bad work ethics. Managers are an important aspect of any organization as they are responsible for everything from planning, leading, implementing and controlling the aspects of everyday business practices. Without this managers, business would not work effectively. Managers ensure efficient and effective practices are in place in order for an...
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