...the ability to work together to get from point A to B. The Overhead Reduction Task Force is a case that exhibits this strong need to build a team in order to be the most effective in achieving goals. The group that has been assembled for Larry Williams to lead has many internal issues but also many opportunities for growth. To properly analyze this case, the initial meetings with both Georgia Dixon and the task force members needs to determined followed by predictions on how the first week of the task force went. The meeting with Dixon is crucial for Larry to establish clear and concise goals for himself and his future team. Through this meeting, Larry must also determine Dixon's position on the manner and assess to what extent she will be involved with the team. From the information provided in the case, it is clear that Dixon is essentially "dumping" this task on Larry and that she will not even be present for the first two weeks of the task force. From this, Larry has limited options on how to approach Dixon. Larry needs to identify from Dixon what the possible rewards are for success and consequences for failure are. From the additional information provided, Larry correctly approached Dixon in a manner that lead to the ability for Larry to use the upward appeal approach in influence tactics [Ch. 8]. By convincing Dixon to talk with the group initially,...
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...the ability to work together to get from point A to B. The Overhead Reduction Task Force is a case that exhibits this strong need to build a team in order to be the most effective in achieving goals. The group that has been assembled for Larry Williams to lead has many internal issues but also many opportunities for growth. To properly analyze this case, the initial meetings with both Georgia Dixon and the task force members needs to determined followed by predictions on how the first week of the task force went. The meeting with Dixon is crucial for Larry to establish clear and concise goals for himself and his future team. Through this meeting, Larry must also determine Dixon's position on the manner and assess to what extent she will be involved with the team. From the information provided in the case, it is clear that Dixon is essentially "dumping" this task on Larry and that she will not even be present for the first two weeks of the task force. From this, Larry has limited options on how to approach Dixon. Larry needs to identify from Dixon what the possible rewards are for success and consequences for failure are. From the additional information provided, Larry correctly approached Dixon in a manner that lead to the ability for Larry to use the upward appeal approach in influence tactics [Ch....
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...the ability to work together to get from point A to B. The Overhead Reduction Task Force is a case that exhibits this strong need to build a team in order to be the most effective in achieving goals. The group that has been assembled for Larry Williams to lead has many internal issues but also many opportunities for growth. To properly analyze this case, the initial meetings with both Georgia Dixon and the task force members needs to determined followed by predictions on how the first week of the task force went. The meeting with Dixon is crucial for Larry to establish clear and concise goals for himself and his future team. Through this meeting, Larry must also determine Dixon's position on the manner and assess to what extent she will be involved with the team. From the information provided in the case, it is clear that Dixon is essentially "dumping" this task on Larry and that she will not even be present for the first two weeks of the task force. From this, Larry has limited options on how to approach Dixon. Larry needs to identify from Dixon what the possible rewards are for success and consequences for failure are. From the additional information provided, Larry correctly approached Dixon in a manner that lead to the ability for Larry to use the upward appeal approach in influence tactics [Ch. 8]. By convincing Dixon to talk with the group initially,...
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...I am providing a brief update since our conference call on March 15, 2016. I received a phone call from Peggy on March 18th with an allegation that was reported to her by Larry. OHAN was contacted on the same day by both myself and Lasonia. Lasonia went to Avalonia to meet and speak with Larry for additional information. On Tuesday, OHAN returned Lasonia’s call to obtain additional information. I received a call from Preston stating an OHAN investigator (Mr. Williams) was present at Avalonia to speak with Larry and Mr. Williams wanted to know Peggy’s contact information. I received approval from Peggy on March 18, 2016 to share her contact information with the investigator if needed. A meeting was scheduled for 6:30p on March 22, 2016 with...
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...an element of fun and excitement that the work itself sometimes lacked. Ken knew he'd had an easy time of things over the last couple of years - he had been able to focus his energies on maintaining relationships with other departments and agencies and completing the complex reports he had to turn in each month. The department had practically run itself. Until now. The problem was Larry Gibson, one of the department's best employees. Well-liked by everyone in the department, Gibson had been a key contributor to developing a new online accounting system, and Ken was counting on him to help with the implementation. But everything had changed after Gibson attended a professional development seminar at a prestigious university. Ken had expected him to come back even more fired up about work, but lately Larry was spending more time on his outside professional activities than he was on his job. "If only I'd paid more attention when all this began," Ken thought, as he recalled the day Larry asked him to sign his revised individual development plan. As he'd done in the past, Ken had simply chatted with Larry for a few minutes, glanced at the changes, and initialed the modification. Larry's revised plan included taking a more active role in the state accountant' society, which he argued would enhance his value to the agency as well as improve his own skills and professional...
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...Summary Larry Shepherd is an Aeronautical Engineer, working for Extraterrestrial Delivery Service (EDS). This company has dealt with a scope of business ventures as listed below: ▪ Private parties looking for opportunities to put up communication satellites ▪ Delivering supplies to the International Space Station ▪ Placing astronomical science instruments into space Larry’s job the first few years at EDS presented him with several challenges. First, there was a rocket explosion after liftoff, which EDS had responsibility in this venture. The payload was a part of a communication satellite from EDS, and the reputation of EDS has suffered from this, as well as the customer confidence in the company. Upon impact of the explosion, it caused some damage to the environment, nature, and surrounding areas in the community by the release of a small amount of radioactive dust in the air that settled. It was at this time Larry became the key scientist of the investigating team to determine the cause of the explosion, which was due to a faulty manufacturing of a fuel line gasket by Space Engineers LTD. Larry did well on the investigation and received a promotion to a team leader role. He continued to improve in efficiency, cost, and effectiveness of using rockets to deliver private payloads into space. Larry’s work became even more noticeable by the senior staff in the company and he acquired a nickname of “Werner Von Braun,” of the private space industry...
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...with redundant reminders from other managers that salespeople and a sales manager are two very different positions, he failed to heed the wise advice from his colleagues and simply went into the work without a true plan. John’s disorganization within the past year had been his ultimate downfall. ISSUE 1: LARRY PALMER He started off spending far too much time recruiting a new sales representative for the territory that did not have one that he was only able to have a brief introduction to the existing sales representatives. He did not follow Phil’s first rule of advice: Give the sales reps time to get to know him and he them. This territory was a region that was open for almost a full month. John spent far too much time not only screening the applicants, but also finding one that would be the ideal candidate for the position. There were two instances in which Larry’s references were questionable, both of which were overlooked by John. Most of his references simply stated that he has an excellent personality and would make an excellent salesperson but did not offer any additional information beyond that regarding actual skills. Even Phil Jackson was a bit wary about hiring Larry onto the team, but John...
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...successful as a sales manager. Sales managers must be multi-taskers who plan, organize and lead the functions of all customer contact and ensures that these methods of contact maximize the profit and sales goals of the company which hires them. A salesperson is responsible only for his/her own territory – a sales manager is responsible for the entire sales force and their productivity and revenue that they contribute to the company. Even with redundant reminders from other managers that salespeople and a sales manager are two very different positions, he failed to heed the wise advice from his colleagues and simply went into the work without a true plan. John’s disorganization within the past year had been his ultimate downfall. ISSUE 1: LARRY PALMER He started off spending far too much time recruiting a new sales representative for the territory that did not have one that he was only able to have a brief introduction to the existing sales representatives. He did not follow Phil’s first rule of advice: Give the sales reps time to get to know him and he them. This territory was a region that was open for almost a full month. John spent far too much time not only screening the applicants, but also finding one that would be the ideal candidate for the position. There were two instances in which Larry’s references were questionable, both of which were overlooked by John. Most of his references simply stated that he has an excellent personality and would make an excellent salesperson...
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...SEMESTER-5 OTHER-ASSIGNMENT Read the following case study and answer the questions that follow: Sue Wilson, purchasing manager for the Humboldt, Tennessee, plant of National Agri-Products Company, is back in her office reviewing her notes from a meeting she just finished with Tom Roberts, Vicki Sievers, and Greg Runyon. Tom is the plant manager of the Humboldt plant, Vicki is the plant engineer, and Greg the production manager. The four met for the last hour to discuss the equipment National needs to buy to complete expansion of the Humboldt plant. National Agri-Products Company produces various agricultural products at its four manufacturing locations throughout the Midwest. The Humboldt plant was built seven years ago to produce cornstarch and dextrose for use as food ingredients. Five and a half years after the plant was completed, top management decided to expand it to produce corn syrup, which is an ingredient in soft drinks, candy, and various baked goods. Humboldt will be the second National Agri-Products Company plant with the capability to produce corn syrup. As Sue reviews her notes, she notices that Tom, Vicki, and Greg have various requirements for the equipment that would be needed to produce the corn syrup. During the meeting, Tom said it was very important to "get everything right" in completing this project. The company already had invested a lot of money in the expansion, and Tom didn't want to risk that investment by installing equipment that would produce syrup...
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...SEMESTER-5 OTHER-ASSIGNMENT Read the following case study and answer the questions that follow: Sue Wilson, purchasing manager for the Humboldt, Tennessee, plant of National Agri-Products Company, is back in her office reviewing her notes from a meeting she just finished with Tom Roberts, Vicki Sievers, and Greg Runyon. Tom is the plant manager of the Humboldt plant, Vicki is the plant engineer, and Greg the production manager. The four met for the last hour to discuss the equipment National needs to buy to complete expansion of the Humboldt plant. National Agri-Products Company produces various agricultural products at its four manufacturing locations throughout the Midwest. The Humboldt plant was built seven years ago to produce cornstarch and dextrose for use as food ingredients. Five and a half years after the plant was completed, top management decided to expand it to produce corn syrup, which is an ingredient in soft drinks, candy, and various baked goods. Humboldt will be the second National Agri-Products Company plant with the capability to produce corn syrup. As Sue reviews her notes, she notices that Tom, Vicki, and Greg have various requirements for the equipment that would be needed to produce the corn syrup. During the meeting, Tom said it was very important to "get everything right" in completing this project. The company already had invested a lot of money in the expansion, and Tom didn't want to risk that investment by installing equipment that would produce syrup...
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...Communication • As a team, the production line works VERY well together. They all know each other very well and know how to work well together. Besides communicating with each other about who is working on what operation at what time, they communicate very effectively within the group. Problems in communication mainly exist between the production line and the rest of the organization. The team also has a lot of trust for each other as exemplified by their passiveness in times of urgency to meet quotas or the broken glass incident on page 15. • It is not clear WHO is working on WHAT at any given moment o On page 5, it notes “It was not uncommon for several team members, each at different times, and occasionally at the same time, to perform the same operations.” • There is a loss of efficiency in this process. It IS a good thing that each worker has the ability to do nearly any other operation. This should be promoted and supported. • Problem: Workers might be working on the same operation at the same time therefore losing time that could be spent doing something else. Look at page 13. There is a conversation between the casewriter and Betty. Betty explains that she cannot fit a lid to a container because the machine shop did not match the sizes. She not only decides to just go work another job, but she has NO IDEA who machined the lids and containers in the machine shop because jobs are interchangeable. If she knew who did it, she could go straight to the person...
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...TONE at the Issue 55 / April 2012 TOP Exclusively for Senior Management, Boards of Directors, and Audit Committees Ethical Dilemmas What rationalization does a company make to justify a corporate culture where ethics are ignored? In recent years, greed, fraud, and a lack of ethical conduct have led to the collapse of many organizations. A variety of internal and external pressures can lead companies down the wrong path. And once the first misstep is taken, it’s a slippery slope to hurting stakeholders, the community, and your reputation. This turmoil and damage could have been avoided if organizations had chosen to maintain an ethical corporate environment, exercising integrity-rich behavior and ensuring the tone at the top was above reproach. This issue of Tone at the Top presents suggestions for creating and promoting an ethical corporate climate and the role internal auditors can play in helping ensure the environment supports ethical decisions and behavior. Code of Ethics It’s important to note that internal auditors adhere to their own Code of Ethics, which is included in The IIA’s International Professional Practices Framework (IPPF). The Code of Ethics mandates that internal auditors behave and practice with: n Integrity. n Objectivity. n Confidentiality. n Competency. It also delineates rules of conduct under each of the principles. A code of ethics is necessary and appropriate for the profession of internal auditing, founded as it is on the trust placed...
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...year has been filled with turmoil due to changes in top management. Ed was reassigned to the company�s largest manufacturing facility to set up a maintenance department. Ed was told that after successfully completing the assignment he would be able to return to his department. Six months after being given the assignment, Ed was brought back to the corporate facility only to be given six weeks to find another position within the company or be laid off. Even though Ed had been pursuing his personal goals with TKC he felt that a phone call message from another company was the moment he had been waiting for. This is an opportunity to move away from TKC. He wondered where did it all go wrong. B. MICRO: Howard Watson worked closely with Larry, the president, in developing the Automation Engineering Department. He was an aggressive manager with a positive attitude. Just as Howard was expecting to be promoted to Senior Vice President, trouble arose in the Ireland plant. Since he possessed the most in-depth knowledge of the plant, Jack, a new member of the top management team, decided to assign Howard to go there. Jack Donaldson was the company�s first Senior Vice President and has since turned the company around for the worst. For example, he has begun to fill vacant management positions with people from the outside who would be loyal to him. He never did the actual hiring, he had others do it...
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...pictures of people which describes their life while they are alive. Larry is a to doctor and always seems to always tell the truth. And Alice, who is a striper, seems to lie about a lot of things such as her name, and the way she got her scar. However it was ironic that she chose to tell Larry at the club her real name and no one else. Alice didn’t even tell Dan her real name even when she was ready to “love him forever”. This play seems to show how just one action can affect a person’s life greatly. Dan ran into Alice because she was hit by a car. Because of this they fell in love. Dan then was able to become a writer because he finally had a topic to write about which was “Alice.” Because he was able to write the book he needed pictures taken for advertisement and this is where he met Anna, the other girl that Dan fell in love with. Dan then, acting as if he were Anna on the internet, convinces Larry to meet with Anna at the aquarium. This part of the play confuses me. I am not sure why Dan decided to play a prank on the doctor he met the day of Alice’s accident. Also I am not sure how he knew that Alice was going to be at the aquarium at exactly that time. This is because Larry was the one that said he would be able to meet at one pm. It could be possible that Dan convinced Anna to go to the aquarium at one pm. By Dan doing this he also seemed to cause a lot of problems for himself. This is because Larry ended up sleeping with Alice and Anna which caused a lot of controversy...
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...Q 1: The big 5 personality factors are Emotional stability, Agreeableness, Extraversion, Conscientiousness and Openness. Let’s Analyze the Larry Ellison in details on each of these. Emotional Stability reflects the calmness, poise and stability in their interpersonal dealings. Larry does not score very high on Emotional stability. He does not hide his irritation at others. He is not resilient as he does not accommodate others of different view. Though, he is surely a confident person. He does have high degree of confidence in himself. He believes he can be success without others help though it may not be entirely true. No one person regardless of how smart he or she is can be success all alone. There should be lot of contribution from other people at all levels. He does not seem to realize or recognize this. He may have a lot of arrogance. He definitely is an effective leader. Starting a small company and turning into one of best companies on the planet takes great personality. He has knack for success and he has demonstrated it. All that reflects He is quite Emotionally Stable person. No man is perfect. He has some weakness as well. Agreeableness is the capability of getting along others. This is Larry’s biggest weakness. Really intelligent and capable people are often hard to get along with others as they have their own independent ideas and opinions about everything. They feel they are right always. Others may think of him rude. On Extraversion...
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