...Subject Code: |BUSM2301 | | | | |Subject Name: |Organizational Behavior | | | | |Location & Campus (SGS or HN) where you study: |RMIT Vietnam | |Title of Assignment: |Individual Paper | | | | |Student name: |Nguyen Dinh Dung | |Student Number: |S3310053 | | | | |Teachers Name: |David Evers | | ...
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...COMM105 – Individual Assignment # 1 Building on assignment # 1, the purpose of this assignment is to help each of you deepen your understanding of how various organizational behaviours, particularly those at the individual and group/team level, affect and are affected by organizational culture and organizational change. Although it is an individual assignment in terms of the core work, it expands into a group project as you each share what you discover and learn with your project team in relation to Team Project # 2. Assignment Objectives: * Explore a particular aspect of organizational behaviour. * Explain the interrelationships between these aspects of OB and organizational culture and organizational change. * Assess how the OB factors you have studied might have been at play in the Transact Insurance Corporation as described in the case study. * Develop a basic plan to show how Jim Leon might have used strengths-based approaches to change leadership to generate better outcomes. Although this is an individual assignment, you are welcome, indeed encouraged, to collaborate with your team mates as you explore your assigned topics and find common themes and patterns in the various OB topics explored by the group. You will use your collective learning to develop your Team Project 2 presentation and recommendations. Each team member will explore one of the following six topics. Determine early who is going to research which topic. 1. Individual Behaviour...
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...Google’s Organizational Behavior Essay Introduction The theoretical and practical thinking about Organizational Behavior (OB) is based on the assumptions that since people are the main asset of an organization, their behavior is decisive for its success or failure. Hence, OB advocates maintain that human behavior must be studied and managed more than any other aspect of the organization. The study of OB is predominant in management science, shaping decisions largely beyond human resources management. This paper will focus on several key issues in OB and will examine how those aspects can be observed by using a real-life example: the Internet giant Google Inc. Organizational Culture and Behavior Organizational culture is a fundamental concept in OB. It describes the set of perceptions and beliefs, which are shared by all members of an organization. Based on those values, people will shape their workplace behavior and partially their job performance. OB research describes seven dimensions of organizational culture: 1. Attention to detail (in terms of e.g. accuracy and analysis) 2. Outcome orientation (focus on outcomes instead of means) 3. People orientation (concern for the effect of organizational decisions on members of the organization) 4. Team orientation (the tendency to divide work among teams rather than individuals) 5. Aggressiveness (the intensity of competition among workers) 6. Stability (focus on maintaining a cultural status quo) 7. Innovation and risk...
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...Examination(s) 13 Extension and penalties 13 Returning assignments 14 Resubmission of assignments 14 Referencing requirements 14 Assignment submission 14 Feedback 15 Learning resources 16 Required resources 16 Technological requirements 16 Q Manual 17 2 Recommended resources Other information 17 17 Policies 17 Graduate Attributes Policy 18 Student Charter 18 Student Services 18 Monash University Library 18 Disability Support Services 18 Other unit information 18 3 Unit handbook information Synopsis Students gain an understanding of factors affecting the behaviour of people in work settings. The unit focuses on individual, group, and total organisational human factors influencing the effectiveness of organisations,...
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...2.2 Individual Written Assignment – Case Study Report Assignment Overview The purpose of the case study report is to help you bridge theoretical and practical applications of organisational behaviour topics, while also helping you build important written communication and problem-solving skills. Analysing a case study allows you to simulate some of the complexities and ambiguities that are present in real organisational problems and consider practical and evidence-based solutions. You will analyse the events in a case study (see below) and apply relevant OB principles to analyse the case. You will support your analysis with relevant OB research from at least 5 academic, peer-reviewed journal articles. The assignment is approximately 1500 words (not including title page or references) and is worth 25 marks. The assignment must be submitted via the LMS by 5pm on Friday, 30 November. Assignment Guidelines o Select one of the cases listed below. Both cases are printed in the McShane et al. (2010) textbook: o Arctic Mining Consultants (pages 616-619) o High Noon at Alpha Mill (pages 630-633) o Read the case carefully and write a report that includes the following elements: 1) Title Page (note: not included in word count) that includes • Your name & student ID number • Subject code and location (MGT2OBE, Montpellier) • Name of the case • Date of submission 2) Introduction and Conclusion • Include a separate introduction and conclusion paragraph. The introduction...
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...Discover and explore jamie turner case analysis predicament on Yahoo.com. How To jamie turner case analysis predicament - Search for How To jamie turner case analysis predicament Yahoo.com/jamie turner case analysis predicament Discover and explore jamie turner case analysis predicament on Yahoo.com. See recommendations from your friends: Facebook | Twitter x • help • privacy • terms Search Results 1. Jamie Turner Case - Essays - Yayayaa www.termpaperwarehouse.com › Business and Management o Cached o Similar May 4, 2014 - Read this essay on Jamie Turner Case . Come browse ... Case 2: Jamie Turner at MLI, Inc ... How did Turner get himself into this predicament? 2. Jamie Turner_百度文库 wenku.baidu.com/view/4695dfcf5fbfc77da269b186.html o Cached o Similar Nov 30, 2012 - Problem Statement Jamie Turner joined the MLI Company as vice ... Analysis In the case, there are five major conflicts between Jamie and ... 3. [PDF]“Jamie Turner at MLI, Inc.” Discussion Questions - Timothy A ... www.timothy-judge.com/.../JamieTurnerDiscussionQuestions3.pdf o Cached o Similar How much of Jamie Turner's predicament would you attribute to mistakes he made? 3. ... How should Turner approach Cardullo at the end of the case? 5. 4. Jamie Turner at MLI, Inc. - Case - Harvard Business School www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item...
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...* The Final Exam is worth a possible 250 points. * There are 10 essay questions. Question 1 addresses TCO A and is worth 33 points. Questions 2, 3, and 4 address TCO B and are worth 18 points. Questions 5 and 6 address TCO C and are worth 18 points. Questions 7 and 8 address TCO D and are worth 24 points. Question 9 addresses TCO E and is worth 48 points. Question 10 also addresses TCO E and is worth 31 points. * You will have 3 hours and 30 minutes to take the exam. Keep an eye on the remaining time and SAVE your work often, because when the time limit is reached, you will be exited from the exam. * Please also note that during the exam time, the copy/paste and printing functions are disabled. * 1. (TCO A) At an outpatient testing center, a sample of 20 days showed the following number of cardiograms done each day. * 25 31 20 32 13 14 43 2 57 23 36 32 33 32 44 32 52 44 51 45 * a. Compute the mean, median, mode, and standard deviation, Q1, Q3, Min, and Max for the above sample data on number of cardiograms per day. b. In the context of this situation, interpret the Median, Q1, and Q3. (Points : 33) * | 2. (TCO B) Consider the following data on new customers for AJ Auto Insurance, specifically the information of the risk level of the customer and the number of tickets they have...
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...Assessment detail Assessment 1: Individual Assignment Weighting: 20% Final Essay Length: 2000 words Due: Final submission due Week 6 (Friday, 29th August, 11.55pm). Assignments must be submitted through Turnitin. Description: The role of power and politics in organisations. Power and politics are very much part of organizational life. To succeed managers need to understand the meaning of power and politics, how power is acquired and how politics should be utilised. Power and politics may be the sources of solutions but can create problems in organisation. This essay asks you to explore the issues associated with power and politics in organisational life. Your essay should include the following: • Define the concept of power in the workplace. • Define the concept of politics in the workplace. • Explain how a manger could work to acquire power. • Explain how a ...
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...Abstract Advances in human genetic testing have led to ground-breaking discoveries. However, the field is still in its infancy leading to new discoveries daily. This paper will identify and examine the roles of the multi-disciplinary team to deal with a family’s diagnosis of Tay Sach’s disease in their unborn child. It will also include a teaching plan designed for this family and examine the ethical implications of the availability of personal genetic information. There is also a Reflection piece dealing with how I would feel about the family’s decision ad how I would advocate for their decision. It will also examine the ethical and legal considerations of continuing a pregnancy after a diagnosis of Tay Sach’s. Genetics Case Study Family Ethics and Beliefs guide the Trosack family in the initial decision making process but they will need education and support in order to effectively care for their child and cope with the diagnosis of Tay Sach’s. Many resources are needed to properly care for this family and an interdisciplinary team is required to ensure that as many needs can be met as possible. Interdisciplinary Team Members: 1. Case Manager: The Case Manager is essential to planning and coordinating other disciplines to assist the Trosack family. The Case Manager can provide information on care during pregnancy, and also care and resources available in the community after discharge home. The Case Manager can assist in finding appropriate physicians for the child...
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...Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior? MULTIPLE CHOICE Importance of Interpersonal Skills 1. Over the past two decades, business schools have added required courses on people skills to many of their curricula. Why have they done this? a. Managers no longer need technical skills in subjects such as economics and accounting to succeed. b. There is an increased emphasis in controlling employee behavior in the workplace. c. Managers need to understand human behavior if they are to be effective. d. These skills enable managers to effectively lead human resources departments. e. A manager with good people skills can help create a pleasant workplace. (c; Moderate; Interpersonal Skills; p. 4) {AACSB: Analytic Skills} 2. Which of the following is most likely to be a belief held by a successful manager? a. Technical knowledge is all that is needed for success. b. It is not essential to have sound interpersonal skills. c. Technical skills are necessary, but insufficient alone for success. d. Effectiveness is not impacted by human behavior. e. Technical skills do not influence efficiency. (c; Easy; Interpersonal Skills; p. 5) {AACSB: Analytic Skills} What Managers Do 3. Which of the following would not be considered an organization? a. a church b. a university c. a military unit d. all adults in a given community e. an elementary school (d; Moderate;...
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...This is a topic Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie(CNA) addresses with her TED-talk “The danger of a single story.” This essay will contain an account of the phrase “The Single Story”, and an analysis of the way CNA engages the audience. It will furthermore discuss the term cultural ignorance. CNA defines the single story as a term used when individuals define other individuals by a single story. She uses her own life experience to define the phrase. She starts by explaining how “…vulnerable we are in the face of a single story.” She refers to the single story she had of Fide’s family. She had always been told how Fide’s family was poor and didn’t have anything. Therefore she was very surprised when she went to Fide’s village, and discovered that Fide’s family could actually make something. Later in CNA’s life, she went to a university in the United States and found that the people had a single story of Africa and therefore thought that she was uneducated, and not even able to use a stove. “My roommate had a single story of Africa: a single story of catastrophe. In this single story there was no possibility of Africans being similar to her in any way, no possibility of feelings more complicated than pity, no possibility of a connection as human equals” This quote shows how she uses the term ”The single story” too explain the stereotypes that occurs between individuals...
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...Midterm Analysis Essay Every company says that their customers are their #1 priority, but stories show us that many businesses are ready, willing, and able to go the extra mile for each and every one of their customers. Customer satisfaction and loyalty is the key to a successful business. Those businesses who “walk the walk” when it comes to delivering the kind of service are those who win the customer over for life and who will recommend others due to satisfaction. Human resources managers plan, direct, and coordinate the administrative functions of an organization. They oversee the recruiting, interviewing, and hiring of new staff; consult with top executives on strategic planning; and serve as a link between an organization's management and its employees. The merging of two companies is never easy especially for those employees who are coming from the company that was bought out. As an HR Manager, my duty is to acknowledge that we as a company have to protect both our customers and employees from abusive employees and their inappropriate actions. It is never easy to discipline employees but there are several ways to going about this particular situation which would be the contingency approach as an initiation. Employees may lose their cool from time to time due to having a bad day or whatever the circumstance may be but it is not an excuse to treat the customer poorly. Employees coming from a different organization might have operated differently and are in...
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...increase outputs and deliver on organisational objectives. Gorman (1998) argues that the composition of teams, how they work together, how they are motivated and the quality of leadership within teams are just some of the elements that contribute to making a successful organisation. However it has been said that effective teams are not a natural phenomenon (Mcshane &Tavaglione, 2007). In conformance with the last statement a team is said to be a group of two or more people who influence and interact with one another, perceive themselves as a social entity within an organisation and who work towards, and are mutually accountable for, achieving shared goals associated with organisational objective (Mcshane &Tavaglione, 2007). This essay will discuss the key elements of team effectiveness; will then consider the importance of leadership in a team linking theory with practice, by critically analysing my own leadership. Drawing on researches, theories and models of team work/ leadership and government initiatives. The key elements of team effective describe in Adair’s team development model (Adair, 1973) shows us a set of three overlapping and interacting areas of need which is a simple leadership and management model which incorporates the essential element of team effectiveness....
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...UVA-OB-0167 Rev. Aug.16, 2011 JOHN WOLFORD (A) John Wolford, a vice president and general manager for Eurotech-USA, awoke with a start and looked at his iPhone. “Damn it!” he exclaimed angrily. He had carefully set its alarm for 5:00 a.m., and it was now well past 6:00 a.m. It was Wednesday morning, and Wolford’s mind raced as he thought about all the details he had to attend to that day: a meeting with his boss, a funeral, a briefing from the CFO, and preparation for a three-day trip to London, which required packing bags, confirming plane reservations, and paying personal bills. To complicate matters, he would be attending a six-week residential management-development program almost immediately after his return. He was overwhelmed. Wolford’s Background Wolford was 41 years old. He had been born and raised in Los Angeles. After graduating from the California Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering, Wolford accepted a position with Hewlett-Packard, a technology company in Silicon Valley. After working for Hewlett-Packard in design engineering for five years, Wolford got married, bought a house in Los Altos Hills, California, and began attending management courses in the evening. Shortly thereafter, he accepted an engineering management position with Precision Instruments, Inc., (PI). During the next 10 years, he held various engineering management positions at PI, and when the company was acquired by Eurotech, Ltd., a European multinational, he...
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...ASSIGNMENT BRIEF- OB (UNIT 3) Course Title | Pearson BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Business (QCF) | Student Name: | Unit Title | * Organisations and Behaviour | College ID NO: | Unit Number | 3 | | Unit Credit Value | 15 | Pearson Reg. No: | Unit Level | 4 | | Unit Code | H/601/0551 | E-mail: | Pearson Centre No | | | Assessor/s:IQA: | | Learner Signature: | Learning Outcomes | To pass this unit, the student must achieve all the major learning outcomes as follows:1 Understand the relationship between organisational structure and culture2 Understand different approaches to management and leadership3 Understand ways of using motivational theories in organisations4 Understand mechanisms for developing effective teamwork in organisations. | Issue Date | | Final Submission Deadline: | Submission Date: | Signature of Assessor | | Signature ofInternal Verifier | | UNIT AIM The aim of this unit is to give learners an understanding of individual and group behaviour in organisations and to examine current theories and their application in managing behaviour in the workplace. UNIT INTRODUCTION This unit focuses on the behaviour of individuals and groups within organisations. It explores the links between the structure and culture of organisations and how these interact and influence the behaviour of the workforce. The structure of a large multi-national company with thousands of employees worldwide will be very different from a small local business...
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