Personal values affect on how each person belief system is and how each person will portray these values in his or her everyday life. Many managers possess a set of values to influence the company and the people around them to benefit and direct the organization using techniques and strategies to accomplish its goals as a team. Kathy, a manager at Kudler Fine Foods, sets the tone for her business and evaluate how her employees interact with the core values she sets within her organization. Therefore, personal values can affect the performance as a manager and an employee at Kudler Fine Foods, which shapes the organizational culture.
According to my assessment on my personal values from the Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory states that my ethical perspectives focus more on the consequences of my actions, which I look for evidences to base my decisions. Examining Kathy’s perspectives on how she manages Kudler Fine Foods and how she seeks for growth do align with my own perspectives in some ways. For example, the Del Mar location is not doing too well on sales and the market; therefore, Kathy decides to close this location in the near future and re-evaluate her plans on opening another location but with careful research. However, I do not agree with Kathy’s management style in handling the selection of her inventory, her catering business, and financial management because these different job functions occupy most of her time. For example, Kathy is the only one who handles all of these tasks. Besides managing her gourmet store, she also handles her catering business that she does by herself. With any of these tasks, she does not have adequate time to handle the important aspects of her business such as encouraging her staff, training her employees, and interacting with customers.
Many managers possess different leadership styles and values that can affect