MID TERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MANAGERIAL ROLES In an organization, as in a play or a movie, a role is the part a person plays in a given situation. Managers often play a number of different roles. Much of our knowledge about managerial roles comes from the work of Henry Mintzberg. Mintzberg identified ten basic managerial roles clustered into three general categories. Interpersonal Roles Mintzberg’s interpersonal roles are primarily social in nature; that is, they are roles in which the
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workstation. Separating the employees increased morale and made them accountable for their own work. The new assembly set up was perfect for everyone, the managers and also the company. Increasing Moral What might account for the drop in absenteeism and the increase in moral? Based on the information provided it appears the employees did not get along well. There are many factors that contribute to why employees might like each other. The fact that so many different aspects of the business
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Industrial Relations in BD (Conceptual) 1. Question: Causes of poor Industrial Relation’s in BD a) Question: Political Interference may be creating bad IR practices? Answer: Political interferences are one of the causes of poor industrial relations. If there are any political influences then political aim will take over the industrial aim. If people are involved in politics then they will be more interested in politics and they will do work with less labor and try to earn compensation without
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Leadership and Organizational Change Concepts Worksheet Debra Alvarado-Rocha University of Phoenix Peter Wilkinson July 10, 2011 Leadership and Organizational Change Concepts Worksheet |Concept |Application of Concept in the Scenario or Simulation |Reference to Concept in Reading | | | | | |Employee Recognition
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need to perform the job well. This report is based on XYZ Company’s challenges such as declining of Sales, low level of employee morale and low level of motivation. Also other behavioral issues observations such as conflicts in the work place, absenteeism, lack of trust and integrity between the superior and the subordinates, occasional sabotage, high temper people with severe stress. This report is primarily based on the study of the MARS model, type of individual behavior in organizations and ethics
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values, and attitudes * Job Satisfaction * A positive felling about one's job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics * positively related to productive * positively related to engage in OCB * negatively related to absenteeism and turnover * Motivation * Behaving Ethically * Ethical Dilemmas & Ethical Choices * Situations in which individuals are required to define right and wrong conduct * Ethics * The study of moral values or principles that
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The problem within this company is communication. The company has a policy where they allow supervisors to free reign in decision making. Issues come about because both sets of supervisors have equal power but at different times, over a different set of staff and so they are unable to communicate on issues that come up and how all four of them can agree to solve it. Communication issues are also connected to their individual legitimate power. Mr. Finder has also been receiving grievances files by
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tension among other employees and decreased productivity. Habitually absent/tardy employees have become a burden to the company and the rest of the dependable staff. We feel it is necessary to put into writing a policy that addresses the chronic absenteeism and tardiness, along with tracking and monitoring absences. Along with this we are also offering a good attendance incentive of paid time off. Attached is the new attendance policy for all employees of the Harbor Shack. Signed acknowledgment forms
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The value of organizational behavior is that it isolates important aspects of the manager’s job and offers specific perspectives on the human side of management. Organizational behavior is a field of study, an applied field, and a study of what people do in organizations The field of organizational behavior attempts to understand human behavior in organizational settings, the organization itself, and the individual organization interface. Managers need to plan, organize, lead, and control Manager
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decorum is expected. Frequent tardiness, or disruptive classroom behavior may result in a substantial grade penalty at the discretion of the lecturer. Excessive absenteeism will result in a reduction of the student’s final average grade. Excessive absenteeism is defined as more than two absence. A student may expect five points deducted from his or her final average grade for each absence in excess of two. In order to receive a grade above
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