MGMT6012 Management Perspectives Sydney Week 5 3/21/2016 Organisational Diversity 3/21/2016 Diversity What does “diversity” mean to you? How does it apply in the workplace? 3/21/2016 Introduction • Diversity is always a sensitive issue. • People who belong to a “minority” group often feel labelled, stereotyped, and marginalised in the workplace; • People who belong to the “majority” group are often unaware of the consequences of the collective action of the majority
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of power. Further, moral clarity mediated the link between power and severity of punishment. We discuss the implications of these findings for managers in organizations and researchers interested in punitive reactions to moral transgressions. Ethical standards of professional conduct often are implicit or tacitly held (Flynn & Wiltermuth, 2010; Haidt, 2001; Turiel, 2002), making it difficult for members of organizations to know which types of behavior are permissible and which are not (Treviño
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Strategic MT Study Sheets Chapter 1 A strategy consists of competitive moves and business approaches used by managers to run the company. It is their action plan to grow the business, attract and please customers, compete successfully, conduct operations and to achieve target levels of organizational performance. It needs to appeal to customers and to help the company carve out its own market position. It uses efficiency and effectiveness to guide a company using as few resources as possible
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Summary 2 Affected Stakeholders 3 Ethical Dilemma 4 Why would a $500,000 salary cap prompt personnel to leave for other banks? 5 Was stripping of Lewis’ chairmanship a significant move on the part of BoA shareholders? 6 How could Thain justify spending $1.2 million on his office when Merrill Lynch was on the verge of bankruptcy? 7 What did Ken Lewis hope to gain by claiming that he was “pressured” into completing the Merrill Lynch deal? 9 Of all decisions made by Ken Lewis in this case study
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Ethics and ethical theories: a road map for teaching ethics in business schools Joan Fontrodona (IESE Business School, Spain), Manuel Guillén (University of Valencia, Spain), and Alfredo Rodríguez-Sedano (University of Navarre, Spain) Introduction A three-dimensional framework to explain ethical theories Ethical approaches of business firms Teaching ethics experiences using this framework Discussion of the teaching experiences Conclusions References 1 2 6 9 10 12 13 Introduction This paper
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Preparing to Conduct Business Research Part 1 through 4 RES/351 November, 05, 2014 Joydip Barman Preparing to Conduct Business Research Part 1 through 4 Organizations face various problems, issues, and opportunities. Applying the principles of business research allow companies to handle business in a profitable, forward focus manner. The following information Team A will explore the inventory issues facings the food services company Sodexo. The information will begin touring issues, opportunity
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campaign that seeks to position its brand globally in just a year and a half. The above mentioned description sets the stage for a company that in its intent of going global has found itself blinded due to its success from a potentially critical ethical dilemma that if not dealt might cut short its global ambitions. 1. Reputational Capital Perspective & Forces At Work To start with, there is a blatant mixed message in RTI’s image that is rooted on an unintended negative signal source has been
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Managerial Ethics: First Take-home Exam: Individual Project June 16, 2013 Instructor: Fr. Ozzie Mascarenhas SJ Sampad Biswas GMP Section A G13041 Submission – 8/07/2013 1. Are you a leader, born or cultivated or both? How do you characterize your leadership traits based on the leadership profiles presented by Narayana Murthy and Rahul Khosla? In-born Leadership Traits | Leadership Style, Inspirational Style, Imagination, Self Invention
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Exxon Valdez Case Study Executive summary The ethical issues faced by management of corporations, and Exxon in particular, originate from the objective of cost cutting with the purpose of profit maximization. As was seen in Exxon’s case, where the disaster could have been prevented if the proper mechanisms and equipment were put in place. Conflict of interest is also a major ethical problem faced by management as well as employees in corporations, as human beings
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MGS 4000 VERSION 1.1 MGS 4000 Managerial Decision Making: Fall 2015 INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Sangbum Ro- Managerial Science Department RCB, 10th Floor, Room 1029 sro@gsu.edu (*indicate class code in the subject line) Office Phone: 404-413-7526 CLASS INFORMATION: MGS 4000-015 (Corresponding CRN 87347) Wed, 4:30 – 7:00 pm CLASSROOM: Aderhold Learning Center (Adhold) 212 OFFICE HOURS: Th: 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm or by appointment (email) 1 MGS 4000 VERSION 1.1 TENTATIVE COURSE
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