In the station I work out of there are approximately 75 employees and 5 managers. This company has been around for over 200 years with the same Vision, Purpose, and Direction. Current culture: The primary skill expressed based off of the OCI is the need for power. No matter what position you play in the company everyone needs their voice to be heard. In the service and delivery department the two most important powerful ones were of course the Postmasters, who hired, fired and who had
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June 11, 2012 GM591 Describe the Current Culture According to profile 1a, which behaviors or styles do members believe are required in order to “fit in” and “meet expectations” within Conglomerate? Which behaviors do members believe are not expected? a) Members believe that they are expected to: shift their responsibilities to other workers and avoid being blamed for mistakes as described by the highest percentage ranking in OCI (avoidance). They are also expected to
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Organizational Culture Inventory March 23, 2011 GM591 Introduction XXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX (XXX) identifies themselves as a “one stop-one source resource for all things entrepreneurial.” They specialize in two broad areas: providing no-cost coaching to people exploring franchise ownership options and conducting business coaching to existing small business owners. Business coaching addresses sagging sales, eroding profits, constant case-flow anxiety, poor work-life balance, and marketing/advertising
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GM591 Midterm 1. Question: Consider this story that appeared in the August 11, 1998 Wall Street Journal: Work Hard, Play Hard: Employers use fun to boost morale All 25 partners at Certilman, Balin, Adler & Hyman, an East Meadow, N.Y., law firm, are invited to a free conference-room lunch every day. Managing partner Bernard Hyman says the lunches began as a chance to talk business but soon became anticipated social gatherings. “We tell stories, talk about the weekend,” he says, “talk about
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Organizational Culture Inventory (OCI) Survey Introduction My organization is in the retail industry. Presently, I am employed as a sales staff at one of the most popular high-end children’s department store. This store is known for its low cost name brand children’s apparel and school uniform. My organization is a franchise and has various locations through out the borough of New York that is in Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens. The owners are three brothers so it is family operated. My organization
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Implementing Empowerment in an IT Organization By Student X GM591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Dr. Ron Stone Keller Graduate School of Management Introduction 3 Problem Statement 5 Literature Review 5 Causes 14 Solutions 16 Reflection 19 Appendix 21 Introduction The organization I chose to study is Software Engineering (SE) in the Internal Information Services (IIS) unit of Defense Contractor X’s Information Technology (NGIT) Sector. The mission
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Transforming ATena heath care companies into high performance culture GM591 Leader ship and organizational behavior instructor : Bob Bustretsky ,Ph.D Email : carolinebabiker@yahoo.com August ,26,2008 Introduction Aetna Inc. is a diversified healthcare benefits company as well as one of the largest managed care companies in the U.S. It offers traditional and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services
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Reinventing Organizational Behavior: Recommendations to Improve Communication at DSW Jessica Detwiler Keller Graduate School of Management Jessica.m.detwiler@gmail.com GM591 – Leadership and Organizational Behavior Dr. Arnold Witchel 14 April 2012 Author Note Thank you to my colleagues whom allow me to pick their brains regarding our organization. I appreciate your honest feedback and candid conversation, which has allowed me to remain objective. I hope to have put our organization
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Improving Wal-Mart’s Employee Relations GM591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior April 20, 2010 INTRODUCTION The Organization that we selected as our topic of discussion in our Project Paper is the Wal-Mart Corporation. Sam Walton is the founder of Wal-Mart. He opened his first store called Wal-Mart Discount City in Rogers, Arkansas in July of 1962. Their corporate office is currently located in Bentonville, Arkansas. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. incorporated its stores on
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What Affects does our Schemas and Critical Thinking Play in our Roles as Leaders GM591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Instructor: Oliver London, Ph. D. Gloria Wilson gloriahomes@yahoo.com * 816-560-5913 December 10, 2010 INTRODUCTION Let me set the stage of this fascinating topic that I have created for you to understand, “What affects does our Schemas and Critical Thinking play in our roles as Leaders?” You must understand my background to see why I could not separate
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