Rocky Gagnon, General Contractor Rocky Gagnon is a 50-year old journeyman carpenter, laborer, and craftsman. Over the past 30 years, Rocky has worked in almost every job and phase of the house building process. Rocky is getting older and his back is getting sore. He loves the construction business and feels that now is the time for him to start working more with his mind than his back. Rocky wants to become a general contractor. Some general contractors have their own facilities, equipment and
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CASE STUDY#1: Rocky Gagnon, General Contractor Rocky Gagnon is 50 years old carpenter who wants to make some changes for the way he earns his money. Due to his health condition especially his back, instead of working hard physically, he wants to work with his mind by creating an effective house-building team which includes various type of construction workers. Gagnon wants to continue his life as a general contractor, but as a general contractor he encounters some problems of building a team;
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PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT a) List and explain the four basic functions of managers. The 4 basic functions of managers are:- i) Planning and Decision Making - Setting the organization’s goals and deciding how best to achieve them. Managers need to plan so that worker’s activities are consistent with the organization’s goal the correct type and amount of resources can be acquired. Planning requires information, judgment and decision-making ii) Organizing - Determining how best to group
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Youngblood Indiana Wesleyan University MGT 500 October 3, 2012 TEAMWORK – ROCKY GAGNON, GENERAL CONTRACTOR This situation is suitable for traditional work team arrangement with a project focus. Rocky leading this team from a general contractor perspective should incorporate a lessons learned approach that involves all the contractors so that each time they can make improvements to the process. The first challenge Rocky should address is the spirit of teamwork. He should be very selective on
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Concluding Case-Rocky Gagnon, General Contractor: 1) It is important to Rocky to assemble a good and qualified team. The team should be able to work together to increase productivity, improve quality and reduce costs. A good team would also be able to enhance speed and be powerful forces for innovation and change. The best team would be a self-managed team. Self-managed teams appear to be more productive, have lower costs, provide better customer service, provide higher quality, have better
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Educational Psychology: Developing Learners This is a protected document. Please enter your ANGEL username and password. Username: Password: Login Need assistance logging in? Click here! If you experience any technical difficulty or have any technical questions, please contact technical support during the following hours: M-F, 6am-12am MST or Sat-Sun, 7am-12am MST by phone at (800) 800-9776 ext. 7200 or submit a ticket online by visiting http://help.gcu.edu. Doc ID: 1009-0001-191D-0000191E
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