Critically evaluate a wide range of contemporary management issues by synthesizing relevant theories. Critically analyse and evaluate an organisational situation and change so as to inform and improve performance and enhance value.

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Contemporary management issues in the 21st century

LO1: Understand the dynamic of business management issues in the contemporary global business environment.

LO2: Critically evaluate a wide range of contemporary management issues by synthesizing relevant theories.

LO3: Assess and critically evaluate the significance of contemporary change and the impacts on decisions, behaviours, human capital and the organisation configuration.

LO4: Critically analyse and evaluate an organisational situation and change so as to inform and improve performance and enhance value.

LO5: Evidence highly developed autonomous learning skills, problem solving and the ability to clearly and appropriately communicate findings and recommendations.

What do the reviews tell you? What did you observe? How the information will be useful when solving the problem? If there are more than one data collection method, how do the information relate or differ with each other?

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Problem solving report

Analysis. Explain what you have found (e.g. what do the reviews tell you? what did you observe? How the information will be useful when solving the problem? If there are more than one data collection method, how do the information relate or differ with each other?). Note: Outcomes from the interviews and observations should be presented in a table. If you do interviews, answers from each interviewee should be included in the table based on the interview questions and numbers of interviewee. If you do observations, the table should have columns represent different categories of observation (e.g. positive comments of Hotel A guest from TripAdvisor website, etc.).
Discussion. Reflect on the findings of your analysis by making connections to the academic theories/concepts you wrote about in background theory section.

Do you have any experience with your leader who is (was) trying to accommodate the needs of diverse groups in your workplace? Was there any conflict? How did it go?

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Leadership and Change

CH 10, Question 1.

(a) Before you read details in the textbook, describe the best team experience you had. Also, describe the worst team experience you had. What makes them the best and the worst team experiences for you? What was the leader’s role in those teams?

(b) Now, check the textbook definitions of

(1) types of teams,

(2) team development,

(3) cohesiveness,

(4) norm, and

(5) team member roles. How can you describe your best and the worst team based on those team characteristics?

(c) Compare your answer (a) and (b). Based on your answer (a), what should we discuss more for team characteristics and leadership?

CH 11, Question 2.

(a) Do you have any experience with your leader who is (was) trying to accommodate the needs of diverse groups in your workplace? Was there any conflict? How did it go? If you do not have experience or examples, Share your thoughts about the meatpacking plant example in CH 11-5a The Sociocultural Environment.

(b) How can leaders accommodate the needs of diverse groups without offending other groups or appearing to show favoritism?

What are the key strengths of the company? (Explain at least 2 strengths that enable the company to survive in a fast-changing environment)

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UNIT 1: Introduction to Operations Management and Strategy

Strategic Management Insight is an online platform dedicated to providing comprehensive information about Strategic Management related topics. As part of its resources, a set of SWOT examples for top-performing companies is offered.

Based on the company analysis found here: consider the following questions:

What are the key strengths of the company? (Explain at least 2 strengths that enable the company to survive in a fast-changing environment)

What do you consider to be the most significant weaknesses of the company? (Explain at least one and refer to the information source used)

What opportunities do you believe have the potential to evolve soon? (Explain at least one potential opportunity and refer to the information source used)

What do you consider to be the threats to the company in the provided analysis? (Explain at least one and refer to the information source used)

Distinguish between “good” and “poor” work ethics when given a variety of workplace situations. Discuss the ethical dynamics of your organization and discuss how an ethical leader should handle each situation.

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Dynamics of change

Recognize and manage the dynamics of change as they relate to self and the supervision of others. Distinguish between “good” and “poor” work ethics when given a variety of workplace situations. Discuss the ethical dynamics of your organization and discuss how an ethical leader should handle each situation. (10 points)

Describe how MLT will build trust within the team based on your reading? How will MLT team get support for the design? How will your team get support from the production team if the MLT design is chosen?

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The Product Development Team

You will prepare the PowerPoint presentation that includes notes below each slide will prepare the audio portion (See Course Resources) with a transcript.
Scenario:
A new medical products company that specializes in products that benefit the disabled, began about a year ago. They realized that product development is further enhanced when their creative product developers and engineers work in teams. The company vision is: Provide enabling products to enhance lives. Their mission is to provide products that make daily living easier for the disabled. Their values are embodied in the company saying: Integrity and customer-driven design in all that we do. Several teams of two (an engineer and a product designer) are tasked with developing the newest energy efficient motorized wheel chairs. These teams will compete on their designs for the new products and the best product will be produced. The executive leadership has given the teams a deadline of 4 months. You and your teammate represent one of the teams in this competition. Your team name is the Motion Launch Team or MLT. You will demonstrate your ability to communicate as team members to executive management in this Assignment.
Based on the scenario and the company vision, mission, and values address the following items concerning your MLT process to be used in developing your eventual team product submission.
Checklist:
Describe how MLT will build trust within the team based on your reading?
How will MLT team get support for the design? How will your team get support from the production team if the MLT design is chosen?
How will MLT anticipate and overcome objections?
Provide the team’s timeline to realize deliverables.
Name the company departments that would be responsible for the various steps in the process. (See Learning Activities practice.)

What was new or surprised you? What you agree or disagree? What in your own experience corresponds to what you read? What was the main ‘takeaway’?

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Management in the Corporate Workplace

STEP 1

Write a 200 word reaction to each of them. It can include things like:

What was new or surprised you?
What you agree or disagree?
What in your own experience corresponds to what you read?
What was the main ‘takeaway’?
Should your peers read it or not? Why or why not?

USE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES FROM THE TEXT AND CITE IN MLA FORMAT

STEP 2

Create a response to each of your article reactions. 200 words each.

Your response can include:

What in your corporate work and corporate environment experiences corresponds to what was described in your reaction?

Prepare a three to four-page paper (a 700-1000 word essay, double-spaced) from any topic germane to Human Resource Management. Find a topic of interest to you that is grounded in ideas developed in outside readings or videos such as those at TED.com.

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Written Assignments:

Prepare a three to four-page paper (a 700-1000 word essay, double-spaced) from any topic germane to Human Resource Management. Find a topic of interest to you that is grounded in ideas developed in outside readings or videos such as those at TED.com. You should try to find a topic all on your own or you can ask me. Many students find that the more freedom they are given to pursue their own interests, the more intimidated they are by this freedom, and the less certain they are of what really is interesting to them. But writing assignments with open topic options can be excellent opportunities either to explore and research issues that are already concerns for you (and which may even have been topics of earlier writing) or to examine new interests. At the very least, though, topics can be seen as occasions for making your writing relevant and meaningful to your own personal and academic concerns.

Which of the three issues Dr. Davis is taking to the Management Committee are procedural decisions and which are policy decisions? Be sure to explain your answer.

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Organizational policies and procedures case study

Read the Midwest Hospital case available in this week’s LibGuide. Answer these questions about the case:

Which of the three issues Dr. Davis is taking to the Management Committee are procedural decisions and which are policy decisions? Be sure to explain your answer.
Write policy statements for those of Dr. Davis’ issues that pertain to policies and write procedures for those issues that pertain to decisions that are procedural.

Identify leadership traits and/or styles and analysing their impact on organisational change programmes. Explaining and comparing leadership theories and relating these to the context of organisational change.

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Management and organisational change

Part One Particular consideration may be given to:
⦁ Assessing the relationship between attitude, job satisfaction and commitment
⦁ Identifying the key issues influencing motivation
⦁ Explaining and comparing theoretical approaches to motivation (content and process) and
⦁ relating these to the context of employee dissatisfaction/disillusionment
⦁ Analysing the practical applicability and usefulness of motivation theories for managers/leaders
⦁ Evaluating team-working and its impact on addressing individual and to organisational needs

Part Two Particular consideration may be given to:
⦁ Defining and exemplifying organisational change
⦁ Establishing the role leadership plays in directing organisational change
⦁ Identifying leadership traits and/or styles and analysing their impact on organisational change programmes
⦁ Explaining and comparing leadership theories and relating these to the context of organisational change
⦁ Evaluating the practical limitations of leadership theories