Boss Case Studies Samples For Students

Chip Mazey is a vice president of the group. During a meeting with him, in a working situation or social meeting, I would pinpoint a number of issues that we feel the officer needs to work on. A particular aspect that the manager needs to work on would be on how he relates with his employees. Respect for employees is a trait that is missing in Chip’s style of administration. Chip's style of administration started right after he was promoted to the vice president's position and his ego took a grip on him. The manager is so full of himself that he continually brags ...

Ethical dilemmas do not have a direct response as one progress with the career. The exception to this is when the ethical dilemma involves the breaking of the law or profession regulation. Ethical dilemmas are entail situations of moral conflict and transgression between parties. In these kinds of situations, one has to choose a creative alternative to end the constant strive (Linzer 37).
In this issue, the ethical dilemma entails an overly dependent boss who takes all the credit from the worker. All the work that the group does credit goes to the boss and the manager. Sometimes the boss ...

Delegating authority is a very complex decision that has to be taken by managers. In this case Mary made a decision to delegate authority to John Links. Mary’s decision was based upon Link’s position as Senior Research Analyst at the company. Her decision to appoint John Link as her temporary replacement was a good decision overall. Link was able to manage her department effectively but at the expense of his own work. This suggests that John Link was unable to multi-task and while performing Mary’s duties he ignored his own work.
Mary did not clearly specify Link’s ...

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Based on the case study, Martha Rinaldi is faced with two major dilemmas. Knowing that she is already employed with Potomac Waters, her leaving the company without first addressing her work troubles would be viewed as a weakness on her part. On the other hand, choosing to stay with Potomac Waters might compromise her work attitude, break her spirit and possibly the chance to grab Deep Dive Pizza’s standing offer of employment. Staying with Potomac Waters is, obviously, a challenging position to make for Rinaldi. After all, most young people value the over-all work environment and career advancement ...

The best respondent in the Bad Boss story is Gini Graham Scott. This is because she acknowledges that despite the fact that the boss is bad. David should not quit the company and work with Irving since there are many crazy bosses in the world and therefore, Irving may be a bad boss also. She advocates that David should remain and work under Commodore and try and solve the problems that exist between with his boss. She suggests that David should set some networks with the other employees because they are all suffering from the leadership of their bad boss.
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This case study presents bosses who are difficult to deal with mainly because they always think of what is best for the company. In the process of doing so, they push each and every person to surpass their limits. It is quite tough for an employee to deal with a difficult boss. They are always unpredictable like the commodore, less rational and less understandable. This makes it difficult to deal with them especially since one minute they seem quite understanding and the next they minute they behave like monsters.
Both bosses’ posses the characteristics discussed above. From the case, ...

What ethical issue or dilemma was Bob Hopkins facing?

Bob received an order from Stan inquiring about the availability of 3x12 Doug fir rough sawn lumbers. When his partner asked him if he had received any orders for scaffold planks, he began to hesitate and felt that something was up. From the information that Mike was giving him, they had received three inquiries from Stan that had the same tally. The scaffold planks were usually stronger than the ordinary lumber and were used between the metal supports often in the construction of high storey buildings. Further, scaffolding grading was different from the ordinary grading since their strength was ...

I agree with the solutions to the Dress Code Policy. I have been in workplaces where other employees did not follow the Dress Code Policy and it caused contention amongst other employees so I feel it is important to take proactive measures to ensure compliance. In the Case Study I agree that posting the Dress Code Policy in an eye catching place as a reminder is very effective. As well as dismissal if the employee fails to change their behavior after all other steps are exhausted.
If you were the person who violates the Dress Code Policy, what would ...

According to the rational choice paradigm, a rational decision maker is expected to identify, select and executive the alternative that will yield the best result in the activity that they are doing. As such, such a decision maker will have two rational choices namely the subjective expected utility choice which is applied to identify the alternative that has the best value or engage in the decision-making process which is a systematic application of various stages of decision making. Clearly, Peter, Fran’s boss, is in total oblivion of this paradigm. The manner in which he handles Fran’s absence ...

A Brief Study

Leadership, Motivation and the Case of Alex & Stephanie: A Brief Study

The case of Alex and Stephanie (Robbins & Judge, 2010, pp. 712-714) and their experiences in motivation and subordination while working for their respective bosses throws to light some very interesting facts about the theories of motivation and leadership. The case presents to us two individual Alex and Stephanie who are working at a local supermarket and come from pretty similar backgrounds and needs. Both are students in the state university and work to make ends meet and help pay tuition fees. The experiences of the two individuals, ...

1. In general, what are the challenges and opportunities for overcoming resistance to change whether it originates laterally or below or above?

Change in an organization must be accompanied by visionary leadership. However as the leaders attempt to take the organization through the change process, resistance from people is a natural barrier that might occur. Ethical handling of resistance to change involves handling several challenges. They include,

Establishing a Sense of Urgency for Change

When a true need for change is established, the management should soften resistance by generating a sense of importance and urgency to implement the change. Sometimes, organization crisis motivates the employees to devote their time ...

Kindred Todd & the Ethics of Organizational Development - Case Analysis

Problem
The case of ‘Kindred Todd & the Ethics of OD’ illustrates a situation where an employee named Todd has started working for a consultation firm and she is facing an ethical dilemma. She was told by her boss Mr. Stebchuck to represent herself as Continuous Quality Improvement expert in front of a client. However, she was just a fresh graduate with no training or relevant experience to be able to recommend quality solution to the client. Following are the macro and micro level problems presented in the case;

A. MACRO

Macro problem is referred to a subject of concern, which may ...

The descriptions given by Steve Jobs about Apple’s organizational structure seem to comply with the matrix structure. Steve Jobs makes some descriptions that show the uniqueness of Apple’s adaptation to the matrix structure. Organizational structures are generally categorized into four groups that include simple structure; functional structure; multidivisional structure; and matrix structure (Ketchen & Short, 2014). The companies can then adjust the chosen structure so as to suit their objectives and goals. Apple has customized the matrix structure so as to make it more collaborative.
Steve Jobs says that the people working for Apple have been put into ...

Modern day managers who care less about employee motivation and satisfaction do so at the business’s peril. It is imperative that the business managers put in place strategies to maintain low staff turnover by placing value not only on clients but also on the employees (Grant, 1984). Fullerton and Toossi (2001) assert that doing this assures the business of continuity and gives it a competitive edge over its competitors. The case of a Peter Gibbons working for Initech exemplifies this issue by contrasting the working conditions at Initech to those at Coffee Beans.

Peter’s achievement orientation

Peter is not motivated and cares less ...

Leadership and communication are two intertwined concepts. Leadership requires an individual to possess great communication skills. Effective communication is possible only when the sender and receiver perceive the exact same message. Faulty communication and leadership styles can lead to conflicts and dissatisfaction on the part of leader and the follower both.
The movie, “The Nanny Diaries”, was released in 2007 and was based on the novel written by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. This movie is a good example of faulty leadership and lack of communication between employer and the employee and how it led to disastrous results. The ...

Question One

The poem focuses on the influence the captain on his crew. It is evident that the captain leads his crew by influencing them. As such, the captain can be said to be a transformative leader. There are various characteristic that are attributable to transformational leadership. First, a transformational leader sets out to empower the subjects thus encouraging the subjects to transcend their personal interest for the sake of common good. Second, transformational leaders are a role model to their subjects. As such, they are role models for their subjects hence the firm will tend to identify with such leaders. ...

The main professional issue presented in this case is intimidation (bullying) of a junior employee by his supervisor. Janice intimidated John to have him comply with her orders or face low performance rating. Janice’s orders were that John allows her to use his program and present it to her boss as her own. In effect, Janice’s boss could never get to know that it was John’s effort and therefore John could not get due recognition for searching the program. In essence, Janice wanted to benefit unfairly from another employee’s efforts, which is unethical.
According to ...

- Discuss the case in terms of the attitudes and beliefs of the managers and workers. Pay particular attention to issues related to satisfaction and organizational commitment
Attitude affects the efficiency of an employee in an organization. It may affect it positively or negatively. Employees with a good attitude towards work, perform very well while at work while employees with poor attitude towards work perform dismally (Porter et al 37). The manager's attitude is also another important factor that determines how the organization performs. If a manager has a negative attitude towards the employees or the organization, the working conditions in ...

Business ethics is at present a very important business topic, and debates and dilemmas surrounding business ethics have drawn a lot of concentration from assorted quarters. This is Business misconducts have the potential to cause enormous damage on individuals, on society and on the environment. Through aiding people to comprehend more about the grounds and penalties of these malpractices, business ethics seeks, to improve the human condition.

When recounting to ethics at work, conflicts occur when one person gains at another's cost. Definitely, such scenarios of disparity can cause conflicts to happen and even outcome to condensed levels of efficiency for ...

Issue 1 - Ethics and Legal Environment 2

Issue 2 - Organizational Environment 4
Issue 3 - Critical Thinking 7
Issue 4 – Business Associations and Torts 8

Issue 1 - Ethics and Legal Environment

As an agent of her employer, Monique has legal obligations of obedience, loyalty, accounting and performance to her principal. The duty of loyalty involves a fiduciary obligation where the agent is required to serve one principal at a time and shun from conflicts of interest, inform the principal about any material information, and keeping away from actions that would adversely affect the interest of the principal (Hartigan, 2014:272). Additionally, Monique has the duty of obedience towards her principal. The obligation ...

Question I – Explain the strategic management process and how a corporation is likely to use this process to achieve strategic competitiveness to earn above average returns.
Strategic management is the counterpart of the scientific problem process in the field of science. It grossly involves the identification of a problem, the gathering of information, and formulation of a hypothesis and a solution, and it usually ends with implementation and evaluation. The typical problem solving process shares a lot of similarities with the strategic management process yet the two cannot be the same. In general, the strategic management process involves four ...

Executive Summary:

CCM Hockey is a traditional and authentic company that offers long-lasting and reliable hockey equipment. The success of the new line of skates’ launch is paramount to the company. With the launch of new line, the company must re-establish the faith of the customers in the CCM products and gain its position in the market, position that was lost due to past quality issues. CCM Hockey strongly believes that they should target customers in the retail channels, and are focused on selecting a proper positioning/targeting strategiesa proper positioning/targeting strategy, when they launch the new line of skates. Due to ...

Question One

In Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, there are ideas that emphasis on the responsibility of employers to deliver a working environment which motivates the employees. According to Maslow, the working environment should enable the employees to attain their exceptional potential to self actualization. Maslow describes the physiological, safety, love, self esteem and eventually self actualization; as the motivational pattern that human beings move through to achieve self actualization, a unique personal potential to performance (Griffin, 2012).
Amanda Shank’s old boss never appreciated her efforts, and therefore the boss failed to meet esteem needs. Under the esteem hierarchy of needs, ...

Culture can be expressed best in the complex interactions of values, attitudes and behavioural assumptions of the society. Culture therefore, is the characteristics of particular groups of people defined by everything from knowledge, religion, social habits, art, law, morals and any other capabilities and character acquired by a person as a member of a given society. For a given culture to be an important concept in the management studies, we should be able to understand the culture concept and familiarise our self with it. (Francesco and Gold 1969).Therefore in this paper, I have discussed various dimensions of managing culture in order to ...

Leadership is the process of exercising power and influence in the social environment with the aim of achieving the objectives of a given organization. Each organization should have a leader to exercise control and organization in the performance of duties. Usually, a leader gives direction to the people under him. The leader should be in a position to gain the trust of his followers in order to have proper coordination (Kouzer & Posner 2006). A leader should also be supported by other people in order to carry out his duties effectively. He cannot work alone. This is the major reason why he communicates with ...

Module 1 – Case

Part A
1a. Sims, R. (2002). Teaching business ethics for effective learning (1st ed.). Westport, Conn.: Quorum Books.

1b. Reflection through Debriefing in Teaching Business Ethics

1c. The Environment for Teaching Business Ethics is very important (Sims, 2002).
1d. There is an ascent in the in teaching business ethics in various faculties with the level headed discussion of who is obligated to teach the topic begins. Since most business faculties have zero formal training with the regards to ethics, the presumption made is, faculty trained especially in ethic ought to play the part. Be that as it may, there are critiques against ethics and the most critical ...

The case study on Salt Lake City, the Olympics, and Bribery manifested a complex scenario, which demands a critical valuation. The case involved the perceived default by professional heads of the Salt Lake City Olympic Committee (SLCOC) and members from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), who have the full understanding of the ethical and legal stipulations of their work. The analysis of the case requires exclusive consideration of all facets ranging from the activities, circumstances that led to the occurrences, the individuals involved and the required rules as well as the regulations governing the corporates. Therefore, the analysis would employ the ...

Google is a result of collaborative efforts of Sergey Brian and Larry Page; they were the students of PhD at the Stanford University. This bright idea hit them during the education, to develop a worldwide search engine, which could be used and deployed worldwide. The page ranking algorithm developed by Brian and Larry was rated as the most intelligent software as it could cater any content throughout web and could tell the importance of the pages as well. The mechanism deployed behind the Google search engine was that it uses page ranking algorithm in connection with back-linking of data. Also, the ...

Introduction

Faith City is a city focused on its commitment to preserve and further improve the historical landmarks in its area of coverage. It wants to be able to exhibit human diversity and the city’s history while also aiming to increase the city’s income through tourism. The Faith City Government’s main partner in realizing this objective is Our Landmark Town, a non-profit organization. Our Landmark Town is currently operating under federal funds and through individual and corporate donations. However, its Director, Mr. Johnson, is currently retiring and has only devoted a period of two weeks to turnover his post and ...

Current Situation

The situation presents the unethical practices by Enron’s Chief Financial Officer, Andy Fastow during a period of massive violations of ethical and accounting practices. Fastow started Special Purpose Entities (SPEs) such as LJM which unethically grew and boomed out of Enron’s shares and assets (Arbogast). There was a serious conflict of interest since Fastow owned a big share of LJM. Before I joined, Global Finance as lawyer in the Tax Department, I had heard of LJM being a special purpose vehicle to purchase assets from Enron. I obtained a memo addressed to Enron’s executives in which Fastow sought exemption from Enron’ ...

Ray Betzell handling a general managerial post of a business partnership in the past five years between Rocky River Industries based at Ohio and Shanghai Fabric, LTD. Chai Wai, was his Deputy General manager. Together, in a joint initiative, they started out as representatives of a textile manufacturer based in the United States and another company based in China. Shui was started with the aim of producing coat fabric and dye meant for sale to international sportswear manufacturers, including Chinese market. Paul Danvers, Rocky River’s president, who happened to be Betzell’s boss, happen to have a nagging issue with the current 5% ...

Consensual Relationship Agreements

Introduction

A consensual relationship agreement is a contractual document signed between coworkers involved in romantic relationships. Employers use these contracts to make the relationship public. Consensual relationship agreements are used for several objectives. The contracts protect employers from litigation in case the relationship between coworkers goes sour. The contract also provides legal protection for the coworkers involved in the relationship, and third parties such as colleagues who are victims of favoritism due to romantic relationships. However, CRAs infringe on employee privacy by employers. Even though contract is signed voluntarily, the employees compromise their private life and the employer can easily ...

Reduction of internal costs and increasing customer revenue were the main objectives of the Canadian National Bank. The realization of such objectives called for the implementation of a strategic plan. Among the strategies to be implemented included the expansion of distribution channels and ensuring that customer representatives became acquainted with the wide range of products and services of the bank. The bank had its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in its external environment. However, the bank faced confrontations from customers and needed a plan to provide a solution to the problem. The action plan had to include a strategic objective that required all ...

Assignment 2: Loads of Fun

The paper analyses the case of Taira (Salmon) Brandt who is about to take over the family business of party invitation named “Loads of Fun”. Taira is known as the boss’ daughter and is not very much involved in taking big decisions for the business. The company is aware of the business decision that will be taken by the new CEO, but she is surely looking forward to addressing certain aspects that can have an impact on the business.
Taira is about to face new challenges because of an article published in the Kent County Gazette that challenged the ...

MANAGEMENT

Part 1
In today’s world of global challenges and competition, the role of managers and leaders is of critical importance. Managers need to make sure that the right kind of people gets hired for the right positions so that they are able to perform better. Managers also make certain that employees are given access to necessary resources so that they can deliver results precisely. The role of leaders is more pronounced than managers (Zaleznik, 1992). Leaders serve to motivate employees not by force, but through their charismatic persona and timely guidance and feedback. Without leaders, the employee would ...

Analysis of Case Study 1

Possibilities and addressing areas of concern
The employer is responsible for maintaining a proper Occupational Health and Safety at the workplace. According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, the employers must maintain an appropriate environment for the organization and recognize the physical as well as psychological health impacts of the workplace on the employees (Gibson, 2014). In this case, Joe Peterson worked in an atmosphere that was not familiar for a aged person. He used to carry a large number of items from up the stairs that made him feel ill in the workplace. The area in ...

Ethics is the accepted code of conduct (principles of wrong or right) that control the behavior of an individual, an organization or group of a profession. It is always considered to be a factor of variation in politics, economic growth, culture and legal systems. Particular practices might be unethical when viewed by other countries' standards. Most common ethical issues are related to human rights, labor standards, and financial standards, accounting standards, environmental regulations, moral obligations, and corruption.
The international business setting, through its economic and cultural diversity, time and again exposes foreign executives to significant challenges. On a short ...

The main problem discussed in the article is the widespread employee disengagement resulting from poor leadership. The great challenge for the leaders is bridging the gap between talent and energy of the workforce. The article gives a case of American executives to illustrate on this kind of problem. The case presented indicates that the workforce may be good, working up and down the ranks, but the absence of effective management ends up wasting this opportunity. In such cases, the managers do not understand the benefit they will get if the bring out and nurture the best from each employee. ...

People services Inc. whose foundation is providing quality services to its customers. Its employees are the key to efficient and productive services. Hence, conduct of employees is taken very seriously in the company. The employees have to be loyal, efficient and productive. The case study is of an employee whose performance fluctuated. At first, the employee known as Maryam had an outstanding performance. A hardworking employee. She came to work early. She did her work very efficient in doing her work. The management of the organization praised her for her good work. She was above average in her performance ...

Introduction

A strategic plan for a healthcare organization provides the organization and its stakeholders with roadmap of where it intends to be in future. It also details the plans and methods through which it will assess its progress. Strategic plans are used by profit-based entities to guide organizations about strategic priorities (Perera & Peiro, 2012). They provide a basis upon which future decisions are made. A strategic plan is necessary in strategic management. This paper is developed against the backdrop of a case study on Last Chance Hospital in which a strategic plan fails to achieve its intended goal.

Question one: Russ Newmarket planning strategies

Russ Newmarket ought to have used ...

Masri Toy Company Case Analysis

Introduction
Masri Toy Company is a family business registered in 1983 to create, design and distribute children toys and books to other retail firms spread out over several regions around the country. The business since it was established had been under the management of Samir’s father until 2008 when he died. One of the sons (Samir Masri) took over the management and leadership of the business from that point forward. Prior to the father’s death, the business performance had taken a declining trend a fact that even the father kept worried, however for the year 2009 to 2010, the ...

- Chet is an executive of one of the biggest plant of the Norris Company. The work pressure is very stiff, and there is a lot of things that he expects to do in any particular. Looking at Chet schedule for one particular day, one can see that several principles of time and stress management have been compromise. Although, Chet is trying to improve the situation sincerely, there is a lot going on his mind. Even the basic principles of stress management and time management have not been following resulting in stress, time-loss and poor work-life balance. Chet is right in ...

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The common knowledge tells us that the good business leaders are great communicators who are assertive and outgoing. However, is this always true and applicable? What would happen when two strong willed, extraverted individuals come together in a work situation with opposite points of view? Some theorists have begun to question the common knowledge and extensive work has been done by Prof. Adam Grant of Wharton. They have inferred that introverts are better in certain situations.
In an extroverted leadership the leader commands ...

Background

The case revolves around the leadership situation in the Growing Places Company. The chairman and the founder of the company is Evan Breyer. To ensure excellent performance of the company he hires a professional manager as the CEO by the name Rob Miranda. It is amazing how Rob succeeds in bringing exclusive revolution in the performance of the company in the few years he has been in the company. However, his performance is tested through complains by the subordinates since he uses harsh language towards them. There are numerous complaints regarding how Rob treats them as well as communicates to ...

Question 1

The organization maintained the crucial part of the research and development to be world class technologists. These technologists are the key masters of the most essentials areas of the household and the personal-care businesses. Technologists are intermingled together with the employees brought out of the research and development sector to interact amongst themselves at the innovation field. This way, it will ultimately cultivate an innovation culture to be felt daily.
The organization has created a funding mechanism that give support to innovation that focuses on customer satisfaction at all times. It goes along with the establishment of an innovation ...

Applying the 4 models of motivation (motivation, performance, outcome and satisfaction), we can then analyze Joe Chaney’s case. It is quite clear that there is a lack of motivation in the respective company in general. Joe complained that no one acknowledges his effort at all. The organization failed to meet the organizations structure and systems goals. It seems that it has failed to identify the help needed. The management should emphasize more on performance, which was lacking. For instance he often finds Joe daydreaming instead of working. With the maximum involvement of the leadership in gauging the task characteristic ...

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Question 1. Cliff provided his employees with positive reinforcement. He did so by often complimenting their good work, by providing lunch of Fridays for those who met their weekly goals and by giving extra time off to those who worked hard. By doing all of these things, the boss in the case study was performing operant conditioning, a form of behavior reinforcement that seeks to change behaviors. In this particular case study, the boss used positive reinforcement in that he provided the workers with additional perks, such as lunch and compliments in order to reinforce productive behaviors.
Question 2. ...

Communication Barriers

Introduction
Communication involves a sender transmitting information or an idea to the receiver. Communication helps better understand a person and enable to resolve disputes that may arise. It is important for information to be simple for it to be effective. The receiver must understand the information that is being delivered to eliminate misunderstanding, which most of the time cause frustration and misunderstanding. Excellent interpersonal communication skills create a productive work environment because one can be able to connect better with the work makes.

There are many barriers to effective communication. Barrier may occur at different stages in the process of information ...

Introduction

This paper is based on the discussion of the article “Inflation and Debt’ by John Cochrane. In this paper, different concept presented in the paper will be presented and discussed. One of the concepts, discussed in the paper, is inflation. The central question related to inflation is the value of paper money. It is argued that the paper has money because the government accepts currency in the form of tax payments. The retailers and service provides charge money on their products and services because they are required to pay taxes (Barney, Dwayne, and Harvey pp. 97).

Summary of Articles

Money supply can ...

Psychology: Case Study

Introduction 3

Initial interview 4
Assessment formulation methods utilized 4
Assessment of John presenting problems and goals 5
Analysis and critique of MMT approach 6
Agreed goals 6
Treatment plan 6
CBT interventions 7
Intervention for cognitions-thoughts records 7
Benefits of the approach 7
Interventions for behavior- activity scheduling/diversion techniques 8
Benefits of the approach/ interaction 8
Interventions for imagery/interpersonal- imagery based exposure 8
Benefit of approach 9
Intervention for sensation- relaxation/ visualization 10
Conclusion 11

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References: 15
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Introduction
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Q1. Art’s technique couldn’t possibly work in all organizations. Some organizations are extremely large, especially multi-national companies and they have hundreds of employees under one roof. Allowing everyone to be the boss in such an organization could lead to chaos. There would be no clear division of powers and employees would do whatever they deemed fit. Due to this, certain parts of the business could be neglected and because of that it could suffer. Moreover, employees withdrawing money and deciding their own pays with their accountant could cause excessive problems. It would be hard to keep track ...

Occupation: Criminal Mastermind

Age: Unknown
Marital Status: Divorced
Much of the Joker’s life remains a mystery. No evidence of his existence in the form of DNA records or fingerprints was available for the Police Department. He speaks of an abusive and alcoholic father and states his hatred of him. Ultimately, no reliable history can be made of the Joker due to constant shifting of his story. We are introduced to the Joker while he and a group of compatriots are robbing a bank. Systematically and calculatedly the accomplices were killed leaving only the Joker to make his escape with the bank money. ...

Two business owners are seen coming out of their busy factories with workers rushing to get home. Factory 1 is colorful, cheerful and organized. Factory 2 is black and white and disorganized. The workers from Factory 1 are happy and chat with ease with their boss while the workers from factory 2 are grumpy and seem keen on running away from their boss.

Cheerful slow music plays in the background as the two business owners begin to chat

Business owner 1: How do you do it, mate?
Business owner 2: How do I do what?
Business owner 1: How do you keep them so happy and cheerful? They look like they haven’ ...

In every organizational set up drama is bound to happen once or on many occasions. As Marlene Chism would have it, as far as human relationships are concerned or exist, there is potential for conflicts and drama. Human misunderstandings are common at workplace and require a lot of training and self-control to clear the differences. Managers have to understand that such misunderstandings will occur even among the best employees despite great hiring practices in the organization. It is part of the managerial function definition to identify the causes of such misunderstandings and applying the best decisions to solve the problems ...

The option I would recommend for the purpose of securing IVK would have been option number three which involves creating the mirror site out of the developing files while shutting the original system down then rebuilding it when the mirror site is already running well (“Damage” p.179). Though it would be costly, I would recommend more allocation of funds for the project so as to prevent future security problems since they ruin the company and incur more costs that what can be spent. In addition, I would prefer this strategy since it does not involve shutting down the company ...

The decision that Phil is taking can definitely impact Hady’s job, as acquiring competitors’ pricing and proposal inadequately will be done from his side and therefore in case if there is a check that happens he might lose his job. Moreover, the organization will also be facing a loss and a major hit on their Brand value and the image of an ethical organization. It is important to understand that although the contract was very important for MAXI Technology (MT), the normal organizational ethics were still supposed to be followed and Phil had given a strong recommendation to Hady, to obtain the pricing ...

Michael Clayton

Arthur a partner in a leading law firm feels guilty after discovering that U-North an agrochemical company they represent is actually responsible for the death of farmers and other citizens. Arthur faces a moral dilemma concerning the lives of the citizens affected and the amount of money they stand to make if they win the lawsuit. Arthur weighs the benefits in terms of cash that he claims to waste on prostitutes and the lives of innocent people. His conscience weighs down on him, and he decides to build a case against his firm in order to enable the innocent people, especially Anna whose ...

1. This case study outlines a meticulous, multifaceted process that Standard Life utilizes in order to find the best candidates for this incredibly competitive job. The human resources management strategy they are implementing in this process is highly selective and aims for the best of the best, knowing that highly qualified individuals will desire to work for them. While they do send out information to all universities to let everyone know about their job opportunities, they only send out HR staff to career fairs at 25 of the most well-regarded universities, showcasing their search for excellent. Next, they have to ...

In the case of the request for a second meeting between Shirley and Jeannie, with Kelly supervising, I believe it is quite necessary to do this, especially after the events of the first meeting. Despite the fact that it would be quite tense to go through for all parties involved, it would foster a much better work relationship between everybody if another meeting was attempted, this time with a greater attempt at fostering amity with Shirley and Jeannie. Obviously, there are some incredible discrepancies between how Shirley should be doing her job and how Jeannie feels she should be doing her job, ...