Complement a transformational leadership strategy with other types of leadership behaviors

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An unforeseen decrease in sales numbers at Grotto Inc. has led the executive management to change sales projections. As a consequence, a reorganization has been planned for your department – the innovation and product development team – that will see your team merged with the sales and marketing division. You have been asked to draft a strategic plan for the merger. The plan should include a vision for the new department embracing values of the existing departments. As one of two people in the new management team, you have volunteered to address the staff at the upcoming annual retreat. You believe that the retreat offers a great opportunity to communicate the new vision, clarify its meaning and significance, and connect it to the core job tasks completed by staff on an everyday basis.

  • Q7. Define the concept of charisma. Is charisma learnable or an innate characteristic of a few select people? Provide an argument for your position.
  • Q8. Describe the two elements of an effective vision statement.
  • Q9. Outline a vision for the new department consisting of both product developers, marketing personnel, and sales representatives. Explain why you believe your vision will be effective at appealing to and motivating staff.
  • Q10. Discuss why it might prove difficult for you to motivate all the different groups of staff through a single coherent vision for the new department (hint: consider potential differences in what motivates the different groups of staff). Will you have to complement a transformational leadership strategy with other types of leadership behaviors? If so, what other leadership behaviors might prove useful? If not, why is transformational leadership sufficient in this context?

What is the important connection that exists between planned change and corporate culture

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Change Article Discussion Create a discussion post that responds to the following questions. 1. What is the important connection that exists between planned change and corporate culture? 2. Why do you suppose the research often indicates that 70% of transformational change isn’t successful? 3. Can change be successful if it does not align with the organization’s culture and values? Why or why not? Explain. 4. While change is happening, why is it important for organizations to monitor through consistent check-ins? Use an example (real or hypothetically created) to support your ideas.

Should investors be more guided by ethics or by the potential of just earning a profit

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Answer these reflection questions and post them to the Discussion post/board: . Which company would you invest in? Why? Why did you choose this company over the others? . Does it matter to the investor what the corporation does or what it sells for an investor? Should the actions of the corporation help to determine where money should be invested? Explain. . What do you know about the word "ethics" and how does it come into play here? . Should investors be more guided by ethics or by the potential of just earning a profit? Why? Explain.

Organizational performance measurement

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As part of your report, your manager asked you to examine the performance of the hospital in comparison with other successful hospitals. You need to use certain baselines and measurement tools that are generally used in organizational performance measurement. The idea is that your fresh eyes may be able to identify some of the reasons that contribute to the failure of the hospital.

Describe how you will measure the economic and operational performance within an organization.

Make a Performance Review plan/strategy for employees

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You are the HR Manager for a Technology firm that provides customer service to customers digitally through online chat and email responses. You have a group of 25 employees who are scheduled to work to provide support to customers for 16 hours per day. Employees rotate on shifts of 8hrs each. The work arrangement is remote and employees are provided with the technology to work from anywhere during their shifts.
You have been asked to make a Performance Review plan/strategy for employees of this support group.
Some simple metrics are below:
Attendance required: 80%
Response time: within 3 mins of the message received by the employee
Customer Rating: 75%+
Completion of inquiry rate: 85%

1. Determine how you will assess for Developmental and Administrative aspects of performance management
2. Develop a score card (with standards included)
3. Provide  a 360 Evaluation and the criteria of who will participate in the evaluation
4. What is the process of review (scorecard & 360)
5. Ensure you refer to the right methods and processes to develop your Plan/strategy.
6. Ensure you are able to provide a brief description of why you selected the method or process you have chosen for your plan.

Different information security threats that organizations face today

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There are many different information security threats that organizations face today. The threat of information security breaches should not be underestimated. Every day hackers steal data from thousands of people and disrupt normal business activities. Every organization has information security threats and vulnerabilities, no matter how well prepared they think they are. But what is a threat to information security? A threat is defined as “the possibility that something unwanted will happen.” Hence threats in information security are anything that could result in something unwanted happening to data.

 

The biggest threats to information security are in the following areas:

 

  1. Distributed denial of service (DDoS).
  2. Social engineering.
  3. Man in the Middle (MitM).
  4. Malware and spyware.
  5. Password attacks.

Question:

1.Pick 1 of the categories above.
2.Give a detailed explanation of your category. i.e.: DDoS attacks are sometimes used to create confusion while more subtle attacks are made to steal data.
3.What are some methods used for attack? Choose at least 3 and explain. i.e.: DDoS includes ping of death attack, botnets, smurf attack etc.
4.Research a specific occurrence using a credible news source. Give a detailed account of the event.  A video, article, or internet accounting can be used.
5.How did the supply chain change after this event? What was the impact? Clearly detail and chronicle the events that followed this event.

 

6.What is happening in supply chain security technology that will help combat cyber threats in the future?
7.What are the costs associated with cyber security?

Overall goal as a modern property manager is to run the business more effectively

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The overall goal as a modern property manager is to run the business more effectively. However, it seems there are a lot of challenges that professionals in this industry have to deal with. In light of what you have learned so far in this course, and your other businesses courses, what do you think is really at the bottom of these struggles?  From the Wood article, explain your agreements, disagreements, and/or questions regarding the idea, as well as any implications it may have in the role of a property manager.

Most common issues that revolve around organizational ethical decision making

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Some of the most common issues that revolve around organizational ethical decision making today, are: 1. Bribery 2. Environmental Protection 3. Indigenous Land Claims and Disagreements 4. Sweatshops and Child Labour 5. Diversity and Discrimination 6. Country embargoes 7. Fraud/Cyber Security 8. Side deals Corporate Social Responsibility: Ethical Issues/Dilemmas Assignment Choose one of the ethical issues/dilemmas identified above. You are to create a presentation / slide show (ie: Google Slides, MS Powerpoint, etc) that will explain and explore your ethical issue/dilemma. Specifically, you are equired to include: Slide 1 – Explain the issue and identify why it is considered an ethical issue. Slide 2 – Share a Canadian example of an organization that had to deal with that ethical issue/dilemma. Explain the situation on this slide. Slide 3 – What did the organization do, or not do, in this example. Slide 4 – Analyse what the organization did. Did they handle the issue correctly or not? What could they have done better? Slide 5 – Include your sources for your example

Flexible working pattern analysis 

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Flexible working pattern analysis

 

Prior to COVID-19, flexible working opportunities for employees occurred, but were not a widespread phenomenon. Then we were faced with a pandemic and the working environment quickly had to change. Business owners had no choice but to offer flexibility to their employees.

answer the following questions in a report style:

  1. What are the benefits for employees when an organization allows flexible working arrangements? Explain.
  2. What are the benefits for the employer in allowing flexible working arrangements? Explain.
  3. What are the challenges posed for employees? Explain.
  4. What are the challenges posed for employers? Explain.
  5. What are some common types of flexible working arrangements? Explain.
  6. Give an example of someone that you know whose working arrangement was impacted by COVID-19. How was their work environment impacted? What benefits/challenges did it pose for them? Did they prefer to have a flexible working arrangement? Explain.

Organizational Structure and Work Flow Design processes

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Define relationship between Organizational Structure and Work Flow Design processes. Give the importance of Job analysis relative to:

– work design

– HR planning

– selection

– Training

– Performance management

– Career planning

– Job evaluation

 

 

6. Explain ‘Forecasting”. Explain the derivables from forecasting in relation to Leading indicators and transactional matrices.

 

7. Give the need for downsizing, outsourcing, offshoring, early retirement plans in making the firm sustainable. Recruitment calls for 3 major thrusts. Explain each pls.