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explaim..What role does leadership play in championing the use of 720-degree feedback as a tool for organizational improvement?

1. Describe the changes that should occur to minimize the likelihood of these problems in the future.2. What recommendations do you have for Paul to improve the relationship between employees and management? CASE STUDY: ANCOL CORP Paul Sims was delighted when Ancol Corp. offered him the job of manager at its Lexington, Kentucky plant. Sims was happy enough managing a small metal stamping plant with another company, but the invitation to apply to the plant manager job at one of the leading metal fabrication companies was irresistible. Although the Lexington plant was the smallest of Ancol’s 15 operations, the plant manager position was a valuable first step in a promising career. One of Sims’s first observations at Ancol’s Lexington plant was that relations between employees and management were strained. Taking a page from a recent executive seminar that he attended on building trust in the workplace, Sims ordered the removal of all time clocks from the plant. Instead, the plant would…

18- Mr. Shamsudeen has many years of sales experience in Saudi Arabia. However, the company (Hero Marketing LLC) he manages is currently experiencing high resignation from his sales team which he cannot control. In this context, how could you determine ONE of the uncontrollable reasons for employee turnover in the company. a. Higher aspiration b. Faulty training c. No proper supervision d. No proper motivation

1 Read the situation well and answer the questions below it: A couple of months ago, Misha applied for the position of a “Marketing Coordinator” in an e- commerce based setup. On the desired day, she was asked to do an assessment regarding Project Management Skills. After completing with that, the CEO reached out to her via email to do the second assessment. This was complete a thirty minutes’ personality profiler, which is a Predictive Assessment of her past and likely future ‘to-be “attitudes, from a company called the Predictive evaluation.   A few days after completing the assessment, she had received this email:   “Unfortunately, we have to inform you that this time we won’t be able to invite you to the next phase of our selection process. Though your qualifications are impressive, we have decided to move forward with a candidate whose experiences better meet our needs for this particular role. Write two unstructured interview questions for this situation

1 Read the situation well and answer the questions below it: A couple of months ago, Misha applied for the position of a “Marketing Coordinator” in an e- commerce based setup. On the desired day, she was asked to do an assessment regarding Project Management Skills. After completing with that, the CEO reached out to her via email to do the second assessment. This was complete a thirty minutes’ personality profiler, which is a Predictive Assessment of her past and likely future ‘to-be “attitudes, from a company called the Predictive evaluation.   A few days after completing the assessment, she had received this email:   “Unfortunately, we have to inform you that this time we won’t be able to invite you to the next phase of our selection process. Though your qualifications are impressive, we have decided to move forward with a candidate whose experiences better meet our needs for this particular role.”     Which selection tests she went through in the second assessment scenario? Name any…

1 Read the situation well and answer the questions below it: A couple of months ago, Misha applied for the position of a “Marketing Coordinator” in an e- commerce based setup. On the desired day, she was asked to do an assessment regarding Project Management Skills. After completing with that, the CEO reached out to her via email to do the second assessment. This was complete a thirty minutes’ personality profiler, which is a Predictive Assessment of her past and likely future ‘to-be “attitudes, from a company called the Predictive evaluation.   A few days after completing the assessment, she had received this email:   “Unfortunately, we have to inform you that this time we won’t be able to invite you to the next phase of our selection process. Though your qualifications are impressive, we have decided to move forward with a candidate whose experiences better meet our needs for this particular role.” In order to check her technical expertise which two selection methods discussed in…

8. Learning organizations use which approach to acquire knowledge that they can use to change behavior?     a)  conducting formal retrospective meetings   b)  studying customer habits   c)  benchmarking against best industry practices   d)  All of the above

Reflection on Kotter's change model on top-down approach through leadership of a guiding coalition.

Can you answer this question as short answeR? Distress at DES Your friend Diane works at the Department of Economic Security (DES) as a child protective service worker. You have known Diane personally and pro-professionally for a number of years, and she has asked you to advise her on managing stress. She told you that she admires the way in which you seem to handle stress in your own job at the Department of Motor Vehicles, and she wants advice and counsel for reducing stress where possible and coping with the rest. Because you are such a good friend, you have decided to set aside an afternoon to talk to Diane. You begin by asking her to simply talk about the sources of stress in her life. She tells you the following: "First let me say, I love my job. I really think I am making a difference in the lives of children and their families. It's not that it isn't frustrating-it is. Sometimes the system just won't let me do what I think is best. I do care about my work and want to stay in…

nWhat role does leadership play in championing the use of 720-degree feedback as a tool for organizational improvement?

Case Study: Inclusive Leadership at Vodafone Communications giant Vodafone wanted to improve the inclusive culture at their organization. They partnered with the business consulting firm of Schneider & Ross and the drama learning program Steps to create a more inclusive culture at Vodafone through education and action planning. The initial push, designed to raise awareness of the need for inclusive behavior, was made to 250 of Vodafone's senior leaders from all over the world. To accomplish this, Vodafone and its consultant built a 1 1/2-day experiential learning event designed to communicate important information about inclusive practices in a very practical, applicable, and consequential positive way. The program was designed to focus on two specific elements related to inclusion: To help those senior leaders understand why an inclusive culture is so important, and what kinds of contributions are made when organizations practice inclusivity. To give the senior leaders the tools…

Q1: A prevalent theory is that the diversity of the workforce increases organizational effectiveness. A manager wants to know if this relationship holds for her organization. CONSIDER ABOVE SITUATIONN AND Define the problem statement FOR IT, ITS research objectives and research questions.

CASE STUDY QUESTIONSQUESTION 1: 2.5 ptsWhy did the companies described in this case need to maintain and analyze big data? Mention two reasons for both of the New York Police Department (NYPD) and Hertz need to maintain and analyze big data? What business benefits did they obtain, mention two only?     CASE STUDY 2: BIG DATA, BIG REWARDSToday’s companies are dealing with an avalanche of data from social media, search, and sensors as well as from traditional sources. In 2012, the amount of digital information generated is expected to reach 988 exabytes, which is the equivalent to a stack of books from the sun to the planet Pluto and back. Making sense of “big data” has become one of the primary challenges for corporations of all shapes and sizes, but it also represents new opportunities. How are companies currently taking advantage of big data opportunities?The British Library had to adapt to handle big data. Every year visitors to the British Library Web site perform over 6 billion…

3. You're a manager at a car dealership in Santa Monica. Your employees are supposed to work (i.e., stay in the office) until 6pm on weekdays, but you notice that most of them leave work at 4:30pm in order to go to the beach and enjoy themselves. If your goal is to have a workplace where every employee works until 6pm, describe how you would achieve this goal using: a. Positive reinforcement b. Negative punishment c. Negative reinforcement d. Positive punishment (NOTE: Your responses for 3a, 3b, 3c, and 3d can be one sentence each)

Which of the following is NOT a key factor in strategic control?     Culture     Rules     Emotional intelligence     Rewards

Influencing Interactions  3.    What are the problems of false consensus error? How can managers deal with this tendency? 4.    Is there such a thing as a “good” stereotype? Is a “good” stereotype useful or still problematic?

1. You are a member of the IS support group for your organization. The manager of sales is very tech savvy and a rapid adopter of new technology. Today, she texted you that she would like to upgrade from 4G phones to 5G phones for the 45 members of the sales organization as soon as possible. Would it be wiser to wait until the new 5G technology has been more fully developed? Why or why not? How do you respond to this manager?

What are the pros and cons of the Kotter change model?

Explain how would a manager deal with the possibility that customer satisfaction doesn't lead to customer retention?