Management

Consider the following question:  In Chapter 1, the four Ps of Marketing are introduced: Product, Price, Promotion and Place. Which of these do you believe is the most important, why do you believe that and provide an example to support your perspective.

Describe what kind of talent your chosen company needs. Explain how the company can attract, retain, motivate, and develop the workforce to achieve its goals.

Your paper can focus on either a current or past employer of yours, or some other company with which you have significant familiarity. What’s needed is some knowledge of the inner workings of the company–its struggles, its strengths, its climate, and so forth. The paper should include the following four sections: 1. Organization – Provide just enough details on the company for me to be able to understand the problem that will be described. Resist the urge to provide irrelevant details and feel free to omit or disguise any details that might be sensitive in nature. 2. Problem – Describe, specifically, one problem that the company is struggling with that will serve as the focus of the paper. Resist the urge to discuss multiple problems–focus on one specific issue with which the organization is struggling. Be sure to focus on a problem that can be impacted by the relevant topics. 3. Topic – Choose at least ONE topics from the list below and apply those topics to the problem. Describe very specifically how the concepts, principles, and findings represented in the topic matter to the problem, and how they can be leveraged to articulate a solution. Value-precept theory Job characteristics theory Challenge-hindrance stressors Expectancy theory Goal setting theory Equity theory Psychological empowerment Cognition-based trust Justice Ethical decision making Cognitive ability Emotional intelligence Team processes Types of power Transformational leadership 4.  Recommendations – Provide a list of very specific recommendations/action steps that flow out of the discussion of the topics and that can help solve the problem. In thinking about how to craft the topics into those recommendations, strike a balance between being practical and being bold. Every organization has key constraints that need to be taken into account when designing interventions.  Although those should be considered, resist the urge to “play it safe”, as that tendency often leads to modest interventions that are ultimately ineffective.

Topic is Make-A-Wish Foundation.  Required in Paper:  -Mission Statement  -Organization Structure (chart or description) -Decision-Making Process -Human resources practice ( perks, incentives, hiring, procedures, etc.) -Social Responsibilities  No more than one paragraph about the history of the organization. Need to know what they are doing today.  Use any available source of information about the organization.  Identify your sources of information in a list of references at the end of the report. You may add an appendix containing copies of web pages own printed information. The list of references and the appendix are not included in the page count.  The list of citations must be in APA format. Please use citations.  The Body of the report should contain 1000 and 1500 words, 4-5 pages. 

Scenario Imagine you just came back from lunch and found the email string regarding the proposed EOC staff meeting related in the scenario. It’s your plan to address the situation, and it’s your intent to do it in a single email that demonstrates leadership and a keen understanding of the issue, participants, and their associated dynamics.  INSTRUCTIONS Complete both parts of this assignment. PART 1: ANALYZE YOUR APPROACH TO THE ISSUE Describe your approach to constructing the email.  Describe possible causes for the caustic exchange depicted in the email chain. Consider possible core organizational issues. State any assumptions that you might need to make regarding the scenario to support your assertions. Justify why your message would likely be effective. Consider content, tone, style, et cetera. Explain your intent for how your message might impact future communications and actions among team members. Part 2: Write a Response Email Write an email that effectively addresses the email chain. It should: Properly consider the audience, your position, and the circumstances. Articulate a well-conceived solution to the problem. Effectively end the thread completely and de-escalate the tension. Send a message that this exchange was “sub-optimal.”

Theory’s Influence on Risk, Planning, and Resilience In this assignment, you will examine the influence of theory on risk assessment, emergency management planning, and community resilience. Complete the following: Identify at least three theories that you consider most influential on risk, planning, and resilience in emergency management. Explain how those theories apply to policies and practices to implement protection, prevention, response, continuity, recovery, and mitigation. Use the PPD-8 phases of emergency management. You may choose from the following theories: Symbolic Interactionism. Functionalism. Conflict Theory. Structuralism. Vulnerability. Social Constructionist Theories (as related to hazards and disasters). Systems Theory (including systems thinking). Organizational Behavior Theories. Emergent Behavior Theories. Development Theories (as related to economy globalization and complex societies). Risk Perception and Communication Theories (as related to hazards disasters and response).

Assignment: Leadership in Flux Power and politics, and conflict and negotiation are essential elements in organizational leadership today. It’s important to understand how to lead through these elements to build a positive and successful organization. Power and leadership are key functions in an organization. Good leaders utilize positive power and communication structures to effectively manage and develop their employees. This all leads to a healthy and productive workplace. The following Course Outcome is assessed in this Assignment: MT302-5: Examine the role of the communication and leadership process in relationship to employee effectiveness. Read the scenario regarding the communication and leadership processes used regarding the employee’s effectiveness. Scenario (fictional): Fameit Inc. (FI) is a manufacturing company that produces customized frames using all sorts of materials to create frames for certificates, pictures, paintings, etc., all over the world. There are 100 employees that are divided between manufacturing and sales representatives with about 20 staff assigned to managerial/administrative positions in the various departments. About two months ago, the head of production, Nicolas (in his position for the last 5 years), was in a meeting with his staff when the following conversation occurred: Production Manager Nicolas says at the end of a half-hour meeting to review the production schedule results: “Does anyone have anything to add concerning operations today?” Production employee Berta: “Well, we are having some problems in production because some of our vendor acrylics are changing composition and are not resulting in the best quality of product when they come off the line. Someone needs to speak with our vendor.” Production Manager Nicolas: “Anyone else have that problem?” (He waits for 3 seconds for any response and then continues.) “Thanks everyone, I guess that wraps up this meeting. Now back to work!” After a week the Production Manager began to receive reports from the database system that quality control was rejecting some of the final products off the assembly line. In addition, customer complaints and returns now had gotten to the critical point, and executive management had been alerted. The production manager had a special meeting of his department that same day and admonished the production team saying: “It is your responsibility to see that these products pass quality control. If there is a problem you are to contact me. I hold you all responsible for this lapse in reporting this problem. I will decide shortly who will be working with me to resolve this issue.” The production employee Berta just looked at her colleagues and said, “But boss, I did bring this up at the last meeting.” The Production Manager responded: “Well, if there was a problem as important as this one, you should have sent a follow-up memo to everyone.” Looking at Berta he continued, “Someone may be losing their job over this!” Then he adjourned the meeting. Production employee Berta speaking to another employee after the meeting: “I absolutely should not lose my job over this; I told him there was a problem. I am going to lodge a complaint with Human Resources right away.” Checklist: Respond to the following items regarding the scenario and the leadership and communication processes you learned about through your Reading and Learning Activities. Analyze the problems at this company as portrayed in the scenario. Describe the leadership style demonstrated by the manager. Describe the steps in the communication process that were not addressed or completed and how they were not completed or addressed. Explain the aspects of the leadership process that were neglected by the manager. Examine and explain how the manager could have used the communication and leadership process to (1) build a better relationship with the employees in his department and (2) make employees more effective on the job. Submit your minimum 2–3 page expository essay with an additional title and references page in APA format

30 references: 10 academics; 10 articles; 10 scientific) methodology: the interview method (qualitative survey) font: new Roman 30 pages without annexes character 12 line spacing single I already interviewed 8 people subject: the impact of HR analytics on employee retention: a study of satisfied vs engaged employees

Increasing volcanic activity in Iceland continues to affect air travel. The volcanic ash is able to remain in the skies over Europe and parts of Asia for days or weeks, impeding aviation traffic. The 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull created traffic problems for all of Europe and resulted in disrupting air travel for millions of passengers (Gruber, 2011). Proposals to accommodate air travel range from grounding air fleets to creating a multinational air traffic control system that would allow any nation’s aircraft to overfly any other nation’s territory in order to continue to serve paying customers. This would apply to any aircraft including commercial, private, and government planes carrying passengers, mail, consumer goods, and military cargoes. Imagine yourself as a manager of a commercial courier service in Denmark; the success of your firm depends on the timely delivery and any delays in air traffic can harm your company. Your fellow Danish citizens depend on your firm for many reasons. Directions: ·       Analyze the impacts—beyond mere loss of revenue—on your business as a result of the grounding of air travel throughout Europe when Iceland’s volcano erupts. ·       Propose actions you will need to take, in light of those impacts, across your business functions in order to protect your firm’s assets. ·       Formulate how you are going to manage customers’ expectations. ·       Define and evaluate possible new partnerships that you might be able to create that would allow you to support your customers.

Choose two business leaders who have held CEO positions in Fortune 500 companies – one who is presently leading a company and another who has led within the past 20 years. They may or may not have led the same company. Develop a profile of each of the leaders using the leadership theories studied in class and those found through external research. What type of leaders were they? What was their leadership style? Research the performance of their respective companies during the time they were leading. Based on your analysis, were they effective leaders? Why or why not? Compare and contrast the two leaders – do you believe one was more effective than the other? Why or why not? Based on your research, do you feel the leadership styles required to effectively lead a Fortune 500 company have changed in recent years? Why or why not? Assess your own leadership style. Do you believe you have what it takes to lead a Fortune 500 Company?