For each metaphor, Morgan includes a section titled “Strengths and Limitations” related to that metaphor. Consider your organization (or one that you have some familiarity with) and select any two metaphors. Using the strengths and limitations of your selected metaphors, assess which better fits, i.e. would be most useful in understanding, your organization. Be sure … Read more
Week 5: How Other Companies Have Transformed Themselves Review the case studies that are listed below. Choose 2 case studies for use in your assignment. Detail the changes made in their transformational change, highlighting the similarities and differences between their change plans and the one that you have created. Summarize what you have learned about … Read more
As a manager, whether you’re a store, facilities, or a general manager in any type of environment, your teams work to meet the strategic direction of the organization. As strategic initiatives are adopted, you and your team may need to adapt to new directions. Change can be hard, and your team and your organization rely on your understanding of … Read more
You have been hired by a new owner of an organization that wants to evaluate existing employees and create a plan for hiring new employees to replace ineffective existing employees. Along with the development of a transformational plan transitioning from existing employees to new hires, you will also review your own skills and competencies in … Read more
Employee evaluations are a part of most organizations. Complete the following for this assignment: Discuss a time that you were evaluated on the job, in a classroom, and so forth, and discuss what method was used for your evaluation. Do you believe that the evaluation was accurate or biased through one of the common rating … Read more
Dennis Hightower is given three months to develop a strategy that would unite Disney heads in Europe, demonstrate innovation, and produce growth throughout Disney Europe. Hightower is expected to knit together a federation of independent country operations and create an effective center linking local subsidiaries to the center. The process would be complex and … Read more
In the context of the times for Unilever (challenging & tumultuous) evaluate Polman’s decision to introduce a new strategy based on the USLP (Unilever Sustainable Living Plan)? How was Polman’s implementation of USLP accomplished that made it successful? Any leadership lessons for you in his approach? Which of the 3 options from the end … Read more
In your opinion has Uber acted ethically towards its stakeholders? Does Uber have any obligation to society? Think about in your answer the benefits Uber provides society in your way of thinking. Uber has taken the position of “principled confrontation” in dealing with government regulators. It calls itself a societal disruptor. To you, it … Read more
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Readings: Power, Politics & Conflict (Chapter 10 & 13) Textbook Link: https://cloudflare- ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceduosfwp6fajsk3k7z3pz6vgoes3svpaia57pw6vuwkbcxshk4eom?filena me=Ricky%20W.%20Griffin%2C%20Jean%20M.%20Phillips%2C%20Stanley%20M.%20Gully%2 0- %20Organizational%20Behavior_%20Managing%20People%20and%20Organizations%20%28 MindTap%20Course%20List%29-Cengage%20Learning%20%282019%29.pdf