ENTI 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Strategic Planning, Crisis Management, Root Mean Square

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20 Aug 2013

School

University of Calgary

Department

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Course

ENTI 201

Professor

Norman Althouse

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Top leadership is critical for the success in organizations. Today companies rely on managers to guide the daily process using human, technological, financial, and other resources to create a competitive advantage. Management: the process of guiding the development, maintenance, and allocation of resources to attain organizational goals. Anticipating potential problems or opportunities and designing plans to deal with them. Coordinating and allocating the resources needed to implement plans. Ef ciency: using the least amount of resources to accomplish the organization s goals (doing things right) Effectiveness: the ability to produce the desired result or good (doing the right thing) The highest level of managers, including ceos, presidents, and vice-presidents; they develop strategic plans and address long-range issues. Managers who design and carry out tactical plans in speci c areas of the company. Managers who design and carry out operational plans for the ongoing daily activities of the rm.

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This assignment asks you to analyze various companies' missionor organizational vision statements to determine how suchstatements guide leadership practices within an organization.Select a mission statement or organizational vision statement fromone company that professes to practice servant leadership and onethat practices a standard leadership model. Some well-knowncompanies that practice servant leadership are Southwest Airlines,REI, and Aflac. Conduct additional research to locate others. Onceyou have selected two companies, write a 1,000-1,250 word analysisthat addresses the following: Compare and contrast the missionand/or organizational visions statements of the two companies. Whatare the similarities and differences? How do you think thesestatements impact the culture of each organization? What servantleadership principles or values are either explicitly or implicitlyapparent in the mission/vision statement of the company thatprofesses to be servant-led? Explain how you see the principlesexpressed in the statements manifested in each companyâs publicreputation, and how they treat their employees in the services theyprovide, their marketing, etc. Provide a few specific examples todemonstrate your points. Do you think each company is living outthe values/principles expressed in their statements? Why or whynot? If the more traditionally led company adopted a servantleadership model, what revisions to their mission/values statementwould be warranted? Be sure to comment on your understanding of howsuch mission/vision statements can or should guide a companyâstreatment of its employees and clients. Include the mission ororganizational vision statements of the companies you selected inyour analysis. You are required to locate four articles thatsupport your selected organization's mission or vision statement.Two of the selected articles must be peer reviewed journalarticles. Include information from the articles in your discussion.Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in theAPA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstractis not required. Refer to "Topic 6: Mission Statement Analysis,"prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with theexpectations for successful completion. You are required to submitthis assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in theStudent Success Center.

1.Which of the following key questions do managers not ask when designing the organizational structure?

A. Should the company evaluate its employees?

B. How should the company introduce corrective measures?

C. Who should coordinate the activities to achieve overall strategies?

D. How should information be delivered to managers?

E. What is the most efficient method of linking divisions to each other?

2.Which of the following do companies NOT need to know about differences in political and legal systems?

A. If host government approval is necessary for making direct investments

B. If specific departments have the authority to give approval for business deals

C. If firms must hire outside consultants to teach them about the local system

D. If English is spoken

E. If legal and political processes often differ in target countries

3. Changes in strategy require ________.

A. a low-cost leadership strategy

B. chains of command

C. decentralization

D. adjustments in structure

E. accountability

4. Which of the following statements does NOT describe a mission statement?

A. The mission statement guides decisions such as which industries to enter.

B. Mission statements explain the effect of company's operations on stakeholders.

C. A mission statement is a written statement of why a company exists.

D. The mission statement of an international business depends on its type of business.

E. A mission statement identifies and selects an organization's objectives.

5. Which of the following is NOT a question to ask before going global?

A. Is your company a start-up?

B. Have you or your employees lived in other cultures for a long time?

C. Do you or your employees speak other languages?

D. Will you need to adapt your product?

E. Is your company's infrastructure able to handle international activities?

6.When designing structure, managers must consider the degree of ________ needed among various groups within the firm.

A. funding

B. leadership

C. focus

D. adaptation

E. coordination

7. Which of the following strategies is NOT business-level strategy?

A. A brand strategy

B. A growth strategy

C. A differentiation strategy

D. A focus strategy

E. A low-cost leadership strategy

8. For self-managed teams, experts suggest all of the basic guidelines except ________.

A. ignoring cultural differences in self-managed teams

B. using selection tests to identify the employees likely to perform well in a team

C. training local managers at the parent company

D. adapting self-managed work teams to the national culture of each subsidiary

E. adapting the integration process of work teams to each national culture

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Case Study 6.1 Netflix

Introduction

Motivation practices and applications influence processes such as leadership, power and politics and communication affecting the organizational outcomes. Organizational outcomes such as individual performance, job satisfaction, team performance affect the organizational goals. The organization goals are affected by the entire process on how organizational behavior is handled in the entire organization.

Unit Learning Outcomes

ULO 1: Analyze the concept of intrinsic motivation and its primary determinants. (CLO 1 & 3)
ULO 2: Evaluate the various types of extrinsic rewards. (CLO 4)

Directions

Mini-case studies: The students are expected to answer the questions associated with the case. These questions are intended to elicit thoughtful reactions to contemporary organizational behavior initiatives and challenges. The students are expected to carefully read the assignment instructions, then thoroughly and explicitly address each component of the corresponding case study questions.

The responses should reflect higher level cognitive processing (analysis, synthesis, and evaluation), which is essential for someone in any industry, as diversity decisions affect all levels and stakeholders within the organization and in the external marketplace.

There is no minimum number of references that need to be utilized to support the completion of this assignment; however, it is generally understood that any good case study analysis will incorporate the appropriate quality and quantity of scholarly sources to support any suppositions and recommendations.

The submission will not exceed four (4) pages in length, excluding the title and references pages.

The document must adhere to the APA writing style.

The document should be prepared as a Microsoft Word file.

Case Study 2

Read the case study 6.1 Netflix in your text.

Intrinsic Motivation

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/05/being-a-go-getter-is-no-fun/393863/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

âNew research suggests that competent employees are assigned more workâbut they don't always like it.â

This resource relates to Learning Objective 6.1. Read more on page 141.

Answer the case questions in a written APA paper format

1. How does Netflix use intrinsic motivation to support its HR practices?

2,why would a creative firm choose to use intrinsic motivation where an industrial firm would probably choose to use extrinsic rewaeds.

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