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8-Assignments/Deep Level Diversity 7.doc
Running head: DEEP LEVEL DIVERSITY 1
DEEP LEVEL DIVERSITY 4
Deep Level Diversity
Student Name: Mohammed Alzahrani
Professor Name: Philip Conley
University Name: Tiffin University
November 11, 2017
I would use to describe my boss as understands the objectives of the employee and is committed to helping us, more loyalty develops from the same and contributes to the work motivation of the team. My boss transfers power and delegates authority as times. He trained me, he made sure that I think correctly, and then they give me the freedom to act. He also monitored the results and give me direction, and I always feel confident in the judgment. He always motivates their people to be balanced in the personal work-life relationship. He is also like many other bosses who is a good leader either by temporary, or by friendship, as a result of climbing positions in various ways and even by luck. But what really defines a good boss of a bad boss is his leadership ability.
He is tough, whereby being tough does not mean being bad, despotic or even aggressive. It means knowing how to pull on the rope when necessary, get serious, be a little cold and push people to really fulfill their obligations. By this I mean to be tactful with people, to know when you are passing the line and also learn to be a good boss with the same level as when you have to be hard, but in reverse. My boss was very tactful and good with handling diverse people.
I remember my boss having hired me for running an area in which I specialized and in which I has very good knowledge. It is not bad to approach the workers, to know about their lives or even to understand when they have bad times or complicated situations. The business cost of the inept and aggressive bosses is enormous: their teams work more clumsily, make more mistakes and even suffer more heart problems. Within that communication, respect and recognition for the work done is above the economic what employees of organizations value most in the relationship with their boss, according to all the studies on work climate. On the one hand, it is always important that the employee feels good as an identity within the organization and on the other hand, the dialogue between the boss and the employees is essential to correct and change everything that is likely to do so.
Depression and anxiety are two of the main problems that attack our society and stress, one of the culprits that triggers them. My boss was full emotionally stable and overall very good and professional with emotional stability. In order for a person to feel satisfied in their work, they must have all areas of their needs covered - feeling valued and recognized, and a good boss must draw from his team both his learning and a challenge within his work. This constitutes the emotional stability and thus, shows the potential ability of my Boss. One of the main characteristics of my boss is that he knew exactly how to challenge each one of the people so that it supposes growth for them within the organization, but, people end up discouraging themselves from what they have what to do.
Other elements of qualities in my boss were that, he arrived every morning with a smile on his face. It did not matter if he did good or bad or if he had risen with a good or bad footing. There he was with his smile ready to say good morning. He came to work full of energy and transmitting positivism and good humor. In the face of difficulties or critical moments, it was always there. He was the first to get to work when things were not working well. The rings did not fall. We felt him as one more member of the team. He knew our capabilities, our interests and our motivations perfectly. He did everything possible to achieve a balance and meet the needs of each of us, at least in the medium term when short was not feasible.
All this made him a great boss but there is one thing that, for me, was the one that prevailed over all the others, and that was that he trusted us. I saw in the rest of my companions and in me the potential that many times, even we ourselves were not able to see. And that confidence that we had in which we could achieve our objectives, ended up becoming feasible.
References;
Harrison, D. A., Price, K. H., & Bell, M. P. (1998). Deep-level diversity on work group cohesion. Academy of management journal, 41(1), 96-107.
8-Assignments/Forms of global businesses 5.docx
FORMS OF GLOBAL BUSINESS 4
Forms of global businesses
Student Name: Mohammed Alzahrani
Professor Name: Philip Conley
University Name: Tiffin University
Date: 10/15/ 2017
Forms of global businesses
Introduction
Global business is simply the buying and selling of products and services by people from different countries. The advantage of global business is that they allow more business opportunities as well as intensifying competition. Global business normally follows rules, laws and regulations that govern the way business is to be done. There are a number of global businesses such as strategic alliances, wholly owned affiliates, global new ventures, cooperative contracts as well as exports.
Body
In order for global business to be successful, there should be language and cultural training so that the people who are involved can be able to interact without barriers (Martin & Chaney, 2016). There are normally two ways in which global businesses can be conducted. In the first place, there are the multinational corporation in which case a business runs in more than two countries. There is also direct foreign investment in which a company builds a new business or is able to buy an existing business in a foreign land.
It should be noted that in any global business, governments where the business is operated has a direct control on the business and can impose taxes or tariffs among other barriers, and the country that wants to run a business has to ensure that they reach these standards before they are finally allowed to conduct their businesses. The tariffs are important to a country because they help increase cost as well as regulate the amount of goods that are imported so that they do not affect business in the country.
There are two ways in which a company can operate globally. In the first place, there is the global consistency in which case a multinational company that is operating in different countries uses the same rules and policies, procedures and guidelines. The same rules will apply in any country. On the other hand, the local adaptation is the case where a company modifies the rules and policies, guidelines and procedures so that they can fit the country where they are operating. Each company has different ways of working and each of the above ways apply in different places as the company may choose better.
When choosing a place for a global business, a company has to consider a number of factors such as locations that enables the company to have easy access to growing markets, effective and cost- effective location to build the manufacturing plants or offices and the company should also be able to reduce political risks. The company should also be sure to look at the purchasing power as well as foreign competitors to be sure that they will get profits or that they can be able to achieve their goals and objectives (Culpan, 2015).
In addition, the company should be able to identify places where they can get fair and quality working force and company strategy, places that have few tariff and non- tariff barriers, the exchange rates, lower labor costs and well as low transport costs. Further, the company should identify places that have lower political uncertainty as well as policy uncertainty. As discussed earlier through language and cultural training can best improve global business.
References Association, M., & Resources, I. (2015). Global Business: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications. IGI Global, 2015. Culpan, R. (2015). Global Business Alliances: Theory and Practice. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2015. Martin, J. S., & Chaney, L. H. (2016). Global Business Etiquette: A Guide to International Communication and Customs. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2016.
8-Assignments/Good Bad of Using Teams 6.doc
Running head: GOOD & BAD OF USING TEAMS 1
GOOD & BAD OF USING TEAMS 4
Topic: Good & Bad of Using Teams
Student Name: Mohammed Alzahrani
Professor Name: Philip Conley
University Name: Tiffin University
November 03, 2017
Good & Bad of Using Teams
In an organization, it is essential that employees work as a team. Each employee must contribute their grain of sand so that teamwork allows the best results. When working in a group efficiently, synergy appears, that is, the union of energies (Hansen, 2006).
Good
When people commit to act in a certain way, their decision is strengthened by the knowledge that others are engaged in a similar way. One of the most influential motivating forces of individuals is to feel respected and supported by the members of the group they consider essential to belong to and maintain their position within it (Williams, 2013). It will have a higher level of productivity. The communication and information systems are more efficient and more direct. There is a higher level of commitment to the group's objectives. The working environment is improved, there is better coordination among the members of the team. It allows facing complex tasks with greater success. It facilitates the management, control, and supervision of work.
To form a work team, it is necessary to consider not only the intellectual capacities of its potential members but also their socio-psychological and personality characteristics of each component. Individual groups are formed to perform specific tasks, others to advise and others to manage (Hansen, 2006). Working as a team is a project in which they collaborate to get ahead several people. An answer that goes beyond the simple sum of the contributions that each one can make. The advantages of teamwork are accurate and positive results. For this reason, selection experts prepare, increasingly, group dynamics when choosing their ideal candidate. A well-trained and coordinated work team will have a positive impact not only on the results of the organization but also on the employees. Experts in Human Resources ensure that a functional group can generate and strengthen enthusiasm, cohesion and job satisfaction. However, nobody says that it is a natural task and to achieve this there must be a pleasant atmosphere, affinity, and good working relationships.
Bad
Teamwork consumes more time for the coordination of different activities since everyone makes decisions. The participation and agreement of each one of its members are necessary; Even if coordinating takes them individually, it requires time to inform and listen to opinions. It promotes conformism, and the critical judgments disappear in some members of the majority, due to the fear of being excluded or excessive desire to belong (Williams, 2013). An individual or subgroup can control and manipulate the rest of the components, distorting the priority objectives and confusing, for example, the distribution of responsibilities.
Individual processes can occur that negatively affect the quality of decisions and the solution of group problems, such as the diffusion of responsibilities, the development of "group thinking," phenomena consisting of accepting obviously erroneous conclusions, in the confidence that the group is wrong, less than the individual, etc. They can develop objectives, norms, and values contrary to those defined by the organization if they consider that it cannot satisfy their interests and needs (Hansen, 2006). Less productivity of the group that would be the sum of the efforts of each of its members. Occasionally, the pressure is exerted on individuals with higher levels of productivity to match their performance to that of the group. Likewise, it was possible to verify that as the size of the group increases, individual effort diminishes, phenomena that are called "social laziness," which is the tendency of individuals to make less effort when working in a group, than when doing alone.
References;
Hansen, R. S. (2006). Benefits and problems with teams: Analyzing the Pros & Cons. Journal of Education for business, 82(1), 11-19.
Williams, C. (2013). Principles of management. South-Western Cengage Learning.
8-Assignments/How to make a plan that works 4.doc
How to make a plan that works
Student Name: Mohammed Alzahrani
Professor Name: Philip Conley
University Name: Tiffin University
September 30, 2017
While it may not be the most tedious component, creating a work plan is, for the most part, considered the most essential. A decent plan will appear on the right foot, and we can control the groups to progress in the most severe conditions. An improperly built plan, and again, can ruin even a simple task and make problems for all-inclusive. Being new to the world of risk management, after a few simple steps, we can create a workable plan without fail. Regardless of the ability to be prepared for a PM, it will never harm the backpedal to the nuts and bolts and audit the underlying messages that are engaged in making a task plan that works.
Writing a scheme forever is an immense attempt. It's not something we should expect to finish in just 60 minutes. There is a requirement for reflection, written work, and soul searching, which is a surprisingly problematic and exhausting work. In a perfect world, we must have the ability to devote an end of the week to write the diagram of life.
To become a total and balanced individual, we must flourish in each of the parts. An amount as extensive as the joy that people rely on in the various parts of life. In any case, before we can make sense of how to exceed expectations in every part of life, we must first precisely characterize the roles as a man. Sit with the pen and the diary and consider the pieces that we face every day. Record the same number of them that play a string without keeping it small (Gursky, 1990).
To help guide long-term goals and even day-to-day decisions as individuals, we must put in which are the most important parts of us. Take a goose in summary and start organizing the pieces held by the necessary majority to the mandatory minimum. With the breakdown held, we can now begin to make better decisions that are more in line with what we value. This summary will be particularly useful when we end up in circumstances where we have parties to petitions in dispute. For example, suppose we have applied to get into work at the end of the week. It will look great, and it will help with professional success. Take all the dark targets we may have and keep in touch with them, so they are a particular target. Our goals must be quantifiable and have a deadline for completion. About the possibility of losing weight, the state of the amount we should lose and the date we need to lose it. With the possibility of paying the obligation, express the correct amount that we must pay and the time we will spend.
The next step to becoming more aware of the work time is to plan the hours. The idea may seem clear; however, many end up in the sorting mode, noticing urgent problems and never stopping for a minute to devise strategies on how best to invest their energy. The less clear we are about what we need to do, the less convincing the plan will be. Strive to explicitly characterize what we need to achieve, as predicted, ideally, before starting the business.
Being private and practical while planning a long business is about the professional effectively decreasing the anxiety that can go with poorly designed tasks, for example, missed expiration dates and exhaustion prolonged periods of time. Landmarks mark large steps along the street to reach the goal (Gursky, 1990). Make inflection points effortlessly, starting for the goal achievement and return to the current day and conditions. Some messages or advances may seem more overwhelming than others.
With another plan, it is almost impossible to start improving the goals, ending up with wishfully finished and then fizzle. Either way, we'll probably get the ideas we set as workable remnants for self, and after that, make sure we're responsible.
References;
Gursky, D. (1990). A Plan That Works. Teacher Magazine, 1(9), 46-54.
8-Assignments/Management skills 2.docx
Running head: Management Skills
1
Management Skills 2
Managerial Skills
Course: MGT-201
Tiffin University
Date: 09/17/2017
Management
Management skills entail a lot of things, and managers must be able to have extra knowledge apart from just giving way forward for junior employees. They must understand business organizations, excellent communication skills and an understanding of the financial flow of the organization. Good management skills go together with leadership skills. (Whetten et al., 2014). Both skills involve decision-making, a delegation of duties, proper communication and problem-solving skills. Leadership skills enable managers to exhibit a sense of courteous authority among immediate supervisors and junior employees.
Management is all about organization. Managers are tasked with ensuring that the different departments of a company are all working properly. This requires of them to integrate all issues from various departments within the organization. These skills are equally necessary for different levels of company administration from top leadership to supervisors. For example, managers are held accountable for any mistake committed in various departments. In this manner, they must have knowledge of any unusual occurrence in the organization.
Good managers have good planning strategies. Planning entails coordination of tasks depending on objective and priorities of the company. A manager must be able to develop ways of accomplishing set goals. This requires them to be flexible, and they may need to adjust other people’s plans in a courteous way to fit new circumstances. Organizing requires managers to create structures that may help to accomplish planned tasks in the organization. In this manner, management individuals formulate a system structure of who reports to which authorities. (Rue, et al 2012). Designing layouts for office is key to this development. It should take into consideration ways of planning how to move different projects to the next level. This helps an organized running of a company.
Coordination is a core value to the proper management of organizations. It is a task of managers to understand current activities in the organization such that they can fast-track any cases of negligence and redundancy within a staff. They must be up-to-date on what is required at any one time and be able to help different situations. Managers must be able to notice and correct issues as soon as they occur. In coordinating activities, managers also give directions to immediate juniors. They must take charge and be able to give way forward to staff on what is expected of them. It requires courteous authority.
Oversight is a management skill required of managers. Managers must be able to know things that are going on in the organization and be in-charge when things go out of place. It may include a quick review of business models while looking for inefficiencies to make sure things are within the time frame and budget. The work of oversight incorporates good collaborative skills. The manager must work in a way that the junior employees do not feel oppressed by guidelines of managers. (Rue, et al 2012)
Effective communication is key to good management. Managers must be able to create a compelling presentation in setting their goals and ideas. Effective communication earns respect. This helps managers run issues of company smoothly without facing defiance from staff. For example, when some respected manager delegates duties to junior managers, junior managers take such tasks positively and perform them. This helps boost levels of production in such a company. Managers must be able to communicate with diplomacy, credibility, and tact.
References
Rue, L., Byars, L., & Ibrahim, N. (2012). Management: Skills & Application. McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
Whetten, D., & Cameron, K. (2014). Developing Management Skills: Global Edition. Pearson Higher Ed.
8-Assignments/organizational behavior 3.doc
Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR 1
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR 5
Topic: Successful Organizational Structure
Student Name: Mohammed Alzahrani
Professor Name: Philip Conley
University Name: Tiffin University
September 22, 2017
Successful Organizational Structure:
Companies are progressively worried about creating outer correspondence systems to draw in and hold clients in light of the development of advanced power and interchanges.
The culture organizational is one of the essential columns to help those organizations that need to be focused. Therefore, the essential issue around which this work rotates is the investigation of organizational culture as an upper hand in a social setting of organizations. The motivation behind this part is to base the examination with the bibliographic survey, alluding to the subject under investigation, including the Importance of organizational culture, examination of the components of culture, vision and values, from the distinctive methodologies treated for the advancement of the work.
The idea of culture is new as far as its application to business management. It is another point of view that enables management to comprehend and enhance organizations. The ideas that will be displayed next have been of extraordinary significance since they comply with a need to comprehend what occurs in an environment and clarify why a few exercises that are performed in organizations fall flat and others don't
Through the arrangement of convictions and values shared by the members of the organization, culture exists at an abnormal state of reflection and is described on the grounds that they condition the conduct of the organization, making normal numerous demeanors that join individuals, molding their method for think, feel and act.
Inside the theoretical system, the organizational culture has the disposition of showing through critical practices of the members of an organization, which encourage the conduct in the same organizational elements.
In the distinctive ways to deal with organizational culture, it has been watched that there are creators inspired by considering culture to be an outline to comprehend the conduct of organizations, others have been slanted to know top to bottom the authority, parts, and energy of administrators as transmitters of the culture of organizations
While developing a culture in the organization upheld by its values, it is planned that all members build up a recognizable proof with the vital motivations behind the organization and send practices coordinated to act naturally controlled. That is, a culture is the specific method for getting things done in a particular environment.
For example in every organization the cultural behavior always pays a more importance. Once when I was working in an organization, where the values and the beliefs are kept more important for employees. By making the value as an important one the organization is leading a success till now.
Individuals' activities are constantly situated to some extent on the fundamental contemplations they make. It is vital that best management builds up its own theory where it incorporates its past encounters, its instruction and predecessors, and in addition its essential contemplations about the general population and the need to pick up the dedication of the subordinates in light of the values of the organization. When contemplating every single one of the methodologies of organizational culture, it has been watched that the said creators have accentuated on the conduct of the organizations and of the lasting and vertiginous adjustments of the aggressive conditions to which the organizations are subject. Therefore, effective organizations will be those that can perceive and build up their own particular values in view of their capacity to make an incentive through the formation of learning and its expression.
References:
Barney, J. B. (1986). Organizational culture: can it be a source of sustained competitive advantage?. Academy of management review, 11(3), 656-665.
Cameron, K. S. (1994). Strategies for successful organizational downsizing. Human Resource Management, 33(2), 189-211.
8-Assignments/Reflective Paper 1.doc
Running head: MANAGEMENT 1
MANAGEMENT 4
Topic: Reflective Paper
Student Name: Mohammed Alzahrani
University Name: Tiffin University
Instructor: Philip Conley
Management:
“Effective management and leadership creative basic considering, stimulating agents and guaranteeing the partnership satisfy targets and objectives. There are five functions of management and ace: planning, designing, staffing, managing and controlling. These functions limit the management system from various business functions, for instance, marketing, accounting and back. The planning function of management controls all the planning that empowers the relationship to run effectively. Planning wires delineating a goal and picking the best course of action anticipated that would satisfy that target.”
“The overseeing function of development controls the general structure of the connection. The diverse leveled structure is the foundation of a relationship; without this structure, the standard operation of the business turns up evidently troublesome and unsuccessful. The staffing function of management controls all enlistment and workforce needs of the association. The central motivation behind staffing is to get the ideal people for the right occupations to fulfill the objectives of the association.”
“The planning function of ace controls all the overseeing, planning and staffing activities of the alliance and ensures all activities function together for the upside of the association. The controlling function of management is profitable for promising each other function of the cooperation are set up and are working effectively. Controlling breakers setting up execution measures and checking the yield of administrators to ensure each master's execution meets those gages”
Do you believe you could be a manager?
Yes, I believe that I could be a respective manager. Because for every manager motivation and the leadership quality is the most important one. I am thinking that I have these qualities. One attribute in being a good people manager is being able to handle conflict proactively. This requires the ability to remain levelheaded and uncover all the information necessary to analyze the various angles of a situation before you react. Those with anger management issues rarely make good people managers.
What do you believe should be important to managers?
I think every manager has certain qualities:
“Extraordinary managers are difficult to find in the corporate woodwork. Finding someone who has most of the qualities of a better than average manager is considerably more troublesome. You've seen them - the supervisors who have an overwhelming affection for the affiliation and the ability to settle on decisions with sympathy and learning.”
“An effective manager can't move others if he or she can't self-animate. Self-motivation, the ability to influence them to go, and accept accountability of what's next for you, is a fundamental individual trademark for a manager. You have to prop yourself up — and awaken the people who work with you.”
Optimism: “A hopeful mindset can help gather confidence in your agents. You're inspiring air can propel others, and empower them to like finishing things.”
Confidence: “Do you have faith in yourself. You ought to have the ability to settle on decisions in confidence, and show others that you are fit for utilizing sound judgment. Your confidence will rub off on others, and can be of benefit.”
“Some level of business instinct is basic when you are a manager. While you won't need to be on the level of a specialist dealmaker, nature with principal business principles and practices can be valuable.”
“A not too bad manager ought to have the ability to pass on effectively. You might be dumbfounded at the different qualities there are related to communication. Guarantee that you develop the ability to grant as a component of your attempts.”
“Your qualities as you build associations matter when you are a manager. You should know how to manage associations among yourself and your subordinates, and also manage the associations among the people who work under you.”
Something that you want to learn regarding management
“To begin with, what constitutes “everything” dependably hints at change? More will be discovered on the planet in your lifetime than you could learn in your lifetime. Second, with any favorable luck, you will change as you create, which will give you perspective to pick what you need and need to learn.”
Making instability. “Instability is the thing that you get when you keep including or changing tasks continually. When you do this, you set your specialists up for dissatisfaction since you keep moving the target further and promote a long way from them. And also management should give first priority to the employees.
8-Assignments/Who Leaders are and What Leaders do 8.doc
Running head: LEADERSHIP 1
LEADERSHIP 4
Who Leaders are and What Leaders do
Student Name: Mohammed Alzahrani
Professor Name: Philip Conley
University Name: Tiffin University
November 15, 2017
What makes a good leader?
A good leader is a person who fills in as an image or as an example to be trailed by a gathering of individuals. The leaders are usually the image of a task or some institution, development or group in general and that has the support and regard of the team that tails it for a particular intrigue, either for reasons of philosophy, work, values or for purposes of sharing a cause, among others. A good leader needs unwavering courage. The support and trust of the general population he leads is based in no small degree on the values that the person driving can transmit. For this reason, there are strong supporters of political figures who express their values and ideas clearly, concisely and above all, transmitting confidence and without contradictions. A good leader ought to never contradict himself since such actions will only cause an impact of the doubt on the part of the general population who take after a leader.
To be a good leader is always to maintain a poise, since a person who can't nominate himself, could never have the capacity to govern other individuals. An excellent example of this could be that the leader of an anti-corruption commission was a criminal. Would you believe a leader who contradicts himself and can't maintain restraint? Most likely not. At that point do not do what you would not want them to do to you. Empathy is some of the time an ideal way to see things.
Does leadership success depend on who leaders are, such as introverts or extroverts, or on what leaders do and how they behave?
Indeed, leadership success depends on who leaders are, such as introverts or extroverts, or on what leaders do and how they behave. Leadership consists in transforming an impersonal organization into an institution of individuals. For others, it is the way toward impacting and coordinating the activities of the individuals from a gathering, related to an everyday event.
The cutting-edge concept of a leader not just infers that he is a person who motivates, gives confidence and focuses the way forward. It is also someone who provides what is necessary to their representatives to be beneficial, so clients obtain what they require and with the goal that providers even succeed. In some cases, it suggests that the leader allows and encourages the creativity and participation of workers, clients, and providers to adopt changes in items and administrations.
Today, it is necessary to consolidate most of the above traits to take the lead as a leader. Today's leaders should be educated, have the vision, exceed expectations in their businesses, radiate emotional knowledge, and be the two teachers and apprentices. They need a strong feeling of morals and responsibility. Also, they should have the capacity to act as collaborators and supervisors at the same time, and fair judgment to know when to be what. Adaptability to increase viability is vital in this era of constant change. They also warned against right decisions that, for others, would be exceptionally costly or hard to execute and suggested that arrangements be made with the vision of building up the capacities of others engaged with it. Effective leadership requires the ability to organize and control the details. No honest to goodness leader is ever "excessively caught up with, making it impossible to do anything that can be asked of him as a leader. At the point when a man, either as a leader or an assistant, admits that he is "excessively occupied with, making it impossible to change plans, or to pay attention to a crisis, he is admitting his inadequacy. The successful leader must be the one who controls all the details related to his position. This means, naturally, that he must acquire the habit of delegating the details to capable assistants. Leading is an art and not just the charisma or the accented nature to practice it is sufficient.
References;
Williams, C. (2013). Principles of management. South-Western Cengage Learning.