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ALL BUSINESS PAPERS SHOULD BE MLA FORMAT
Leadership interview paper is due April 4th
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Read chapters one and two
“the greatest managerial principal is that which gets rewarded gets done”
Ways to improve effectiveness:
1. Provide opportunities for training, development, and continuous learning
2. Share information often with employees
3. Encourage cooperation across teams, departments, and the organization
4. Link compensation to performance
5. Avoid layoffs
6. Role model positive behaviors and attitudes
7. Respect differences across employees
8. Listen to employees and other stakeholders concerns and ideas
The six forces reshaping management practices:
1. The power of human resources
2. Globalism
3. Diversity
4. The speed of change
5. New worker- employer psychological contract
6. Technology
As an “organizational physician” you will need the skills to identify and fix Individual differences,
Individual motivation, Rewards, Group behavior, intergroup behavior/conflict, organizational
power/politics Misbehavior, and Stress
Organizational structure: The formal pattern of activities and interrelationships among the
various subunits of the organization. It can be more complex than what can be seen on an
organizational chart
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Culture is learned and shared. It defines the boundaries of different groups.
A national culture is the sum of the beliefs, rituals, rules, customs, artifacts, and institutions that
characterize the population of a nation.
Adaptation to new environments involve:
Learning new values
Processing information in new ways
Working within established
oNorms
oCustoms
o rituals
organizations operate efficiently only when shared values exist among the employees.
values are the guidelines and beliefs that a person uses when confronted with a situation in
which a choice must be made.
societies values impact organizational values because of the interactive nature of work, leisure,
family, and community.
Cultures can be sensed or felt but not seen. Consists of attitudes, emptions, and perceptions
Influences behavior, attitudes, and effectiveness
There is no single definition of culture, involves assumptions, adaptations, perceptions and
leaning.
Includes symbols, language, ideologies, rituals, and myths.
Creates pattern of beliefs, values, and expectations
Three levels or organizational culture: level one is visible artifacts.
Level two is values.
Level three is unconscious assumptions.
Culture provides and encourages stability.
Imposed values are often met with resistance.
Ways to structure socialization: common experiences, fixed sequence of steps or timetable,
mentoring, and sink or swim
Spirituality is a personal, private path that contains
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