Two Short Essays

Essay 1:

Now that you have read this week's assigned chapters, for your initial posting define social media and your understanding of the manner in which it can be utilized as a marketing tool. Also, discuss two legal issues that may arise using social media. 400 words.

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Chapter 1

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Essay 2:

What are some of the most common misperceptions of managers when it comes to teams and teamwork? How can these misperceptions lead to poor team performance?

200 words of detail for the above.

Next, In 60 words (each) identify why you see them as important and how you would improve the content for two below:

Question 4. Give some real-life examples of organizations that use each of the four different types of teams described in this chapter. Is the type of team structure used by each organization effective, or not?

I currently work for a company that specializes in training and they use manager lead teams. The responsibility lies on the manager to set objectives, goals and functionality of the team. The manager is heavily involved and offers opinions. This type of management has been effective for as long as the company has been in business; 42 years.

An organization using self-managing teams is Worthington Industries, a steel manufacturer. This type of company allows their employees to make decisions themselves without inquiring to management. Based on their “out of the box” hierarchy, this is an effective way of managing that promotes open thinking.

An organization that utilizes self-directing teams is Warner Lambert. They utilize self-directing teams to expedite new-product roll out. Self-directed teams are teams that are able to set their own goals and objectives. This effective method promotes innovation.

Another type of team is self-governing, Gerdau, steel manufactures use this type. They instill in their employees, feelings of personal ownership, in the decisions of the company. The company promotes this type of thought process to encourage an environment that fosters participation. This is not always effective, but it is working for Gerdau, because they promote and encourage this method (Thompson, 2014).

Response to topic 6:

Last semester I completed the capstone for my degree program. One of the key components of the capstone is a team project which last nearly the entire 16 weeks of the course. Before the capstone began we were to connect with other students in the class discussion board and form our own team. I was able to meet other students and form my team of 3 the week before the class began. The premise of the team was that we were all managing members of a global retail company. The type of team we were to form was a self-governing team. As the capstone is an interactive learning environment we were to make determinations each week for the direction of our company, jointly delegate ourselves tasks, and make executive decisions together. The way this team was setup everyone had authority to contribute to decisions and we all must come to a single conclusion each week. The most frustrating aspect of this team aspect is that there are multiple managing members with unique opinions but collectively we can only move forward in one direction. Much of the time spent in the team was convincing others of decisions instead of moving forward with completion of the required task due each week. Similarly to other responses to other managers in this team style, it's very susceptible to misdirection. As everything is under a strict time schedule managing members are more likely to concede ideas to the most influential managing member regardless of their belief in the ideas. For this type of team to work properly it would have been better if my team had more opportunity to meet beforehand to discuss visions of the project. Having any differences in directions can be detrimental to this group style.