Organizational studies and human resource management

COMPARE AND CONTRAST MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP Leadership and Management are two philosophies that use interchangeably. However, this paper will discuss and the differences and similarities between the two concepts. Therefore, the understand the meaning of the two words is imperative. Management: a manager is a person in an institution who is qualified for leading out the four roles of management, including planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Leadership, on the other hand, a leader…

1: Job satisfaction is how one feels and thinks about their job, and according to the value-percept theory an employee’s satisfaction with their job is contingent on whether the job is providing things that he/she values. Darren Entwistle though very successful, was not satisfied with working at Telus. Looking at his past job working as a Bell installer, Entwistle loved the independence and responsibility of his job, meaning he valued the work itself. He was responsible for the quality of the…

Case Analysis Question 1-Organizational Theories In the scenario presented, the three organization theories that would ideally provide necessary guidance would involve the usage of; Follett’s Theory of Management, Political Economy Theory, and Critical Theory. Using the trio to incite; integration and coordination through membership, survivability through the mobilization of power, legitimacy and economic resource and the achievement social change through communicative and innovative rationales…

Rise to Power What motivates a person to strive for the highest position of authority? To what extent does this powerful person have to go until they are considered in-control of a situation? What drives the inner voice and intentions of that powerful person? Trevor, from The Destructors, and Jing-mei from Two Kinds are drastically different, but strikingly the same. Both characters portray an ardent desire for power and control, achieved however thru different means. Both got what they…

Lloyd Bitzer states that the rhetorical situation is a context that addresses an issue through exigence, audience and constraints (Bitzer 8). Exigence is best defined as being a change that a certain organization or individuals wants made. The audience are the individuals who can make the change happen. Finally, the constraints have the power to constrain decision and action needed to modify the exigence (Bitzer 8). Counseling and Substance Abuse Services, or CASAS, reported that over seventy…

Becoming a leader is not just about being the one in charge, to be a positive leader is evaluating one’s self-views and acting on the perceptions others have on you. Through the ideas brought up in the chapter: Cultivate Positive Identities by Laura M. Roberts, a well rounded response is needed to strengthen the views presented. The use of personal tie-ins and statement, evidence and comment (SEC) strategies will help aid the reader in relating personal triumphs to effective leadership. In…

FA3 Assignment Impacts of Goodwill and impairment project?? ADHM Pty Ltd Prepared by: Gurkirat Singh Introduction This report has been prepared for the ADHM Pty Ltd to introduce the impacts of goodwill and impairment project on a company. Also to advise the approach that company can adapt. The purpose of Goodwill and Impairment project is to simplify the impairment testing model. This memo focuses on Subsequent Accounting for goodwill which is one of the objectives of…

Flexible Leadership Theory in Literature 1. In the paper “The Importance of Flexible Leadership” [1], the author performed a review of a subset of literatures in Management and Leadership. His research suggested that flexible, adaptive leadership is fundamental for all managers. In this review, he (i) compared the different types of managers at various levels of ranking and their nature of adaptability to various situations, (ii) examined how the same manager adapts to different situations in…

Organizational Culture Schein (1990) posited that presently, there is little agreement on the what organizational culture as a concept entails (Schein, 1990). What scholars can agree on is organizational culture represents a set of values that define philosophy, approach and style of an organization (Babak, Vahidreza, & Ali, 2013; Smart & Hamm, 1993). Organizational culture is developed from the values and beliefs of the its organizational members (Schein, 1990). Values are organizational norms…

One characteristic that all individuals should aspire to have is leadership. Author, Dr. John C. Maxwell, expresses: "Everything rises and falls on leadership, but knowing how to lead is only half the battle. Understanding leadership and actually leading are two different activities”. In the book, The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, Maxwell discusses several key attributes to being a good leader. They include: character, charisma, commitment, communication, competence, courage,…