Organizational studies and human resource management

Initially, the interview began with a brief history of Nate Boyer’s pasts experiences – from enlisting in the army to becoming a walk-on for the University of Texas. However, he provided great insight to how he achieved such level of success. Nate’s key principles of leadership seemed to be somewhat parallel to that of Ryan Holiday’s Ego is the Enemy and other class concepts. Nate’s primary principle seemed to focus around what he called peer-leadership. Peer-leaders are those that “just keep…

According to William Henning, Jr. Chairperson of the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health that only a day before the tragic catastrophe at Triangle, the New York State Court of Appeals had found workmen’s compensation laws were unconstitutional and would interfere with “due process” rights of employers (2011). After the Triangle fire and the outcry of the public to the lack of liability of employer the New York state Constitution was amended to include workers’ compensation…

Great leaders routinely adopt many different themes of leadership dependent on the requirements of the project at hand and the quality of the people available. In order to be successful, a leader must be flexible in their management which enables them to adapt to the changing dynamics they may encounter. Admittedly, a leader may adopt any leadership theme for the betterment or detriment of society depending on the motivations of the leader and the goals they are trying to attain. One leadership…

What is the most valuable data to gather and use in planning a change initiative? Why? Kotter’s eight steps model for transforming organizations (Kotter, 1996), I believe is the most important data gathering in planning a change initiative. The 8 steps model include: 1) Build a sense of urgency, 2) Form a guiding coalition, 3) Grow a vision and change strategy, 4) Describe the change plan, 5) Enable employees for action, 6) Observe short-term wins, 7) Merge gains, and 8) Support the new…

Introduction Little Blessings Adoption and Consultation Agency like other human service agencies has a primary mission to help people. For this mission to be accomplished Little Blessings needs to have organizational theories that it works by. These theories are necessary since they reflect the interests, assumptions, and perceptions of the theory builders in the organization (Lewis, Packard, & Lewis, 2012). Setting up Little Blessings Adoption and Consultation Agency requires that…

1. What position/positions in the Army are accountable for workplace relations in your organization? What impact do they have? What programs are in place to impact relations at work? Provide specific examples. There are a few positions in the army that are accountable for workplace relations, these position work towards increasing the inter-personnel relationship in the army. One of such programs that pertain to workplace relations is the Mentorship program of the army under the Army G1…

“Trying to gain an understanding of the tactical organization of Navy units can be difficult.” – CDR Mark Manus, USN. On a daily basis or throughout routine operational periods, the Joint Force Commander (JFC) would choose to conduct operations through functional component commands rather than those component commands of a service. During execution of functional component commands, the operations tend to run smoother and are successful because of the relationships within the function. This…

Leadership without Philosophy devalues a leader, but philosophy added to leadership adds value to Leadership Philosophy. Leadership is the ability to transform present-day followers into future leaders. My philosophy of leadership is a direct reflection of my very own thoughts relating to a leader. I believe a leader should possess characteristics such as transparency and be a good follower to lead effectively. Transparency is that window between a leader and their subordinates that is clear and…

Introduction BOOST Juice founded by Jannie Allis in 2000, she was on adventurous trip to US in year 1999 where she observed that demand of juice and smoothie growing consecutively. When she came back to Australia she started studying about the fast food choices and came to a result that the local market needs a healthy fast food options and with the different concept of retailing in her mind includes customer experience construct on “love life” thinking. With all these different concepts in her…

leader, who is the person my supervisor reports has concerns that she will have to respond to questions from her management as to why Tom has not grasped his job responsibilities. Our senior leader and my supervisor were both in on the interview process. Our senior leader is not a good leader and that shows in her ability to coach our supervisor who in turn needs to coach Tom on time management, job expectations, and determining if he needs more training. Toxic behaviors they are exhibiting…