For this week’s discussion as a class we focused on case study 8.1 in chapter 8. The case study was about Harold Barelli, who became the president of High Tech Engineering (HTE) that is a 50-year-old family-owned manufacturing company with 250 employees. As the new president, Harold wanted to transform HTE dramatically; he even created a new vision statement that was displayed throughout the company. During his first 3 years, several major reorganizations took place at the company. Yet many of these changes diluted the leadership and created a feeling of instability among the employees. With all of the changes, many of the employees believed the vision that Harold created was lost and that he was not a good representation of what his vision stood for. This made it hard for them to support Harold and his vision. Four years after arriving at HTE, Harold stepped down as president. We then discussed Harold’s vision and mistakes. From the text, it seemed as if Harold had all the right components for his vision for example, a strong democratic tone, describing the overall purposes, directions, and values of the company. He even stated that he wanted to prove that new technologies and advanced management techniques could make HTE one of the best manufacturing companies in the country, but obviously he was not sure about how to carry out his vision successfully.
I do not believe Harold was able to implement a successful vision for HTE. It seems that with all the changes going on,
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, during the climax of the American Industrial Revolution, there was a small group of men who owned the major businesses and were leaders of their industries. They owned factories, railroads, banks, and even created company towns for the sole purpose of housing their workers. Due to the efforts of these few men, the U.S. economy became the envy of the world, and America became a leading world power. They provided the public with products that were in high demand for reasonable prices, and opened their markets to countries overseas. Although many people believe the early industrialists were Robber Barons who exploited the poor, these great men were truly Captains of Industry who created new ways of doing
Harvard Business Review case, The Nuclear Tube Assembly Room, is an excellent example of how managing and leading a team effectively can make a substantial difference in terms of results and goals achieved, all the while creating new ambitious expectations for workers. This particular case revolves around Ralph Langley, general foreman of the process department at American Radiotronics Corporation. Within the first 24 months of being promoted to general foreman, Langley has swiftly changed the mentality and efficiency of the workers in the nuclear tube assembly room. He has changed their terrible reputation into one of the most
Basic Underlying Assumptions are the beliefs that employees have about the everyday operation of a company. Chrysler’s employees began to believe that sales, market shares, and the awards were the most important aspect of their company; simply because that was what management kept pushing on them, probably in sales meetings (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013). Their employees were so driven to get the quota to become sales person of the month and get a plaque with their name on it, and hung on the wall so everyone could see; that they got blind sided of what was really important (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013). By striving to get this behavior down right, it is hard to begin to change back into what it was supposed to be or something new altogether because it has become a part of these employees belief of how things are to operate (Kinicki, 2013, slide 14).
The Case study is included in this chapter because the problems presented therein have been caused by lack of charismatic and transformational leadership and the solution to these problems is the use of it (Dubrin, 2013).
The use of the competing values framework was demonstrated through Ralph Langley’s management style. He leveraged the four distinct models collaboratively as he led the production staff of the nuclear assembly room. His management approach help lead to the following: an increase in profits for the tube manufacturing operations, team cohesiveness amongst the production staff, individual ownership and problem solving during the production process, staff pride in meeting production goals and deadlines, and respect as well as admiration for management in the assembly room. The current positive direction of the nuclear assembly room staff under Langley’s leadership was in contrast to the department two years prior to him assuming the role as general foreman. It can be concluded that Langley displayed mastery of the competing values framework within the scope of his role as general foreman for the assembly room at American Radiatronics. He was able to develop a word class staff that was able to work as a team to accomplish the goals of the production unit and the company.
Thesis Statement: The most successful companies are those that are operated by leaders who invest in and grow their employees.
The chapter focuses on putting it all together: integrating everything learned about organizations and leadership into more comprehensive and powerful understanding and action. The reframing process illustrated in the chapter can be applied to almost any case or experience: students’ personal cases, published cases, films or fiction, or class experiences (role plays, experiential activities, team experiences, the course). Instructors can, for example, have students study a challenging case (multiple suggestions are offered elsewhere in this instructor’s guide) and then, either individually or in teams, reframe to develop both diagnoses and solutions. Individuals or groups will differ in what they see and what
Nearly every business experiences ups and downs sooner or later along the way, and only those who can find the pattern and answer from the crises can survive and thrive. The Leadership of the Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant encountered some road blocks and troubled by issues such as productivity in the business.
In the case of “Thomas Green: power, office politics, and a career in Crisis”, it describes the dilemma of Thomas Green who works in a company called Dynamic Display. Thomas was recruited as an account executive, and then five months later, he was promoted as a Senior Market Specialist directly by the President Shannon McDonald. Thomas’s boss Frank Davis hadn’t expected to choose Green as the new senior market specialist, and he was very dissatisfied with Green’s work style and performance three months after the promotion. After being informed that Frank Davis had emailed McDonald about his concerns about Green’s performance, Green was getting really worried about his situation and not sure how to explain his perspective to
“There is no escaping change- except for death! Thus it makes good and prudent sense to learn as much as on can about the nature of change, including how to embrace it and how to maximize positive changes”(Porter_ O’Grady & Malloch,2016.p.4). It is important for a leader to understand her own philosophy of innovation and leadership to be effective in the workplace. In this course, I learned how to develop my philosophy of innovation and leadership, and how to create my own personal mission based on my ethics and core values to be effective DNP leader in the future.
The course of a presidency is shaped by decisions made before inauguration day. The choices a president-elect makes when staffing their White House determines how they will use the precious time they will spend in the Oval Office. The management style of a president is a function of the president’s personality with consequences for the future of the country. George W. Bush and Barack Obama are different men who constructed for themselves distinctly different White Houses, each with their own priorities, strengths, and weaknesses.
The sources of the conflict can be isolated. Keep the discussion focused on the people, principallyRamrod, and examine what he is doing wrong; this approach makes the later analysis of power moredramatic.The attitudes and behavior of Ramrod Stockwell cause the problem. Although he is competent, he causesconflict within his own function and other functions. In his own function he fails to delegate authorityand keeps the reins of power in his own hands. He has a centralized management style and does not shareinformation, which makes it impossible for subordinates to provide salespeople with the information theyneed. He does not follow the chain of command; he goes to people only when he needs them. Violatinglines of authority reduces the authority of his managers and also leaves them uninformed.His attitudes affect relationships with other functions, especially sales, because he also does not allowsubordinates to share any but routine information. Because of the centralization of authority in production, subordinates do not possess information. Only Rob Bronson, the vice president of
High-performing organizations do not achieve their success through serendipity; success in the business world requires a planned and coordinated effort on the part of the workforce. This effort springs from abilities of an organization’s leaders. The entirety of the Business Policy Seminar has been an exercise in
The Hexadecimal Company in recent years was forced to change their product market due to lower labor costs by companies in competition. With this change of product came rapid growth and systemic problems within the company. The President, John, Zoltan, decided to created an Organizational Development (OD) group to help address change and managerial style within the company. However, this OD group was not accepted well within the organization and many felt as though this group was a waste of time, energy and resources. Employees did not want to participate in the training although forced to attend.
The invention of automobiles had been dated long back in history. From that day till now, it had not only made our lives easier but also simpler. From times back then till now many big automobile companies had came into existence, some of them were successful and some were not, thus going out of market and competition. Among them, Porsche and Volkswagen Group(VW) have emerged as one of the world leaders in automobile industry. Through years of hardwork and sheer use of technology and engineering developments, both of these companies have carved a name for themselves in their respective markets. But sometimes, bad management and several areas of conflict arise between two companies that can lead to its downfall. In this case too the CEO of Porsche, just wanted to administer each and everything according to his own ways and rules, but on the other hand the CEO of Volkswagen, even after facing huge loses wanted to continue on with his strategy because he was quite confident about his strategy and clearly had a broader outlook of the scenario. Therefore, due to having different mindsets, there was a conflict between the ideas of two which led to the decline of one of them. These conflicts can be summed up in the following couple of questions: