The role of a supervisor can be a determining factor of the job performance and job commitment of an employee. By employing an Organizational Behavior approach, The Great Post-It Massacre case study is examined and analyzed in this report. To begin, the contrasting management styles of two leading employees, Beverly Sadowsky the Chief Operating Officer and George Fishman, the 1st Vice-President of Adventure Plus — a quickly developing discount travel agency — are evaluated. Beverly and George are the former and current managers over Bob Scanlan, respectively. Using the leadership and types of power defined in Organizational Behavior: Improving Performance & Commitment In The Workplace, the varying management styles of both Beverly and George are discussed and assess how they each affect Bob. Then these affects are looked into and correlated directly to Bob’s job performance and his organizational commitment. The issues that arise with these conflicting managing styles are addressed and diagnosed throughout this report, which are followed by recommendations to aid in solving the conflicts between Bob and his supervisor George.
After working for Beverly for a couple of years — a boss with a particularly hands-off attitude and fond of delegating many of her job responsibilities — Bob became very accustomed to her leadership style. However, now he has found his once gratifying job undesirably challenging after Beverly was promoted and George acquired her position. George’s
Buchanan, A. H. (2001). Organizational Behaviour:An Introductory Text (4 ed.). (F. T. Hall, Ed.) Pearson Education.
Kreitner, R., & Kinicki, A. (2013). Organizational behavior (10th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. Retrieved from
John Molson School of Business Department of Management Comm 222: Organizational Behaviour and Theory Winter 2013 General Information Comm 222 Section E Class times: Monday & Wednesday 8:45 – 10:00 Class location: MB 3.430 Credits: 3 Instructor:
The shifting paradigm trends describe by Schermerhorn, Hunt, and Osborn (2008) can be used to delve further into the understanding of the organizational behavior that exists
Kreitner, R., & Kinicki, A. (2013). Organizational behavior (10 ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/ Irwin. .). Retrieved from http://gcumedia.com/digital-resources/mcgraw-hill/2013/organizational behavior_ebook_10e.php
Final Exam ADM 2336 Sections B & C Organizational Behaviour December 10, 2006 Professor: Jules R. Carriere, Ph.D. CAREFULLY READ AND FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Answer all questions. Write your answers computer readable answer sheet and follow the marking directions. 2) Books and notes are prohibited. All calculators, cellular phones and dictionaries are prohibited. 3) Do not ask the professors or invigilators to interpret the exam questions. 4) Do not remove the staple. 5) Return all examination materials (including the questionnaire) before leaving the examination hall. 6) Complete the peer evaluation form before leaving the examination hall. Statement of Academic Integrity The School of Management does not condone academic fraud, an
This course project is designed to give you real life practical experience while examining some of the key elements of organizational behavior as they apply to a specific organization.Additionally, the project offers you the opportunity to develop and create your own recommendations for the organization.
An organization’s efficiency and effectiveness can be solely traced to its leader. When a team within in an organization is found to be at fault, it is a leader’s duty to turn it around. In this particular case, the Wing Safety Office at XYZ AFB needs to rebuild its team into a cohesive unit in order to successfully attack the safety issues distressing the base. Among other noted events, their highlighted failures lie within the high rate of off base traffic accidents in relation to service members and their families. By developing a clear strategy using three Full Range Leadership Model [FRLM] behaviors, this safety office can ultimately achieve purposeful unity. This paper will discuss the idea of using transformational and transactional leadership in order to fully understand and conquer this safety office’s meager performance.
Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. A. (2011). Organizational Behavior (14th Edition). Boston, MA: Prentice Hall.
This article covers research that covered human behaviors, to identify actions that when used properly will reduce workplace incidents. (WHO, 2009) In addition, the article reviews three different styles of leadership. (Bass,2008) Those styles are Transactional, Transformational, and Situational leadership. During this discussion, I will review Transformational and Situational Leadership styles. These two styles have the highest probability for success within my current organization and are the most common seen within my department.
Bloisi, W., Cook, C. & Hunsaker, P.(2003). Management and Organisational Behavior: European Edition. Berkshire: McGraw-Hill Education
References:Huczynski, A. A. and Buchanan, D. A. (2007) Organizational behaviour: An introductory text. 6th ed., Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall.
Team “A” reveals the circumstances regarding the failure analysis of an hotelier and how a CEO leads an organizational change processes to prevent an impending failure of the company. To counterbalance the hotelier business failure analysis, the team discusses the success analysis of Apple Inc. The team identifies each organization’s mission and vision statements with a behavioral theory explanation discussing the success and failure indicators. Research focuses on which specific organizational behavior theories could possibly explain the company’s failure or
George has exhibited ongoing micromanagement in his professional relationship with Shelley. This has had a negative impact on Shelley, she has lost morale, become confused about her role, giving her a heavier workload than necessary such as asking her to list everything she is working on and to provide two press releases a month even when there was no real news to report, for example. She says she feels George doesn’t trust her and she is becoming resentful of his behaviour. As a result this management style is having a negative effect on his role as manager. He is unable to devote his full attention to his priorities. He has created
Colquitt, J. et al (2011). Organizational Behavior: Improving Performance and Commitment in the Workplace (2 ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.