At the age of 23, Terry Gau borrowed $7,500 from his mother to start his own manufacturing business out of a rented shed in suburban Taipei. (Balfour & Culpan, 2010). After 20 years gaining position and power within the technology manufacturing industry Gau leveraged his efforts to launch the company now known as Foxconn Technology and has since grown it to almost a million employees in 9 countries with almost $50 Billion in assets. (Foxconn, 2013). Estimates of Gau’s personal worth at between 6 and 10 Billion dollars though he claims to have little interest in that figure, stating in a 2010 Bloomberg Business week interview that, “I am working not for money at this moment, I am working for society, I am working for my employees.” Now in …show more content…
Nevertheless, Chang’s failure to adapt to the new environment caused production to fall off and her workforce to complain about her leadership. Tanenbaum and Schmit would have encouraged Chang to embrace a more participative leadership style which would have allowed the skilled labor force find and test out solutions for themselves. (Lussier & Achua, 2012, p.121). In this method of leadership Chang would need to assume the role as a member of the group taking a less directive approach and allow the group to find consensus among the group. William Bridges notes than when implementing change transitions the “Outcomes work best if they serve (or at least don’t violate) the self-interest of the participants.” (2009, p.69)
Robert House’s Path-Goal Leadership Model might also have proven useful to Chang’s situation. Lussier & Achua point out that this model posits that “the leader is responsible for increasing followers’ motivation to attain personal and organizational goals.” (2012, p.122). Whereas her directive approach served her well with the production line crew it is apparent that a the Participative style might be more effective with the engineers and designers on her new team. Based on this Model proposed by House, Chang would involve her new team in the decision making processes thus building trust in her leadership and her trust in them as a team.
“The images, metaphors, or frames that we hold, both of managing and of change, influence our ideas of what we think managing change is all about” (Palmer, Dunford, & Akin, 2009). As people we all see through our own eyes, we call see a different perspective and have a different reaction to what is coming next. As human beings we react differently to situations. Situations of change are transitions that some are able to adapt to quickly while others have a hard time. Being the leader of that change can be difficult and helping make a change does not come easily or effectively. Keep and Newcomer (2008)
Step 2 is forming a powerful guiding coalition. Leadership will have to be on board and on the same page in regards to the change. Kotter and Cohen reveal the core problems people face when leading change. Their main findings are that the central issue concerns not structure or systems but behavior and how to alter it (Farris, 2008). The success of the changes will depend on the ability of the managers to show their commitment to change and motivate the employees to do the same. Without any process to track the implementation, the change can also fail.
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A useful model when looking at different approaches to change is Tannenbaum and Schmidt’s (1958, cited in Leatherbarrow et al, 2010, p414) Continuum of Leadership. This model explains a scale of various levels of delegated freedom and the subsequent effect on the employees. It details ‘telling’ where the manager decides and announces the decision, ‘selling’ where the manager decides and then sells the decision to the group, ‘consulting’ where the manager presents the problem and asks for suggestions before making a decision, and finally ‘joining’ where staff are involved in all stages of the decision making process. The model argues that ‘joining’ is the key to implementing change successfully as when employees are part of the change they are more likely to engage with it in a positive way. At E.ON the change
Leary isolated Chung from the beginning by having him solely manage the Taiwanese market. Instead, Leary should have involved other employees to work on a team with Chung to help develop new business with the Taiwanese market. By building team collaboration, Leary would have helped Chung assimilate into the organization’s culture and feel a part of the team.
The police do not always have to have a warrant to conduct a search or arrest. If the police officer has reasonable suspicion that a crime is taking place they can arrest the suspect. However, they need substantial visual evidence to conduct a search or an arrest. As well if the suspect gives the officer consent they can search the suspect. Warrant is also not needed if the illegal possession is in plane sight, in this case the police officer can use the evidence in court and to arrest the suspect. A police officer does not always need probable cause to make an arrest. Based on Terry Vs Ohio the idea of stop and frisk was put place. In this case a off duty police officer noticed these men wanted to possibly hold up a store and were acting
After examining the cartoon Trump, the Media and Republicans, the reader can interpret that the author, Daryl Cagle, is conveying that the Republican Party is infuriated because the media is solely focusing its attention on Donald Trump's negative actions and remarks. The media desires exuberant and exasperating stories and Trump insulting his fellow presidential candidates, immigrant groups, women and new commentators are exactly what they're looking for. Observing Trump's posture one can infer that he is irritated that the media only wants to publicize him in a negative light and only see him as a stooge. The elephant, which represents the Republican Party, is clinching its fist as if he is about to explode in vexation that the media is representing
Whoever said, "War was hell," must have read Ernest Hemingway 's A Farewell to Arms. It is a decade defining controversial piece of American Literature. It was not only controversial because Hemingway was a depressed drunkard, but it was controversial because it doesn 't glorify war; it shows the brunt reality of the Great War. He provides the evidence of his depression through his writings by allowing his characters to be placed in horrid situations. He also shows his alcoholism this way, by allowing his characters to be alcoholics. For example, in A Farewell to Arms, Frederic Henry used alcohol to get over his pain, which would eventually lead to Henry 's jaundice, a lack of liver function, which is a symptom of cirrhosis of the liver,
In the novels, Animal Farm and 1984 written by George Orwell, the totalitarian leaders take over their societies. Napoleon, the leader in Animal Farm, takes his control to an extreme by changing the ways of the farm to benefit himself. Big Brother, the leader in 1984, maintains complete control by changing history and watching his citizens every move and thought. Although Napoleon and Big Brother illustrate an intense hold in their totalitarian rule, Napoleon uses manipulation and control whereas Big Brother flourishes by obtaining trust and love from his citizens.
Change is a double-edged sword (Fullan, 2001). Change is a word that might inspire or put fear into people. Leadership is challenging when it comes to dealing with change and how individuals react within the organization to the change. Marzano, McNulty, and Waters (2005) discuss two orders of change in their book School Leadership that Works; first and second. Fullan (2001) also adds to the discussion in his book Leading in a Culture of Change, with regard to understanding change. In Change Leadership, Keagan and Wagner (2006) discuss many factors of change and the systematic approach to change. Change affects people in different ways. Leaders need to be able to respond to the individuals throughout the change process.
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Transformational leaders encourage group work, as they connect each follower’s identity and self to the project and collective identity of the corporation. They are role models for other staff and this inspires them and makes them
In order to move forward and keep ahead, I believe an organization need change leaders who have capabilities to have their workforce go from change avoidance to change acceptance. “One of the most significant strengths of an effective leader is the ability to create a positive work climate where people are energized to do their best work, free of unnecessary distractions” (Cronkite, n.d.). During this part of the change process I feel the change leader would have better success if he would be tactful and harness the skills of others by working in a collaborative rather than hierarchical way. Leadership in an organization involves instilling motivation and enthusiasm in the employees. An effective leader knows how to manage and tackle difficult situations and people. Many reasons can cause a force of change in organizations but I feel it’s up to change leaders to manage these planned and unexpected changes. (Word count: 548)
One strength good leaders bring is to switch their leadership styles depending on the situation (Darling & Heller, 2012). This is like situational leadership and it is important in organizational change as well. Situational Leadership is a model designed by Dr. Paul Hershey in the 1960s which focuses on how managers can develop competencies to diagnose, adapt, communicate, and advance the situation they are in (The Center for Leadership Studies, n.d.). Hershey stresses the importance of relationship of the approach of the leader and the readiness of the followers for a specific task (The Center for Leadership Studies, n.d.). This is the same as a change manager. Although dominant forces are often the initial go-to for change managers, good change managers must assess the situation and apply the needed ideal change manager to the situation. Because of this, regardless of the dominant change manager, it behooves an effective organizational leader to understand the different images of change and how they can influence a change’s successful
As her company grew and she hired employees her leadership began displaying “supportive behavior” as well. She was a compassionate leader who would “show concern for the well being and needs of her employees”.2. When describing her leader ship style Wang stated “I try to share a tremendous amount with my staffers. I feel everything: the tribulations of business, the responsibility to people who depend on me to feed their families. Those things are always in my decision-making processes.”