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CASE STUDY 1- SURVIVING GREENSCAPE’S HARD TIMES............................................................1
LO1-UNDERSTANDING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATION’S STRUCTURE AND CULTURE...........................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Different type of Organizational Culture and Culture at Greenscape..................................................1
1.2 Relationship between culture and structure impacting the performance of Greenscape.....................2
1.3 Factors influencing the behavior of management and employees at Greenscape...............................3
CASE STUDY 2- RIGHT BOSS, WRONG COMPANY............................................................................4
LO2- UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES OF MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP...............................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Effectiveness of leadership style of Worthy and Hogan and how it affected employees....................4
2.2 The managerial Practices that is evident in this case...........................................................................4
2.3 Difference in Max Worthy and Hogan Management and Leadership Style........................................5
CASE STUDY 3- MORE THAN A PAY CHECK.......................................................................................6
LO3 UNDERSTANDING WAYS OF USING MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES IN ORGANIZATIONS..6
3.1 To extent the Leadership in the company affected the motivational level of Samuel Gibson............6
3.2 Theory critically explaining the impact on Gibson’s motivation........................................................6
3.3 Importance of motivation of employees..............................................................................................7
CASE STUDY 4- TEAMS AT THOMPSON RV WHOLESALE SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANY....................................................................................................................................................8
LO4 UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISM FOR DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE TEAM WORK IN ORGANIZATION.........................................................................................................................................8
4.1 Behavioral factors to be considered to restructure the company to team based model.......................8
4.2 Factors those are important to promote the development of effective team work in company...........8
4.3 Other options in terms of technology Alan has to enhance the effectiveness of proposed team based arrangement................................................................................................................................................9
morale also gets improved as they are given the opportunity to participate in the decision
making, taking the new responsibilities and also increase their value in organization as well as in
market. Some of the important factors to build the effective and high performance teams are such
as developing the trust and respect among employees, new ideas and creativity should be
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encouraged, coordination should be facilitated and sense of belongingness is also main factor to
hold the team together.
4.3 Other options in terms of technology Alan has to enhance the effectiveness of proposed team
based arrangement
As the company offers various services to the customers including placing order on
phone or by mail and also making payment easily, thus it has clearly made the roles and duties of
every employees and what functions they have to perform and thus it has ensured any confusion
and conflicts (Leigh and Maynard, 2002). Alan has adopted the good management policy in
which employees are equally and fairly treated and are guided to provide quality services that
makes the customer satisfied. It is observed that Alan is assertive which on one side made the
employees loyal toward him and also ensured that they cannot take any undue advantage of
Alan.
CONCLUSION
In this report, by studying the various organizations, its practices, leadership style,
motivation factors and team performance, it can be concluded that for every business whether
big or small, marinating healthy relation with employees is very crucial. The manager should be
aware of his employee’s needs, feelings, his skills and then he should influence him in a suitable
way. Following a particular leadership and management style cannot be fruitful. It is also
important for organization to adapt itself with the changes in business environment. Policies and
practices should be timely reviewed and revised. Lastly, to sum up, it can be said that employees
when managed effectively can prove to be the asset for the company (Sulivian, 2003).
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