Supervision Case Studies Samples For Students

Executive Summary

The present report delves into implications that individual freedom and organizational control will have to the future organization. The first part of the report explains the changes that are taking place in the world of business and how the use of traditional organizational control strategies by some contemporary organizations limit individual freedom. The succeeding part explains what individual freedom at work entails. The third section describes the topic of organizational control and the control strategies that are used in organizations including concertive control, bureaucratic control, cultural control, technical control, and simple control. The concertive control and cultural control promote ...

The nursing curriculum is designed to offer the nursing students the knowledge and skills required for handling specific situations of their career, especially based on the required expertise to handle the nursing discipline. Nursing textbooks are written by experienced individuals in the field of nursing and the learners are expected to achieve specified results by the end of their trainings. However, there exist several significant differences between the things that are taught in nursing textbooks, published literature, hospitals’ policies and procedures, and actual practice. The orthodox view of teaching at the university level is that, during the lecture courses, ...

Criminal Law

Sergeant Robert Gray is the head of the New York Police Department. Under his supervision is a new public safety officer name Melissa Black and one of the veteran field training officers named Jake White. Since Melissa was a new recruit and was on her probationary period, she was assigned by her supervisor Sergeant Gray to FTO Jake White. Melissa is single and in her late 20s. She was young and a very attractive officer. On the other hand, Jake is married was his late 30s, the best FTO in the department. Jake also has the reputation of being a womanizer in his ...

Google is a large multinational organization involved in business of internet search, cloud computing and internet advertising technologies. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, It is one of the most profitable and widely recognized internet companies in the world. The work environment in Google is considered to be the one of the most employee-friendly in the world and it attracts one of the brightest and most entrepreneurial individuals into the organization. However in 2010 it was found that the turnover was on a sudden rise with many of its key employees leaving to either join other competent organizations or start-up their own business. ...

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Executive Summary
When Robert J. Dewar’s “The Savage Factory: An Eyewitness Account of the Auto Industry’s Self Destruction” is read and evaluated, it becomes crystal clear that the Sharonville transmission plant at the Ford Company could not realize the negative consequences of their obsolete management style. In this case study, the main purpose is to examine the methods implemented at the firm and suggest a substitute impactful approach to resolve the various issues that had surfaced up at the Ford facility. In the past, Sharonville transmission plant’s torque converter line was failing to ...

Introduction

Joseph Dunn, the proprietor of Dunn’s ski emporium intends to acquire the deli across the street which is owned and run by George Atkins. Joseph intends the merger and acquisition to be part of an expansion to his ski emporium business. The challenge for Joseph Dunn is that he has no experience in running a deli. It would therefore be critical that Dunn involves George Atkins in running of the deli during the transitional period before he takes over the deli fully.
The report is therefore intended to interrogate and come up with a suitable organizational structure to ...

Overrun Accident of The American Airlines Flight 1420

Abstract
The American Airlines accident Flight 1420 is identified as a runway overrun accident. The National Transportation Safety Board conducted an investigation to find the cause. This project is primarily focused on the human factor issue that might have caused the accident. The project explored the Human Factor Analysis and Classification System and used the Swiss Cheese Model to link the chain of events to determine the cause of the accident.
The Human Factor Analysis and Classification System was used by the National Transportation Safety Board to analyze the human factors issues within American Airlines Flight 1420. This system ...

Overview

The case In re Patrick F., Super. Ct. No. SJ14023322, concerns the conditions placed on a juvenile delinquent’s dispositional order (In re Patrick F., 2015, p. 1). On June 11, 2014, then-17 year old Patrick F. burglarized his next door neighbor’s home and stole a valuable gold ring and coins (In re Patrick F., 2015, p. 1). Patrick F. was soon apprehended by the police as a potential suspect and admitted to entering the home and stealing the items while the relative stood watch (In re Patrick F., 2015, p. 1).
The district attorney submitted a juvenile ...

Introduction

This paper looks into certain situations in the society where sound judgments and decisions are needed to come at a better solution to an ethical dilemma.
The ethical dilemma is a compound situation often involving apparent mental conflicts between moral imperatives where a party would be relatively disobeyed when the other party is deliberately adhered to. This is often called as the ethical paradoxes in moral philosophy and is more often than not brought into play in attempting to refute a particular ethical system or moral code (“What is an Ethical Dilemma,” 2012). Also, morals are of significant in the Criminal Justice ...

Facts of the case: The petitioner in this case, Mr Albert Florence, was arrested on charges of obstruction of justice and use of a deadly weapon. He was eventually sentenced to pay a fine in installments of a certain amount. After he defaulted on these payments, the authorities issued a bench warrant for his arrest. Due to a mistake in the system, however, this warrant was not removed from a statewide computer database. As a result, two years later he was arrested by an officer and brought to the Burlington County Detention Center. After spending six days in detention there, he was brought to the Essex ...

Correctional Sex Offender Programs

There are several practices that are normally associated with correctional practices in the field of corrections. Several strategies have been set up to ensure that when inmates are serving time, they are able to undergo several programs that enable their rehabilitation. These programs are several and in many cases are different in nature. Some of these programs are health related, mentally related and physically related. Some correctional facilities offer social amenities such as the library services that help the inmates. There are correctional sex offenders programs that are considered best practices in correctional programs. A good example is the ...

The RAMPART scandal led to a relation of diverse illegal operations, shootings and incrimination by some members of the L.A.P.D. The initial case was in 1997 during which an officer in duty, Lyga, killed his colleague, Gaines, in a road rage shootout. Lyga claimed that Gaines who was apparently connected to Death Row Records had initiated the shootout pointing the gun at him. This was connected to a bank robbery in November the same year during which another officer Mack in conjunction with his girlfriend working in the bank masterminded the robbery.
In February 1998, a detainee Jimenez was mercilessly beaten by ...

Alberto, age 55, was brought to the emergency department of a regional medical center by his brother-in-law. Alberto is pacing, demanding, agitated, and speaking vociferously. “I did not wish to come here! My brother-in-law is simply jealous and he is trying to make me appear like I am suffering from some sort of insanity!” Alberto’s treatment is financially subsidized by his brother in law. Alberto will undergo a maximum of 8 sessions at 2 hours each session. The session will start on June 25, 2014.

Presenting Problem

Alberto is a 55-year-old man who was brought to the emergency department of a regional medical center ...

Public Health is defined as the art and science of preventing diseases which leads to the prolongation of life and also the promotion of health by the hard work of the society. Efficiency in the Public Health can be achieved by well timed, reliable and precise information which can be used to study the health pattern in the different populations. India has been experiencing a very high burden of the infectious diseases in the world accelerated by factors such as large population, poor sanitation, high poverty levels, and problems related with the access to preventive services and health care.
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A Brief Study

Leadership, Motivation and the Case of Alex & Stephanie: A Brief Study

The case of Alex and Stephanie (Robbins & Judge, 2010, pp. 712-714) and their experiences in motivation and subordination while working for their respective bosses throws to light some very interesting facts about the theories of motivation and leadership. The case presents to us two individual Alex and Stephanie who are working at a local supermarket and come from pretty similar backgrounds and needs. Both are students in the state university and work to make ends meet and help pay tuition fees. The experiences of the two individuals, ...

Internal control techniques

In the management of firms, internal controls suffice for purposes of ensuring efficiencies and effectiveness in the execution of managerial duties. Internal controls could be employed to ensure that the accounting policies and financial reporting standards are complied with. Internal control refers to the framework that the management employs for the smooth running of the company. It should be noted that such controls emanate internally within the firm. The paper briefly discusses some internal control techniques employed by management regarding financial reporting. The objective is to ensure financial reporting is precise, accurate and provides a true and fair representation of ...

Criminal Profile Paper on Andrea Yates

The Crime

On June 20th 2001, a mother of five did the unthinkable and killed her five children within one hour (O'Malley, 2004). The woman, Andrea Yates confessed to drowning her four sons and one daughter in the bathtub within the family’s house. The crime shocked American society and brought a lot of consideration to the psychological health of mothers and possible risks it presented for the family (Ewing, 2008).

On the morning of the crime, Russell Yates Andrea’s husband left his wife alone in the house with the children. This was a routine he had started a few weeks prior ...

Franklin Roosevelt

According to Franklin Roosevelt, the main cause of the problems experienced in the United States during that period was a lack of a firm belief in the American ideology leading to a situation where most people abandoned the need for empowerment in the country. To help deal with the issue of unemployment, Roosevelt (1933) suggested the need for commitment towards direct employment from the government itself. In addition, he suggested the requirement for a reorganization and stimulation of projects focusing on the country’s natural resources to help drive some form of economic empowerment. On the other hand, Roosevelt ...

The most important element of Kroc’s strategy was a concept of uniformity. Thanks to his experience in sales, Kroc recognized the significance of uniform standards. His strategy guaranteed that customers of McDonald’s all over the country could anticipate receiving the meal of same size and quality in different restaurants and these expectations would be met by McDonald’s franchisees, no matter where they were located. In order to achieve this ideal of uniformity, Kroc developed standards of operation, trained franchisees and monitored all McDonald’s outlets to ensure that they met these standards. In addition, Kroc’s ...

Community bank is an independent, small and locally-owned commercial bank, which operates and obtains its funds solely from the community, where it is based.
Community banks focus on providing traditional banking, derive deposits locally and mostly make loans to local businesses. It is widely known that today community banks provide most of the loans to our nation's small businesses and are an important financial resource to small cities. Because of that and because of the fact that they have knowledge of their local community and their customers, they are called “relationship” banks. They base their credit and loan decisions ...

Issues Facing Portland Police Bureau

The Portland Police Bureau in Oregon, similar to other police departments, faces some policing issues that hinder the effective performance of its mandate. Examples of the salient issues facing Portland Police Bureau include ethical and effective policing issues, domestic violence issues, drug and substance abuse, gang problems, low police staffing, gun violence, hiring and training problems negative public perception of the bureau and high rates of crime.

One of the greatest issues facing the bureau currently is the low level of police staffing that has negatively impacted on its ability to effectively fight crime in the Oregon region. This ...

Finance

Executive Summary
With growing concerns related to climate change, the farming profession is exposing the farmers to significant risk of low yields or other crop related failure. Moreover, with weather trend highly unpredictable, farmers always live under the cloud of high uncertainty relating to their livelihood.
Therefore, farmers are understanding the significance of crop insurance and how these contracts mitigate the risk factor associated with the farming profession. Important to note, American farmers have two insurance options: Multiple Peril Crop Insurance(MPCI) and Crop-Hail Insurance. While the MPCI is a federal crop insurance program and is run through public-private ...

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Background
With particular focus on Dewar’s book, A Savage Factory, this report examines how the failure in manipulating various organizational behavior principles in the right manner can lead to massive mistakes and the ultimate collapse of the organization. It is the memoir of Robert J. Dewar who has worked at Ford Motor Company, one of the biggest automotive companies in the world. This report aims to summarize the history of workers and managers and their attitude towards work. The workers and managers discussed were mainly responsible for controlling the quality of the products and sale ...

Introduction

Effective leadership is essential in the development of student abilities in an academic context. As such, instructors need to invest a lot of time in implementing influential policies to oversee the development of their students’ leadership abilities. Precisely, teachers need to strike a balance between psychological, social and educational functions in enhancing student activities. The combination of these initiatives fosters the development of an all-round student capable with commendable abilities. This case study is based on my personal experience of the Program Support Team that worked under the supervision of a teacher. For a fact, the policies used to ...

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Executive Summary

The UM&UC company has grown to the point when for the successful operation it needs to update the telecommunication base for its sales department, which has become extremely mobile. The external evaluation showed that IT supervision development was too slow for the extremely dynamic sales teams. Without changes the sales team would continue experience communication difficulties, which have become very pronounced and noticeable for employees. This forced several activists to start using their own devises to support their work what proves that ...

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Abstract

The research concentrated on developing a case plan for a neglected child. The introduction helps in determining pointers of child abuse or neglect in the community, as well as, the effects of child abuse or neglect on the child. Finally, the research was also interested in determining interventions for child abuse and neglect, how they could be applied in different ways and their effects on the children. A case plan involved members of a family in the Broward County in Florida. The family was selected after pre-qualification determining that the family was ...

Introduction

Almost all of the commercial airplane accidents that have been reported in the past are caused by human error which accounts for approximately 70% of the accidents (Griffin et al., 2015). Hence, it is important to appreciate the fact that human error is recently becoming a principal concern not only to flight operations but in the maintenance practices as well as air traffic control. The above concern has made the major airlines to employ human factor professionals who work closely with the engineers and pilots to embrace innovation on human performance as well as the airplanes to help enhance ...

Introduction
This paper aims at preparing a comprehensive job structure that cover all major facets that are crucial in the categorization, definition as well as specification of jobs. In order to come up with a detailed and clear job structure that can be quite effective and efficient in its application, three major facets will be highly considered; this will include, the job field, family and category.
Following is a detailed description of the components that consequently define a job structure with respects to its constituent elements. A logical order in relation to entities superiority is employed in the description of the ...

1. One of the essential actions that seems to be unethical and that leads the employees to involve in unethical behavior is the decision of CEO who allows himself to be influenced by Dale, an experienced person. Dale suggests that the appointment of an ombudsman and delay of the training related to the new open-door policy until the completion of the existing HR programs. To apply the policies without having proper training and without a representative person who would supervise the policies seem to be unethical because the employees do not know the policies, they are not given the training ...

Reasons why Sue failed in delegation and suggestions to help her

Sue failed in delegating the work to her employees because she piled work on them and did not care about the employee’s schedule the next day. Clearly, the employee’s had a busy day; Jodi and Ken were busy on the job for the personnel department, but Sue was not mindful of this. It is impossible for people to serve two masters; therefore, Jodi and Ken could not work on the sales material and the personnel department job at the same time. They had to choose the job that they thought was more important and abandon the other. Sara ...

Problem Outline

Cox’s Container Company (CCC) is a medium size manufacturing company that produces both large and small containers. In the last few years, the company’s profitability has gone down due to increased competition from similar companies that have reduced CCC profit margins.
CCC needs to change its culture and structure if it is to remain profitable and therein lays the problem. The employees are not willing to implement the new changes and thus they are not cooperating. The new management team has not introduced the changes well since it has not consulted any of the employees. There has ...

Research studies indicate that the level of criminal activities have accelerated at an alarming rate in today`s world. Everyday crime is reported in the newspapers and on the internet. According to a recent research, crime with fine arts market is the second largest category preceding international drug trafficking. Being in the 21st-century we must understand that early 20th-century literature and materials are over 100 years old, virtually irreplaceable without a massive investment, and also out-of-print. Books, atlases and maps are precious and at the same time vulnerable. It is important to preserve our popular culture through maintaining, caring and providing ...

Management Leadership

1. What is framing? Name 2 leaders who have utilized it effectively in casting a vision.
Many a time leaders forget to communicate to the team members the goal of an initiative in a clear and compelling way. Framing is the competency of the leader to make others understand the outcome of a situation or project so that the entire team can take effective action. For example, Jack Welch was able to communicate the business goals of its leadership as well as other stakeholders properly and it resulted in a huge success of GE during his tenure as the CEO. Mahatma Gandhi was ...

Introduction

Wine Lovers Enterprise is a private family business that deals with the production of wine packaging materials such as bottles, synthetic corks, and labels. The company is located in the Finger Lakes area of New York. The company has had a profitable streak so far and has maintained a fair share of the market in a competitive environment. The business climate is changing and there is an urgent need to implement changes in Wine Lovers Enterprise. The company is facing stiff competition from cheap china imports in the wine industry. Other players in the industry have adopted modern ways of doing business such ...

The process of making hotplates involves a number of departments in which they are different workers to complete the job. The initial arrangement was in such a manner that each hotplate would pass through different workers with each having to complete the manufacturing process partially. This involved teamwork and collaboration within the workers as the work of one affected the other. This method did not however work as each worker preferred making own plate from the beginning to the end instead sharing the manufacturing duties.
Absenteeism in the workplace was caused by the low morale of the workers regarding the ...

Information security framework

For an organization with two data centers, controlled by 300 server machines and with a host of different database models supported by storage area networks serving two different locations of data centers, security concerns are a common phenomenon. It is, therefore, necessary that the organization puts into consideration the risks posed by having a network that is controlled through sharing data and storage resources. While information technology offers a boost for the operations company, it offers equal risks that could undermine the confidence of the customers as well as lead to losses through loss or unauthorized modification of data. The IT infrastructure within a ...

- Q: Unilever now requires you to, thoroughly; review the strategic options available to it. The review may include those options currently being discussed in the media, or options not currently being considered (Refer pages 5 to 7 Unilever case study 1)
Unilever is one of the biggest global brands in the FMCG segment that has its headquarters in London. The global economic slowdown seems to have the FMCG major contexts to some extent. It has introduced some new business strategies for maintaining an advantageous step ahead of its competitors, crowd and other rival companies and organizations within ...

Hard system methodology of change is one of the developments in the process of change which focus on each and every aspect including the research, system engineering and management of the project. It focuses on determining the objective then taking certain actions to achieve those objectives and at the end it evaluates those options against certain criteria (Todnem By, 2005). So, there are three phases which Abu Dhabi Health Insurance Corporation has also gone through recently. Initially, in the description phase, the situation was summarized where the company found that it needs to automate the system completely because manual ...

Conflicting Ethical Dilemmas

An ethical dilemma that can be distinguished from the first example is the decision of Spire engineering to give Mary the lead reasonability in a construction of a parking structure in an instance where the soil is very poor. Since it is a parking structure carrying heavy loads, Spire engineering need to assign an experienced engineer to manage the construction of concrete structure designed in soils that provide inadequate foundation. Further, Mary’s inexperience with dealing with contractors also provides an ethical situation. The contractor’s superintendent undermines her authority and knowledge. Mary also notices some concerns, which when brought to the ...

Executive Summary:

- Harrison Company is experiencing some weaknesses in key departments such as finance department, marketing logistics and operations departments that have resulted to a series of bad results in the past and there is need to work on these weaknesses.
- The company is experiencing a leadership crisis with very few leaders able to steer this business forward. Most of them lack the necessary skills to succeed and so new faces should be brought in to carry out this process.
- The company faces several social, environmental and ethical problems that need to be solved as soon as possible.
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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has planned on restructuring the organization. Major structural change would be the slimming down of the department by almost 100 which is to improve the process of making decisions and also to clarify the duties and accountabilities. There have been no changes in the principles of business ever since the beginning. Realizing the change in values for society as well as environment, the company has planned on revising its values: first will be the contribution of the company in enriching the society and global environment; maintaining transparency, honesty, and fairness in business; and expansion of business ...

Introduction

The aim of this paper is to offer extensive explanation of the strategies that U.S. companies use in present times to keep them away from union as well as explain why it is vital in the achievement of goals and mission of an organization.
The TreadWay Tire Company through one of its branches known as Lima may offer reliable information in the definition of this element. The main problem that Lima went through is on foreman line. In this branch, the company had mainly employed foremen with degrees at the manufacturing department. Successful managers got promotions while backfill ...

Abstract

In this paper, answers to the questions pertaining to the case study on motivation and work behavior are presented. The case is about the behavior of employees working for the J.K. Roberts Company.
- Discuss the case in terms of the attitudes and beliefs of the managers and workers. Pay particular attention to issues related to satisfaction and organizational commitment.
The case is about the behavioral problem of the people working at the J.K. Roberts Company, manufacturer of large sliding doors.
Peter Roberts, the newly appointed Production Manager is the son of Mr. J.K. Roberts. He ...

Dear Madam,

Re: Management Consultancy Report in Respect of Your Firm Amanda Smith
The consultancy has carried out an analysis and comprehensive evaluation of your firm and arrived at a number of observations that need to be brought to your attention in the immediacy of time. In addition, this report contains a number of recommendations that the firm ought to pursue in the interest of its own survival and strategy in pursuit of business. In our analysis and recommendations, we were guided by managerial theory, scientific and strategic models and as well as experience gathered and observed throughout in the industry over ...

Introduction Case Study 7.1

If Timmson decides to retain Mahoney as a sale manager, the first step in the induction process should be to complement his employee on the aspects that they have gotten right. This may be as simple as opening the shop consistently every day at the same time. Note that Mahoney needs an on-the-job training because he feels that the hands-off management style that Timmson has towards his business does not work. In case Timmson resorts to this solution; induction/on job Training, he shall probably face the following challenges.

Challenges in training

First and foremost, he shall have problems communicating with his employee. Based ...

Introduction 3

Gillick Competency Principle 4
Roles and responsibilities of nurses 5
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Ethical and Legal issue
This case study focuses on a minor girl who does not want her parents to know that she is pregnant. She is contemplating terminating the pregnancy via an abortion without consulting or seeking the consent of her parents.
According to the 2010 Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Bill, a minor is a person aged less than 18 years. The client in question, Chin Lee, is a minor because she is only 15 years old. In Western Australia, minors are governed by separate ...

Introduction

The case study is of a minor young girl who does not want her parents to know that she has become pregnant. She is considering an abortion and has already decided that whatever be her medical condition, she would provide consent on her own without any consultation with her parents.
According to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Bill 2010, a minor is a person who is less than 18 years. The client in question, Chin Lee is a minor since she is only 15 years old. However, there are separate rules and regulations for minors living in Western Australia. In ...

Introduction

The field of information technology has alt of dynamism. The dynamism run from the various technological changes that come with the evolution of computers o the daily changes that are brought by new inventions, from the challenges that are related to data security to challenges of costs of maintain the computerized programs. The list may even be longer when all the challenges have been highlighted. However, one is thing is common in all these challenges, the need to bring out the IT department as an independent organ in the company; and to maintain professionalism in the information technology department ( ...

Modern day managers who care less about employee motivation and satisfaction do so at the business’s peril. It is imperative that the business managers put in place strategies to maintain low staff turnover by placing value not only on clients but also on the employees (Grant, 1984). Fullerton and Toossi (2001) assert that doing this assures the business of continuity and gives it a competitive edge over its competitors. The case of a Peter Gibbons working for Initech exemplifies this issue by contrasting the working conditions at Initech to those at Coffee Beans.

Peter’s achievement orientation

Peter is not motivated and cares less ...

Introduction:

The media is always an important tool in any context as it instructs and apportions exposure to several instances in life. With the advent of the 24 hour news cycle some years back, the media exposed the vast majority of the world’s population to sordid scenes of violence which went occasionally uncensored also. This context and the impact such media portrayals have on children is discussed in this paper.

Context:

In Thinking about Theory the author discusses how certain media portrayals can have a negative effect on children especially with regards to violence. For example the recent uprisings in Arab ...

Question 1

In every work done, the main source of motivation is the pay or the remuneration. The pay should be according to the type and nature of work done. All the three groups: assembly workers, end-assemblers and technicians; are not satisfied with their pay system. As a result, the level of motivation is generally low. The technicians and the end assemblers are the least satisfied as they have limited chances of promotions. With respect to the complexity of the work they handle, their salary is relatively low, as compared to other companies. However, the assembly workers are slightly motivated by their ...