Team College Essays Samples For Students

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Failure mode effects analysis forms part of the activity of product and process design. The analytical methodology ensures that all upcoming problems are considered and solved all through the product, service or process development cycle. The nine steps in the failure mode effects analyses are as follows. The first step is assembling a team of experts with detailed knowledge on the process, product as well as the requirements of the customer. The second step is identifying the scope of the analysis. The third step involves the filling in of the identifying information that shows the format of the study. Continue reading...

Introduction

Work and development assessment during strategic change can be defined as an evaluation of effectiveness and skills of leaders as managers. Development assessment provides a feedback system from direct reports of performance analysis for development of specific leadership skills based on performance feedback. The key areas in this study are where, how and when set leadership strategies are developed, the criteria for an effective management strategy, the manner in which management strategies are developed, and implemented. In reference to Brian and George (2007) performance management can be defined as a continuous cycle that commences with conscription decision and entails Continue reading...

Soccer

Defensive Strategies
Defensive strategies in soccer can be carried out as an individual player or as a team. Individual defensive strategies include man to man marking strategy. This occurs where individual players ensure that they have their opponent players “marked”; hence, not offering the opponents a chance to control the game and score goals. On the other hand, team defensive strategies in soccer are evident in cases where a team puts tremendous pressure on the opponents when they are in possession of the ball.

Offensive Strategies

Offensive strategies in soccer align with the need to create and sustain more possession. The Continue reading...

Management

FOR : ALL MANAGERS
RE : MINE SAFETY ISSUES
This Memo serves as our guideline that will be implemented for the purpose of establishing mine safety policy in the company. In order to prevent injuries and death of the workers, the company has to look at the safety issues differently and improve on the codes of practice, protection equipment and regular maintenance of equipment of the miners. As managers of the company, you are tasked to ensure that safety initiatives are being implemented in the company to protect the workforce. There is an expectation that miners should refuse to Continue reading...

Exploiting the knowledge is the most critical element for an organization to be successful in a highly competitive world. We are fully aware of the critical tasks involved in managing knowledge. The organization focuses on acquiring knowledge by scanning the internal and external environments; for this purpose, the team uses such frameworks like the SWOT analysis and the PESTLE analysis. While evaluating the potential opportunities, the existing competencies are identified.
Next task is to identify and codify knowledge; there are several types of knowledge, but there is no clear distinction of superiority of any type. The only kinds of Continue reading...

The contemporary organizations are operating in the information age characterized by rapid information sharing, stiff completion, unprecedented changes and divergent employees and customers particularly in cultural aspects. To be successful, an organization must strive to meet all the expectations of its clients as well those of its stakeholders and shareholders. Effective communication, work teams, goals setting, change management and the organization’s culture must be handled effective since compromising any of these aspects that are intertwined will ultimately compromise the success of an organization. As agents of change, managers are confronted by continuous modernization in computer and information expertise Continue reading...

It has been slightly over a decade since the infamous Tom launched the first major social network, Myspace. The site provided a way for current friends to chat and old friends to reconnect. It was not long before Myspace became an epicenter for new and old friendships, as well as a display of the individual’s personality, making it aptly titled. With the progression of Myspace, and other social networks like Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram have stopped encouraging friendships and started encouraging the sharing of thoughts and photos. What was once a tool for connection to others, a Continue reading...

Industry Paper

Application of the Crew Resource Management (CRM) Concepts, Philosophies, and Application in the Health Care Industry
Introduction
The aviation industry has been using the Crew Resource Management (CRM) program to improve air safety through reducing the number of fatal accidents caused by human error. The Crew Resource Management (CRM) is, therefore, a group of tools and techniques that can be used by the team to reduce error in human performance. Many other industries that are affected by error in humans have borrowed from the aviation industry and adopted the Crew Resource Management (CRM) concepts, philosophies, and application. The foundation Continue reading...

Management

On April 10, 2014, Lt Col. Charles Shannon Begeman lectured us on NPOESS Lessons Evaluation. The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) is a satellite system used to monitor global environmental conditions, and collect and disseminate data on weather, atmosphere, oceans, land and near-space environment. Lt Col. Charles Shannon Begeman is the EELV Chief Engineer at SMC, where he leads 29 civil & military, 36 FFRDC, and 61 SE&I teams in systems engineering, and risk management for $12 Billion SS launch program. Lt Col. Begeman also manages the $100 Million annual FFRDC, and the $220 Million SE&I contracts, to Continue reading...

Ethical dilemma

Since the United States is arguably the most natural disaster prone area in the whole world, it occurred to me that working at the center for Preparedness and Recovery might be wise career choice for me. Besides, helping people in times of need has always been a calling of mine. This work was also very well suited for me since I grew up in a morally strong background. Everyone in my family was involved in one way, or another in giving back to the community. Therefore, this job is much as a duty for my country as much as Continue reading...

Recipients: All team members, HR Department, IT Department, CEO

Dear Team Members,
As you know most of our operational communications are happening via Email and it is important to have common policy across our enterprise. Email has become an integral part our business, through which we frequently communicate with team members, customers, service providers and vendors, cost effectively and instantly. In order to avoid embarrassments and liabilities to the company and to enable you work efficiently following policies on the usage of Email are instituted.
- Personal Use: You may use reasonable volume of emails for your personal communications. However, sending jokes, porn, chain mails, personal interest matters, Continue reading...

Importance of leadership traits in a manager

John Smith was a charismatic personality. A bachelor of engineering and a post graduate in management, John began his career with a top Oil and Gas Company in the world that was headquartered in U.S. After having worked there for 23 years, he opted to pursue higher management studies and got into a top management course at Harvard. After completing his MBA in marketing and finance, he joined as a Chief marketing officer at Evlon Oil Company. It was an emerging oil and gas company that employed more than 5000 employees worldwide.
The company management had high hopes from Continue reading...

The negotiation styles vary because they depend on the situations and the people that are involved in the process. Considering the scenario where I am a lead contract negotiator of a small company that specializes in small GPS guided guidance equipment that can be used in most vehicles, my team should use the competitive and collaborative approach. But considering the productivity my team should focus on the collaborative instead of the competitive approach, because collaboration give rise to positive results (Paulus & Nijstad, 2003). My negotiation team should be assertive and respect the other party as the party also has Continue reading...

This week was extremely challenging. I personally had a hard time completing this week’s assignment as well as a team assignment. There were many things happening at once. Frankly, I believe that having two assignments at once shouldn’t take place, since it requires much individual effort and team effort to complete everything in a timely manner. Moreover, we also need to understand that most of the students at The University of Phoenix are full-time employees and parents, as well. In my case, I was going crazy as my schedule at work has changed. So, I was working Continue reading...

Personal entrepreneurial strategy exercise

Introduction
Not everyone was born to be an entrepreneur. There are many tactics and skills that an individual needs to acquire for them to become successful in entrepreneurship. After undergoing a survey of how I personally feel about me being at an entrepreneurship level, the results I got were interesting, and they are laid out in this paper. According to my understanding, the term entrepreneurship means, total control over a company or business with the ability to make decisive decisions and lead others in an efficient and timely manner.
Any individual who is willing to be an entrepreneur must Continue reading...

Introduction

In a typical healthcare team, professionals from different streams work together, closely collaborating to provide optimal care to the patient. However, there hasn’t been a clear model that can inspire them collaborate better . Researchers have, therefore, developed a two-part model. Part one of the model has five components: “interdependence, newly created professional activities, flexibility, collective ownership of goals, and reflection of process”. Part two of the model consists of four influences on collaboration: “professional role, structural characteristics, personal characteristics and a history of collaboration”. Further research has found two major themes in the context of the complexity of Continue reading...

A sales team sets out on a sales trip plan to identify and convince prospects to work with them. The sales team consists of two members; the destination management company’s sales director and the sales manager of Waldorf Astoria hotel. This is the selected destination in Orlando.
Waldorf Astoria Orlando is a magnificent tourism and business destination located in central Florida. The hotel offers satisfaction in comfort, luxury and is convenient compared to others around the same area. It offers free Wi-Fi internet connection, a pool, an exercise gym and boasts of a 18 hole golf course. It Continue reading...

Introduction

The movie Apollo 13 is based on the true account of the unfortunate Apollo mission of NASA. The movie opens with Astronaut Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) who is enjoying a party to celebrate the success of Apollo 11 lunar mission. The story subsequently revolves to tell the tale of the third mission of landing in the moon which would be led by Astronaut Jim Lovell, Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) lunar module driver and Kevin Bacon as Jack Swivert, who is the command module pilot. The mission is smooth until the crew is threatened due to the explosion of an Continue reading...

Leadership can be perceived as the process through which an individual influences the fashion in which a group of persons is carrying out a specific task. The individual who is central to this process is known as a leader. There is a broad range of traits which a leader should bear for him or her to be effective in leadership. For the purposes of this paper, this discussion shall majorly concentrate on the trait of charisma as a leadership strategy (Elearn, 2007). All leaders ought to be charismatic, as it is a great feature in progressive leaders. This is Continue reading...

Question 1: Cultural differences between the companies

Organizational culture refers to shared norms and values within members of a given organization. These are the dominant values, beliefs and attitudes held by the organization’s employees. It can also be defined as the set of knowledge forms and basic assumptions commons amongst organizational members. Organizational culture is largely influenced by the society in which it exists. A merger between Excelsior Manufacturing and Quality Instrumentation creates a diverse and global team. Such teams are a source of competitive advantage and production efficiency. Mergers create concerns into international management. In determining the core elements in which the two organizations Continue reading...

Research studies reveal that there is increasing competition in the hospitality industry. This implies that various players within the industry must retain existing customers and attract new customers in order to remain competitive. This involves offering quality services that meet the increasingly sophisticated customer demands. Tourists are demanding new and unique experiences. In order to address these new challenges, organizations are increasingly placing a lot of emphasis on teamwork. Therefore, an increasing number of organizations within the hospitality industry are establishing organizational teams. From this trend, I can deduce that knowledge sharing and team culture have an important influence Continue reading...

Implementing Self-Directed Teams

Implementing Self-Directed Teams

Introduction

As a team or group desires and time, although, the outcome can be very helpful for each person. At the preliminary of the up to date plastic industry, there are some components, which may need Amasi Corpus Christi to conceive groups or assemblies, to advance the position of the Amasi Corpus Christi. For the group to recognize this promise, and convey genuine advantages to the association, they should be adept to differentiate their power and weaknesses (Bishop & Scott 2000).
Everyone should be adept to broadcast, cooperate and even in the face of trials to the achievement Continue reading...

The Georgia power company' management style was mainly the use of chain of command for most decisions with the vital ones being made. Business results and communication were communicated on a biased form. Each department operated and made decisions on its own. This management style was the best for business requirements at that time as. The business was relatively predictable and structured with a regulated rate of return, regional market protection, and 100 percent control of access to its own distribution facilities. A watershed development, however, occurred in the early 1990s. This demanded Plant Hammond to transform its leadership Continue reading...

After a comprehensive analysis of the online collaboration tools, I was able to identify several that might be extremely useful in my future teamwork endeavors.
The first tool that I thought would be extremely useful was GoVisually. This tool allows people to place comments or mark annotations on different project parts. This tool is exceptionally useful because enable both designers and clients can collaborate on projects and revise them where necessary without having to send long emails containing revision details. This tool will be of great help because when working in a team, the main objective is to produce Continue reading...

Crux is the most important aspect that needs to be focused on in the project. This is the central aspect of the project that should be solved in order for the project to be solved effectively. For complete and effective solving of the project, it is important to understand the parameters of the project and isolate the most important things in the project. These isolated things in the project form the most important aspects of the project (Gido, & Clements, 2012).
It is important for project managers to determine the cruxes of the project. One reason for this is that Continue reading...

Introduction

Sports and media have always had a direct link between them. In the modern context, it is even argued sports and media cannot exist without one another. Sport can be defined as a “repeatable, regulated physical contest producing a clear winner”. The evolution of the media has had a direct impact on sport. Currently, the media chooses, analyzes, interprets and finally represents sporting events mainly to attract audiences. Sports in the media have increased dramatically, and some media firms have even abandoned other communication roles to focus primarily on sports. The content and style of sports programs are designed Continue reading...

In pursuit of the company’s policy to scout for opportunity that has the potential of enhancing and sustaining growth, our team was constituted to look into the viability of enhancing our operations regionally. This idea was conceived following a recently approved inter-governmental relation that allowed for trade and commerce within the region with minimal restrictions. In this regard, our team was given a defined time frame to explore business potential of the region and provide a comprehensive report that will be used to make a final decision on whether or not steps should be taken for the business Continue reading...

Initial Intra-organizational Bargaining and Attitudinal Structuring Processes

Introduction
Attitudinal structuring and intra-organizational bargaining are mainly applied in the determination and distribution of rewards. With an attitudinal structuring approach, the main goal is to influence the attitudes of the participants towards each other. The intra-organizational process seeks to increase the consensus among the participants.
My own starting point tends to put additional emphasis on the rights of the immigrant workers. The team members’ starting point focuses on the management rights clause. Then this is followed by handling issues regarding the protection of immigration workers and wages increase. The wages increase is placed at 6% each year. My Continue reading...

Question 1

Leadership theories and interpersonal forms of power
Leadership is the art of influencing others socially in order to achieve a common goal or objective. Some of the theories used to study leadership are the traditional leadership theories, including trait approaches, leadership style approach and contingency approach. These theories insist on the leader having supervisory approach over the employees. Contemporary theories, on the other hand, argue that effective leaders normally have cognitive and behavioural ability to effectively recognize and react to the complexity of their environment and what it presents o them. They include transactional and transformational leadership models. The Continue reading...

Abstract

Transferring from one organization to another is not so much different from shifting from one industry to another. Both decisions can be associated with tremendous changes, both environmentally and habitually, that an individual has to overcome. There can be many reasons why an individual—which is more often than not a company employee looking for a greener or a more organized pasture, transfers from one organization to another. Some of the most common reasons behind such big decision include but are not limited to social factors (e.g. employees do not get along well with other employees), economic factors (e.g. Continue reading...

The junior staff all knew about it. I was the only one who had not heard about what the human resource was planning to do. The IT department would have to suffer a big blow in terms of getting new employees. The human resource department has recommended that a few heads should roll in light if the recent drop in performance. That was not the only reason as I came to find out. The company had to tighten its budget to fit in other projects that seem to be more lucrative to the organisation. This did not sit well Continue reading...

The greatest achievement in my life so far has been being chosen to be part of the basketball team. It has not only enabled me to be part of a great team but has also motivated me to work very hard. Being in basketball has been my dream for the longest time I can remember. It has worked as a bait to move me to all other successes in my life. I have worked so hard to improve my grades by putting in extra hours to study just so that I may be a part of the team. The Continue reading...

Question 1

- Lack of proper communication
Effective communication has a direct impact on the success of a virtual team. Most successful teams make an effort to meet face to face on a continuous basis. At the core of effective virtual team communication is sharing of a common vision and clearly defined goals. Limitations on time and distance can inhibit proper communication.
- Physical distance
Virtual teams face the challenge of face to face contact. Non-physical relations are rarely as effective as physical interactions. So it is advisable to pay attention and implement strategies that help humanize the virtual media.
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When building new teams, human resource officers often concentrate on recruiting the most qualified candidates in terms of knowledge, experience and organizational fit (Parker 20). Aptitude tests are often administered in the early stages of the interview process in order to identify and select the smartest applicants or most knowledgeable applicants. Employees must definitely have the right knowledge and skills in order to perform their duties effectively. However, without, the right attitude, aptitude may not account for much (Parker 27).
According to Buttefield (50), attitude can be described as a commitment to individual and collective goals, the inspiration to Continue reading...

- What is the rationale for establishing the change leadership team?
The main rationale for establishing the change leadership is to facilitate and foster the change process. The change leadership team drives the change process as it unfolds, and the team gives a direction to the change process by the team. Change leadership team takes the initiative and drive it to a successful conclusion through the joint effort of every person in the organization. This team does share the burden of executing the major changes and coordinate efficiently to make the change successful. This is to say that, change Continue reading...

Step 1: My communication skills and goals

Anger management- It is a proven fact that being angry can lead to problems and committing mistakes that were not anticipated for (Green 2006). Knowing how to manage my anger will go a long way in helping me deal with bad situations.
Conflict resolution- this skill will enable me handle difficult situations and conflicts well. This will enable me know how best to address conflicts without offending other people
Assertive communication- This skill is very necessary for me because it will help me get all things right and deliver the right information correctly while maintaining an effective manner of Continue reading...

Leadership is the process of identifying organization goals, identifying better ways of motivating people to act, providing support and motivation to achieve the set goals. In the daily life of a Nurse, this could refer to coordinating the day and night duties. The success of the day and night shift and managing difficult situations will largely depend on the nurse’s leadership skills. According to research, this paper will look into various leadership styles and evaluating their effectiveness.
It is important to appreciate that leadership roles are different from management functions. According to peter Drunker, “management is doing things Continue reading...

“Kevin is a bit slow in the head,” I said, trying hard not to laugh. I was talking to James, Sparky and Ken, three members of our basketball team about Kevin, our point guard. Kevin had cost us the first quarter in a game where we stood the chance of winning $5000 in prize money if we beat two more teams. It was obvious that we needed the money and even more obvious that we were a bunch of jokers. However, the fact that we had reached the semi-finals seemed to have dawned on all the others except me. Continue reading...

Project management pertains to methods, processes, and best practices that are used in ensuring the successful completion and delivery of a project. The methods and processes act as roadmap of milestones and deliverables that guarantee all tasks and activities are done on schedule and with high quality output. The best practices ensure that teams are working smartly and efficiently according to norms practiced in the industry and are customizing their processes to fit their methodologies and requirements (Atkinson 338). Project teams without a standardized methodology results to inefficiency of processes and employees, including going overboard the budget, extension of Continue reading...

Leadership and its qualities are often a confusing and complex issue – the various attributes that make people good leaders are often lost on those who want to be them, leaving many in the dust while others succeed. In the Forbes articles “Why You’re Not a Leader,” “5 Transitions Great Leaders Make That Average Leaders Don’t” and “The Most Successful Leaders Do 15 Things Automatically, Every Day”, these make-or-break attitudes are illustrated and discussed, cementing a transformational leadership style as far preferable to a transactional leadership style. Both Myatt and Llopis’ articles extol the virtues of open communication, Continue reading...