Daft Course Works Samples For Students

Effect of the concepts

Through the concepts, I understood the reason as to why different individuals behave in an organization in the way they do. The employees are distinguished according to the roles they perform, this explains the need for segmentation according to departments with different priorities. The policies in an organization influence the behavior of individual workers and the overall culture of the organization. The organizational culture holds importance as it influences the activities in their formulation and implementation. Influence or behavior implies that the workers would rely on the manner in which activities are performed and that the effectiveness is dependent ...

Motivation is a goal oriented factor either internal or external that stimulates energy and desire to continue being interested and committed to service. It is an impulse that causes a person to act or move towards achieving a goal. Motivation results from an interaction of both conscious and unconscious factors like individual or peer expectations, intensity to need or desire, or rewards and incentives attached towards goal achievement (Daft and Lane, 2008). Motivation can be intrinsic or extrinsic; the former is an act for an activity alone while the latter is an act intended for external rewards. Most forms of motivations are ...

Quiz 1

Decision making is normally described as the essence of the manager’s job based on various entities that encompasses management which is the main role of the managers. Decision making defines the ability of the organization to achieve the set organizational goals. The respective roles and functions of managers such as planning, controlling, organizing, staffing, and others are some of the attached entities that enable the managers make decisions hence essence of manager’s job towards increasing or enhancing organizational performance (Daft, 2005).

Quiz 2

Organization’s culture can largely define or influence the way managers make decisions based on the ...

Arguably, leadership is very important factor in every organization. There are tremendous evolutions of team leadership in society today. Team leadership has evolved over time and continues to make evolve. One of the changes includes accountability and responsibility in leadership rather than team leadership. In the past, the responsibility of team leadership was more of a group. Recently, leadership has evolved and focuses more on accountability. The responsibility of leadership has shifted from team leadership to the hands of individuals.

The next generation of team leadership is characterized by high performance. The leadership in the past was more of making ...

I gained good experience working for Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC), one of the world’s leading defense service providers. This company has spread its services into different sectors like aerospace, information technology, emerging capabilities, space and contract vehicles. The company was formed by the merger of two companies; the Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta Corporation in 1995, and currently employs more than a hundred thousand employees globally and follows a culture that emphasizes on ethical work environment and believes in growing the culture from bottom up to understand the social and economic realities of the corporation, while supporting the top down ...

Discussion 1.1: Structure

The structural design that is used in the Modern Shed Company is the network approach. Network structure is a structural design approach where a company depends on the other external organizations to perform acute functions based on the contractual foundation. The Modern Shed Company is thus based on the collaboration with the external dealers which comprises thirty five independent contractors based in United States. The dealer network in the Modern Shed Company comprises external partners who specialize in different field such as sales, office, material and constructions processes (Daft & Marcic 2013). Smith, the founder of the organization, determined the structure ...

Carlos Ghosn is a French businessman born in Brazil. Ghosn is currently the Chairman of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd, a position he has held since 2008. Ghosn also served as the president and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nissan since 2000 and 2001 respectively. Apart from holding leadership positions at Nissan, Ghosn is also the president and the Chairman at Renault Motor Ltd. Among the leadership, decisions that threw Ghosn into the limelight include spearheading downsizing and closure of several factories at Nissan which culminated in the turnaround of the company (Magee, 2003).

Ghosn’s leadership style

As Nissan Ltd CEO, Ghosn believed in ...

- The decision problem

The problem under study is concerned with deciding, whether it is worth expanding the business of the investigation company that currently functions in one city. As the company already has the developed client base, good image and significant expertise in the field of investigative services, growing the business seems the most logical way of developing the business. However, significant concern is associated with the company’s possibility to attract the attention of clients at the new location and, therefore, profitability of the new venture.

The concern under study is supported by the fact that the ...

Incentive pay

Incentive pay can be defined as the compensation given to an employee for achieving a particular set target in the course of performing his or her job. According to Daft and Marcic (2010) it is a very important form of remuneration in an organization because it has the effect of motivating employees to set and achieve higher goals in their jobs.

To encourage employees to perform better an organization may offer certain rewards like an additional payment for those who attain particular set objectives. Since this additional income is desirable by all employees, all of them will work hard in order ...

A report on Toyota Motor Corporation

It is through Strategy implementation that an organization actualizes its policies and other means of achieving short-term, middle-term and long-term goals. Probably, the process of implementing an organization's strategy involves personnel from all levels of management. The speed, effectiveness and efficiency with which an organization implements its strategy depend upon many factors; key among them: the organizational culture, the structures and systems in place, and the control function of the organization (Schein, 2004). This report focuses on the case of Toyota Automobiles Company, with special emphasis on how the company’s controls, culture and structure have significantly played a ...

Sony Company

Profile and Background of the Sony Company

Sony Company is one of the world most popular companies when it comes to electronic. This is for the main reason that it provides unique devices. For an exceptionally long period, Sony Company has produced different gadgets. The wide variety of the gadgets produced by the Sony Company has been of significant use to the society. This is because machines make the lifestyle of the human beings simpler. The Sony Company was established in Japan with extremely minimal amount of money (Flugge, 2008, p. 95). However, the company has slowly matured from ...

Strategic and Competitive Analysis

1. Using Internet resources identify the product attributes customers seek when buying hot coffee. (10 marks)
A product is something, which can satisfy a need or want that can be offered to the market. Attributes are properties of a given product, service, brand, advertisement or anything of interest. Attributes are inherent in the product and can be either concrete or abstract. They can also be referred to as product features that attract buyers. They are the characteristics by which a product or service is identified or differentiated. They consist of features, benefits, uses and functions of the product (Espresso Business Solutions). ...