Organizational Behavior Reports Samples For Students

Executive Summary

Respondents have ranked Apple and Google as the two most innovative companies for the fourth straight year. Apple has held the post of top winner according to a survey since 2005 (Müller, 2011). The company has shown strong results since 2000, with an increase in revenue of more than 450% in eight years and net profit increase of more than 1700%. According to Steve Jobs, the company achieves these growth armed with the strongest product line, talented employees, and best customers in the industry. Apple leverages a combination of top-down and bottom-up innovations strategy to create innovations. Apple has built an ...

The Human Resource function has undergone a massive change since its recognition as a separate function in organizations. Originally conceptualized as an area which dealt with selection, recruitment, promotions, retirements, and Wage and salary administration, it gradually added organizational behavior components like leadership, teamwork, motivation, performance etc. in its portfolio. With globalization of business operations, certain issues like diversity management, ethics and social responsibility were added into its framework. After the introduction of IT, the HR functions became more complex, though accessibility became easier with internet enabled platforms. With the demands of the function, HR professionals had to equip ...

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Introduction
Technical expertise among workers is essential for any project success. However, effort and cohesion is more critical towards the realization of a common goal (Gibson, 2009). This report is going to analyze the actions, attitudes and behaviors of the FIS team. Analysis will be based on the structure of the team, their characteristics, communication and will identify what might have led to the bad company reputation. The report will also give recommendations according to organization behavior aspects that enhance a good team performance.

It is evident that FIS Consulting services LTD comprises of top experienced professionals. The company enjoys a ...

Executive Summary

The contemporary business environment is characterized by globalization. This makes it imperative for the companies to understand and adapt to the local cultures through their internationalization strategy. This paper builds on the theoretic implication of Hofstede cultural dimensions to shape the understanding of the importance of cultural adaptation in the internationalization of operation. The relationship between company strategy and culture is the focus on which this report considers the problems that businesses might have to deal whilst working across many cultures. The report will use Virgin Atlantic Airways to illustrate the challenges that firms might face while operating in ...

Introduction

The concept of globalization, in a real sense, is the product of modern age though the existence of its weaker forms can be traced in the sixteenth century, which refers to the process through which different organizations and corporations build influence of international scope (Beck, 2010). Globalization has extensively influenced today’ business scenario, and it has certainly changed the role of Human Resource Management (HRM) and how important the role of human resource management has become in managing the organization (Perkins, 2003). A better idea of this situation can be gathered from the fact that the success of large ...

Executive Summary

It is important for an organization to understand the changing markets and behave in the manner that it can meet the dynamic market requirements and that is the only reason it can move ahead the competition in the long run. The inference drawn from this report is based in a discussion of the market strategies and the forces that drive the market. A comparison of Dell and Microsoft gives us a detailed idea of how a major player enters the market and enjoys monopoly which is lost in case if new entrants enter the market and start taking the market share. The ...

Abstract

This research comprehensively examines the relationship between academic self-efficacy and perceived stress, and how the two concepts are of effect to the academic performance. A survey instrument was developed to measure the perceived stress and self-efficacy connected to the college related tasks. The study examined 182 students from the Campbelltown and Parramatta campuses of the University of Western Sydney that were involved in the study of the Organizational Behavior. The study involved both males (105) and females (76). Both scales proved to be highly reliable with the correlation being moderately negative. The structural equation models were estimated for the ...

Entrepreneurial Intentions and Moral Disengagement among Business Students

This study evaluates the relationship between entrepreneurial decision making and moral disengagement among business students with the objective of assessing how far students are willing to compromise on ethical values to achieve financial gains and self fulfillment. This study is expected to contribute substantially to the existing literature on entrepreneurial intentions and ethical decision making by getting an insight into the organizational behavior of would be entrepreneurs.
Instances of ethical aberrations by high ranking officials from companies like Enron and Goldman Sach, who were business graduates from reputed institutes prompted Cory, S.N. (2015, 2) to undertake a research to ...

Organizational behavior is an important aspect of any company. Organizational behavior, according to Clegg, Komberger and Pitsis (2011), is defined as the processes and practices that provide the opportunity for individuals to perform to their utmost ability through interaction (2011). Based on this definition, businesses and companies should seek to understand the different types of personalities that work at their respective organization. In doing so, it not only allows for better operation, because employees and staff are continually motivated to do not only the right thing, but to be productive. One organization that thoroughly understands the concept of organizational ...

Introduction

HRM is a term used to elude the reasoning, strategies, methodology and practices identified with the administration of individuals start an association. Today each institution needs to face profoundly rivalry. In this way institutions attempt to do right thing at the ideal time. In that circumstance HRM plays significant move to realize organizational objectives. Satisfaction is the one of real thought in human Resource Management. Worker satisfaction is a measure of how joyful employees are with their occupation and nature's domain. Keeping confidence high around laborers might be of gigantic profit to any organization, as joyful employees will be less averse ...

Executive Summary 3

Motivation.. 3

Conclusions.10

Recommendations.. 10

Reference List 12

Executive Summary
In this case, Suzanne Chalmers has resigned her work at Advanced Photonics Limited (APL). Consequently, Thomas is getting worried with the recent increase in the number of workers who are leaving the company. The paper seeks to give solutions to Thomas so that the company would retain as many employees as possible. Thus, the study shall seek evidence on how the employees at APL would be motivated so as to encourage their stay in this company. Occasionally most managers have pegged the concept of employee motivation with money rewards. However, in some ...

Compensation and Benefits

The concept of an organization tying the performance of its employees to the organizational goals is a strategy that is increasingly being adopted by many organizations. Using this strategy, a company attaches benefits to employees when they achieve a given performance level meet the company’s targets at a given time. These benefits to employees could be in form of monetary units, shares in the company or at times promotions and other benefits. This is aimed at helping the company realize its goals as well as making the employees happy and hardworking. The concept also involves compensating employees for the extra time they ...

Development of Performance and Reward Management system in Nokia

Performance and Reward Management are very critical functions of Human Resource Management especially in Multinational firms which employ a diverse workforce. The performance Management and Reward management systems in these organizations have to address country specific issues to make them more effective. Well formulated policies for performance and Reward Management achieve important HRM objectives such as motivation, employee satisfaction and loyalty and low employee turnover. However changing workplace environment and external factors necessitate that these policies are reviewed and reformulated regularly to keep them aligned with organizational strategies as well as external environment. Due to the global implications of ...

Introduction

With globalization, organizational management is influenced by both internal and external demands, innovation and new economic paradigms. The new setting requires that organizations ought to grow, acquire new knowledge and reframe their central operations to meet the new demands (Qiu, Donaldson, & Luo, 2012 p 95). Therefore, the new paradigm is based on system approach, change in technology and the way knowledge is managed at the respective firms. For the purpose of this study, the organization that will be analyzed is Coca-Cola Company, which is a multinational organization. The organization operates in different countries across the globe and is characterized ...

Introduction

Performance management is an important aspect of organizational function. It encompasses all the activities that concern the adherence to corporate goals. Performance management is an integral step towards the achievement of company objectives through sustainability (Roos, 1997, p.416). This is done in ways that promote organizational efficiency and consistency. Performance management can be streamlined to concern particular organizational units. Concerning this, it may regard to the activities of an organization’s departments or its employees. Through the creation of performance management strategies. Performance management has been cited in the field of corporate strategy (Youndt, 1996, p.840). Organizations use this ...

Abstract

This report describes the necessity of working in the form of groups and teams for effective organizational output. The basic essence of teamwork is provided along with its definition in the initial part. Then, the importance of teamwork is discussed from various aspects. Literature is consulted for effects of teamwork on organizational performance. We also discuss various traits and attributes of working together in teams and groups. We will see how teamwork leads to employee satisfaction, reduced turnover, decentralized responsibility, skills’ enhancement, feelings of empowerment, satisfaction of stakeholders, and much more.

Introduction

As the technology is advancing at a rapid ...

Strategic and non-strategic decision making process for Hilton Worldwide

Introduction
The aim of the report is to critically assess the strategic and non-strategic decision making process of any international business organisation and analysing the maturity and desire towards the management of risks and proposing significant strategies that the organisation can adapt for further development.
For the attainment of these objectives, Hilton Worldwide has been a target and the paper has been outlined into four major segments. The first segment presents the theoretical perspective on strategic management and strategic decision-making and the implementation of the concepts of the targeted organisation. The second section describes the concepts of non-strategic management ...

Introduction3

Alternative 1: Technical Control3
Internet Protocol Cameras.3
Cloud-Based Security Services..4

Data Encryption Services4

Radio Frequency Identification Tags .4
Biometric Systems of identification4
Using Electronic Articles Surveillance5
Access Control Mechanisms5
Non-technical Approaches to Solving Employee Theft in Retail Business.6
Pre-Screening the Employees7
Demystifying the Process of Loss in the Organization 8
Training on the Prevention of Loss 9
The Adoption of the Open Door Policy.9
Imposition of Strict Penalties on Rogue Employees..9

The Use of a Buddy System and an Employee Tip Line.10

Recommendation.11
Conclusion.12

Works Cited13

Business
Analytical Report
Abstract
This analytical is a comparative analysis of two courses of action ...

CONTENTS

Overview of the report 3

Profile of the business 3
Theoretical and Practical Foundations of ISO 9001:2008 5
Organizational Approach to Quality 7
Conclusions 10
Recommendations 11

References 11

Overview of the report
This report has been designed to analyze the performance of the Emirates Insurance Company in relation to its ISO 9001:2008 Certification. In particular, its focus is made on the description of major operations areas of the analyzed enterprise, and the main approaches taken by this organization to quality management and control.
The first part of the report provides a brief description of the company, identifies its main ...

Risk Identification, Assessment, and Management

Executive Summary
There is an increasing interest in the security, safety and health attributes of hotels in the world today. The General Manager is interested in the attributes to satisfy its overarching managerial duties. These responsibilities include due diligence and duty of care. Because of this interest, the General Manager requested information on risk management and security in his hotel in order to assess the safety integrity and security of the food and beverage, and guest room departments of his hotel. Identifying the exact information that is relevant to determining and assessing such information is often challenging due ...

One of the main problems facing Ringwood’s Company is inadequate motivation among the employees. For instance, employees of various car groups mainly news cars and second hand cars will fight for customers in order to earn a commission since their salaries are low. Motivation plays a great role in enhancing the performance e of employees. When employees are satisfied, they increase their productivity hence help in improving the organizations performance (Allana, 2013). Basing argument on human relations theory, workers enhance their productivity once they are motivated. As a result, there is a great need for the Ringwood Company to pay their employees ...

Organization Assessment Report

Organization Assessment Report
Apple Inc. is probably the most known company in the manufacture of technological products; it has a cutting edge and produces something that everybody desires to have in their possession. The company incorporated in 1976 was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976. The company’s headquarters is in Cupertino, California. The company originally started at the bottom of a garage as opposed to an expensive business location as many would think. It is this historical background of the company that amazes people in terms of their brands and ...

Psychological capital which is commonly known as (PsyCap) consists of efficacy, hope, optimism and resiliency. In this study, variables that are closely associated with work engagement are; hope optimism, efficacy, and resiliency. These values have empirically been demonstrated in the four articles in relation to employee and manager outcomes in organizations. In the Journal of Education for Business, two issues emerge; there are important implications for psychological capital in regards to business student development, success, and retention. Notably, a distinctive competency is represented by managers’ human capital. The second article about the relationship between hope, self-efficacy, eustress and life satisfaction ...

Workforce Diversity Management Strategies

Workforce diversity is a human resource issue that every company needs to address in order to reflect the changing business environment. The complexity of this challenge has resulted to development of several strategies to manage diversity. The three main strategies are discussed below.
Attracting, selecting, developing, and retaining diverse employees. According to Robbins and Judge (2011), firms can enhance workforce diversity by targeting “specific demographic groups” (55). The strategy of attracting, selecting, developing, and retaining diverse employees involves creating job advertisements that are geared towards demographic groups of interest. The interviews, training, and promotion and reward systems developed are ...

The use of teams for conflict resolution, the methods and benefits of delegation and empowerment, coaching, support and mentoring, training supervision and evaluation

P9 Planning work orientation and job design

There are many reasons as to why team work program increases performance and employee satisfaction. One of them is application of motivation theories and empowerment techniques. Having worked at Tata consultancy and at the human resource department as a human resource officer, I know that team work is important especially where pressure mounts on due to workload. As it is evident in the Tata consultancy services for example, this team work program facilitates real world real people. ...

Business Strategy Report for Go-Ahead plc

Executive Summary
The report gives brief information about the Go-Ahead company, its current market position and the market segments it operates in as well as describing the operations of the company. The analysis given in the report uses PESTEL analysis, Five Forces, SWOT and other micro economic concepts in brief terms.
The report has different sections describing different concepts of the research on Go-Ahead Company. The organization’s strategic position will be analyzed and critically evaluated using findings from research conducted. The Go-Ahead’s strategic direction will be analyzed using two of the Ansoff, BCG, and McKinsey ...

Introduction

Dunlop Engineering was established in the year 1959 and it is a leading corporation involved in the manufacture and supply of concrete and ceramic tiles to the construction industry. It is a limited Company owned by one hundred and twenty share holders and has one major share holder owning 47% of the shares. This paper explores the Human resource department of Dunlop Engineering and how performance is reviewed at Dunlop Engineering.
1.1 Vision Statement
We provide work situation where our employees can meet their probable ability and make quality use of their skills. We envisage offering excellent customer focused ...