Essays on Sims

Job Analysis – Operations and Logistics Manager

Paper Due Date Organizational Need Uber is a company that offers mobile and desktop application, allowing to connect drivers and passengers and offers public transportation solutions in various formats. Our company is growing at a rapid pace and has ambitious plans to grow 200% in Latin America. The primary focus is on Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, as part of the Mercosur market entry strategy. That said it is essential that the internal capabilities, competencies, and skills are aligned with the generic growth strategy and company’s Human Resources can support the growth by providing adequate knowledge and expertise. Now, ...

Module 1 – Case

Part A 1a. Sims, R. (2002). Teaching business ethics for effective learning (1st ed.). Westport, Conn.: Quorum Books.

1b. Reflection through Debriefing in Teaching Business Ethics

1c. The Environment for Teaching Business Ethics is very important (Sims, 2002). 1d. There is an ascent in the in teaching business ethics in various faculties with the level headed discussion of who is obligated to teach the topic begins. Since most business faculties have zero formal training with the regards to ethics, the presumption made is, faculty trained especially in ethic ought to play the part. Be that as it may, there are critiques against ethics and the most critical ...

Negotiating and the Collective Bargaining Process

Part 1 Leadership Management Partnership (LMP) The purpose of Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions (LMP)’s was to develop a joint strategy to develop organizational change and environment of continuous learning and improvement. In addition, it is linked to the involvement of employees in decision making. It is considered the largest and longest-operating partnership in the U.S. (Labor Management Partnership, 2017).

Union Name and Type of Union

One of the 28 unions in the partnership was United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 7, Professional and Health Care Division. As described earlier, the union was a local union just like other 27 ...

Identify the tasks the lieutenant must tackle in terms of police information systems and analysis of police information

Information flow is one of the most important factors in shaping the function of the police. The police administrator or lieutenant is dependent upon the flow of data in order to base his decisions regarding future police directions. He requires two basic kinds of information in his decision-making task. These include; operational data which measures the effectiveness of regular operating procedures and meeting demands imposed by unusual occurrences, and management data, which include budgeting, fiscal and workforce allocations (Cordner, 2016, p.335). Some information that is useful to the lieutenant that is useful for decision-making includes, the existence of an ...

Executive Summary

Nestlé is a large international company, leader in food and drinks retail sector. The organization is adopting aggressive growth strategy, which involves product line expansion in the Middle East and larger brand presence. The goals of the strategy will be achieved through organic growth as well as M&A. That said HRM strategy is central to the company. Nestlé employs Total Reward Management (TRM) system, Balance Scorecard and incentive-based approach to employee compensation. Importantly, Nestlé believes that retention and motivation of employees are grounded on the personal bonds between the company´s culture and employee. With that, Leadership and Management ...

Impact of Team-Based Approach on Productivity at Nestlé

Introduction

Companies in the contemporary business environment must rely more and more on intangible assets and develop competitive advantage beyond the hard and soft attributes of their products and services. Globalization and internationalization of supply chains demand more flexibility and resilience from the companies, placing pressure on their creative and innovative capabilities (Sims, 2007). That said Human Resource Management (HRM) has gone a long way in transforming from a simple administrative support function to a strategic element in most of the modern forward-looking organizations. Diversity is the key to building sustainable competitive ...

In any type of company, one of the significant challenges for leadership is connecting industry knowledge and business analytics. Bartlett (2013) observes that these two components serve as the primary sources of information for decision makers. Managers generally hold much insight and wisdom in their accumulated experience, but unfortunately, any gaps in the facts are commonly filled with opinions (Bartlett, 2013). Instead of relying on subjective sources, leaders can utilize business analytics to validate new ideas and test industry beliefs (Bartlett, 2013). A starting point for effective business analytics is to recognize that data and information are not ends ...

BUSINESS: UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES

L. Dennis Kozlowski, CEO of Tyco International Scandal A fish rots from the top down. This phrase sums up the scandal of Tyco International when its CEO, Dennis Kozlowski, was found guilty on many fraudulent accounts. His actions were in direct violation of the accounting ethics. Kozlowski was arrested along with many of his company officials as partners in crime. When the CEO of a company is involved in violating code of ethics and professionalism, the employees and subordinates find it convenient to follow suit. Former chief executive and chairman of Tyco International, Dennis Kozlowski and firm’s CFO ...

The purpose of this document is to develop the summary and coherent outline of the Motivation and Employee Involvement Strategy to be implemented in the organization. While the document will look at the full scope of the challenges, which have to be addressed, the detailed analysis and recommendations will be given for the critical topic of Joint Decision Making in Operations and Representative Participation. Companies apply a variety of programs and projects to address the challenges in this area. This strategic document will expand on the three recommendations, as central to addressing the three subtopics, work life balance, hirge ...

Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower (1995) is as creative just like it is ironical if the current contemporary efforts around the globe are put into context. The Dystopian perception that dominates the novel makes it attractive to present and future readers. Several themes emerge from the story through prominent characters such as Lauren and Mrs. Sims. This essay offers analysis of various topics in the novel while laying emphasis on how the lack of effective community guidance and poor leadership can break or make a state. The essay delves into how poor leadership can erode past gains in ...

Executive Summary

In general, the diplomas mentioned in the paper below have brought revolutionary changes to my personality and mind-set. They have broadened my vision and changed my attitude towards certain concepts in certain ways (that I have explained in the later parts of the assignment). I feel to have some inborn qualities relevant to the subjects that I took up and these courses have helped me polish my skills and expertise, and update my knowledge. As the course progressed, I could feel my development as a learner stage by stage. My teachers, supervisors, and group fellows have come in as ...

Introduction

Contemporary leadership theory is focused on the transformation of the organizational and individual view on the role of leaders in building the sustainable corporate culture and addressing change management and uncertainty in the modern corporations. While a number of frameworks are developed to evaluate and concept and find a set of factor and personal qualities, which define a great leader, the reality shows that leadership unique and the success of one or another individual as a leader depends on upon a number of intrinsic and external factors (Bennis and Thomas, 2002). With that in mind, self-awareness, understanding of the ...

Compensation strategy of an organization plays a pivotal role in determining the success of the company. Moreover, the compensation strategy of a healthcare organization forms the basis of achievement of the overall organization. Compensation includes monetary and non-monetary constituents such as basic salary, health insurance, retirement plans, and performance bonuses. An effective compensation strategy of an organization can make it successful and place it in a better position in the competitive market. Operating budgets of healthcare organization highly depend on total compensations such as cash compensation and other benefits. Human Resources (HR) play a critical role in designing compensation ...

Strategy Overview

Marriott is one of the largest hotel chains in the world, operating over 4,500 properties across 87 countries. The portfolio of the company includes over 16 brands, offering lodging and accommodation solutions for business, leisure and luxury market segments. The financial year 2015 indicated a strong financial position and the growth potential of the company with the total revenue declared for the period of USD 14 billion and over 10,000 new rooms opened during the same financial year. The company pursues an aggressive global growth strategy with the focus on luxury and middle-class leisure segment accommodation (Marriott, ...

Business Analytics and Industry Knowledge - Marriott

The document dwells upon the review of the corporate strategy of Marriott Hotels operations in the United States. The company is one of the largest hotel and resort chains in the world, with an annual growth of over 15% across its major locations. In 2015 alone, Marriott added over 300 hotels in its chain through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. In the US the company managed to grow significantly through the acquisition of the Delta hotels, adding 10,000 rooms in Orlando in other states across the country. The Strong financial position of the organization allows expecting a total ...

Leadership has numerous definitions and dimensions, but I largely view it as the ability of someone to influence other people to willfully and passionately to follow a certain course and achieve some specific objectives. There are several lessons in leadership that can influence me to become a better leader in my professional life. I learned that leaders are not born, but we do make them. To become a good leader, people need to improve themselves and become the best by increasing their ability to be the “best self” (George and Sims, 2010). In this regard, I looked at myself ...

BUSINESS FUNCTIONS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS

Modern businesses in any type of industry vary in their size and scale of operations. When it comes to the analysis of the core business activities, respectively of whether the business has a global, international or national scale, the key responsibilities and functions can be divided into four critical areas: operations, marketing, accounting and finance and the Human Resource Management (HRM). The reality shows that even further break down and segmentation of tasks within these elements does not change the overall layout responsibilities in these areas. The purpose of this assignment is to look at some specific areas of ...

Introduction

Netflix is one of the leading companies in internet streaming industry with extremely aggressive growth strategy in its domestic and international market. Singapore is one of the strategic locations for the organization, which allows access not only to the large and technologically advanced market in the country but also to North Korea and other regions within the East and South East Asian Market (Netflix, 2015). Singapore growth strategy is based on competitive pricing and aggressive differentiation strategy, where Netflix offers own original content and plans to expand production on Singapore local market (Peng, 2015).

Job Analysis

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Rank and Yank performance appraisal system was first implemented by Jack Walsh as a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the General Motors Company. The concept of the forced ranking approach to managing labor in the companies since then has received a lot of attention in academic and business literature. While the approach allows developing a number of measures on a personal and professional side and evaluates the individual performance of employees, a lot of critics of the approach argue that the negative outcome of the Rank and Yank approach is the creation of the working environment built upon competition ...

The Belmont Report was created in 1978 in response to the issues that were made evident from the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, and aimed to provide a number of guidelines to ensure the safety of human subjects during biomedical research (Sims, 2010). The purpose of the report is to protect humans that are involved in medical, nursing, and scientific research by giving guiding ethical principles about how to protect these subjects. The Belmont Report has three main principles, which are “respect for persons, beneficence, and justice” (Sims, 2010, p173). There are also three main practical approaches that should be used ...

Introduction

Corporate executives are required to maximize shareholder revenue while avoiding agent-principal conflicts, enhancing the reputation of the companies, and conforming to the regulatory standards. The situation in Enron indicates the corporate irresponsibility and managerial negligence that resulted in investor outrage and multiple lawsuits. The shareholders demanded legislation reforms, managerial accountability, and corporate power. The scandal in Enron encircled unethical and illegal activities punishable by law. This essay attempts to evaluate the virtue ethics that apply to the case of Enron.

Body

When it comes to the concept of virtue ethics, the postulates shift from individual, agent-centered, and action-oriented. The theory ...

Executive Summary

International growth of a company is strictly defined by the expertise of its managers in training and developing human resources abroad that can work with the organizational structure of the parent company. But training employees abroad is considerably a demanding task. This is especially because of the cross-cultural differences that will hinder most of the usual training and incentive programs that are based out of the ethics of parent corporation. It is essential that the parent corporation understand the cultural practices as well as sensitivities of the target country before venturing into business with it. This is where the ...

Introduction

The article, “Discovering your authentic leadership,” by Peter Sims, Diana Meyer, Andrew N. McLean, and Bill George delves into the subject of being a leader that one is capable of being, that is, an authentic leader. The authors describe the way one can develop as an authentic leader. In particular, the article exemplifies the way an individual who follows his/her internal compass can essentially turn out to be an authentic leader. According to the authors, discovering our authentic leadership calls for a commitment to developing ourselves. In other words, developing authentic leadership starts with an understanding of self. The ...

Introduction

The cinematic depiction of the cultural criminalization (intersection of crime and society) has been adequately expressed in some renowned films and mostly these films are categorized as ‘Mafia films’. Further, in terms of a significant illustration of the Italian mafia in the American society, two of the most remarkable cinematic works are those of Ford Coppola’s ‘The Godfather’ (1972) and Martin Scorsese’s ‘Goodfellas’(1990). Both these films have rendered their level best effort in romanticizing the private lives of the Italian mob in America and tries to explain the life of a Mafia with utmost clarity (Sims, " ...

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Ahimsa: From the Perspectives of Buddhism and Jainism

Introduction The concept of ahimsa is a concept of nonviolence with roots arising from the belief system of Hinduism. Nevertheless, Gandhi (169) and Kaur (2) suggested that all religious traditions worldwide agree that ahimsa can be a profound basis of human survival. However, historically, it has experienced certain variations as understood and practiced in latter belief systems such as Buddhism and Jainism. In the next section, the general but essential concept of Ahimsa will be presented in its entirety as contributed and reinforced in Buddhism and Jainism. It will be followed by two ...

Three Ways of Coping with Negative Emotions

Human Resource Management (HRM) has evolved over decades, transforming from a supportive organizational function to one of the most important strategic elements of the contemporary organizations. Globalization and internationalization of supply chains make companies become increasingly concerned with HRM as they recognize the importance of people as the major competitive advantage. With that in mind, HRM looks at retention rates and employee motivation as one of the core responsibilities of the department.While hiring and training are significantly important for reaching effective and productive operations; downsizing or simple employee layoff is another important function of HRM, which can affect not ...

Company XYZ Case Study

One of biggest challenges in the contemporary business environment is the globalization. There are various factors that are discussed in the context of globalization in modern academic and business literature. Some of the major effects of it on the organizations are the dramatically increased pace of change, international mobility of individuals and the organizations, growing diversity and complexity of the business operations by themselves. The truth is that the companies in the modern business environment have to face international supply chain, cross-border operations, and diversity in terms of internal and external stakeholder management. This places numerous pressures on the ...

Introduction

The phenomenon of leadership is one of the most broadly discussed in management-related scholarship. Various theories and models are designed in order to develop an understanding of the scope of leadership as a concept and the traits, necessary for an individual to exhibit strong leadership and inspire followers. In this regard, a crucial question remains whether leadership can be learnt in case an individual does not have a natural disposition to leading. In the end of the 19th century particularly the ‘Great Man’ theory, emphasizing one’s intrinsic ability to lead followers, was the major approach to leadership, logically ...

MANAGEMENT

Part 1 In today’s world of global challenges and competition, the role of managers and leaders is of critical importance. Managers need to make sure that the right kind of people gets hired for the right positions so that they are able to perform better. Managers also make certain that employees are given access to necessary resources so that they can deliver results precisely. The role of leaders is more pronounced than managers (Zaleznik, 1992). Leaders serve to motivate employees not by force, but through their charismatic persona and timely guidance and feedback. Without leaders, the employee would ...

Introduction

The analysis of Apple Inc. illustrates several challenges that company is facing in the modern business environment. It was identified that in order to grow organically and sustainably in international business environment, Apple should focus on the following three aspects: review current exclusivity policy in the growing economies and markets, such as India; change the pricing policy to widen the target customer range and penetrate middle class segment; introduce simpler and more user-friendly devices to the market to attract new customer, who looks for simplicity and basic use of smartphone. With the above in mind, the organization will require ...

Should Teacher Pay be based on Student Performance?

In order to implement any pay system and merit-based pay in the companies it is essential that these organizaions define their terms and goals as well as clearly outline the pupose of the programs that ar being implemented. Educational field is not an exception (Gratz, 2009) and many organizations are looking for effectibv ways to implement performance pay. But what Performance Pay actually mean and how shoud it be defined and measured? It is critical to understad that perfomance-based compenation is a way to reward employees and demonstrates areas for improvement. This only works in the environment, which offers ...

Today, the role of Human Resource Manager has termed as an essential activity that enhances productivity and development of the company. The human resource management involves the practice of hiring and enhancing the employees to make them more valuable and profitable to the organization. It is the responsible of the human resource management for conducting employee relations, hiring, and enhance development and benefits for all employees in the organization. As a human resources manager, I understand it is my duty to direct all the activities of workers in the company. In this report, I will develop, analyze and explain ...

Diversity Management in Contemporary Organization

The contemporary business environment is a complex mechanism of relationships on organizational, group and individual levels, where the trend of internationalization and blurring business and economic boundaries between the countries places more emphasis on adaptability and unique competitive advantage, based on intangible assets. For many companies, growth and profitability mean organic and inorganic expansion to foreign markets and, thus, there is an increasing concern about diversity and management of cross-cultural differences within and outside of the companies. The reality of such retail giants as Tesco, Walmart, Starbucks Coffee Company and many others demonstrates that in order to build on ...

Abstract

Globalization and the vaiety of external factors, affecting change management transformed the role of Human Resource Development (HRM) from facilitator to change leader and highlighted the importance of emotional intelligence on individual and group levels within the organizations (Yaeger and Sorensen, 2009).

Human Resource Management

Q1: How would you define OD and its relationship to HRD? Swanson and Elwood (2009) argue that the fundamental role of OD in a given organization was to bring to light incremental change. Traditional OD focuses on planned incremental change with smaller scope and scale within the company. OD as compared to the change management initiatives in ...

Generalized Theories and Concepts to be used in the Case Study

Some of the key topics learned in this week’s lecture with reference to the case study of Pace (manufacturer of set-top boxes) are briefly defined and explained as follows: Culture: Hofstede, G. H. (1991) defines culture as the “collective programming of mind” that provides a base for the distinction between different cultures and ethnic groups. The role of Culture in Organizations: It helps employees to be aware of organizational goals and objectives and make their efforts aligned to those objectives. It directs employees to develop certain cultural values such as hard work, flexibility, loyalty, commitment, and excellence in ...

The golden rule quotes relate to the ethical and moral standards of the people in the society. The main common factor that revolves around all the quotes is that, they enhance or promote ethics in the society and communities regardless of the religious or area of origin. One of the quotes appeals about compassion that people should uphold in the society. the quote “One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts” appeals about inflicting harm on other people based on a person’s happiness ...

Catalyst Investors, mid-tier hedge fund located at 711 Fifth Avenue Suite 600 New York, is the firm whose employee evaluation form is used to carry out the study. Catalyst Investors use Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales (BARS). Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales (BARS) are descriptive in nature, such that the evaluator is required to rank the continuum of descriptive statements relating to behaviors ranging from the least effective to the most effective behavior relating to a given task which the employee possess (Aiken and Lewis 173). Through the ranking, the evaluator will identify which scale best describes an employee.

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Introduction

Beginning the early 1990s, the number of multinational corporations has risen steadily as a result of globalization. This reason has caused organizations to realize the need for international human resource management as a determinant of success. International training and development is a tool that multinational enterprises (MNEs) are using to improve the quality of services that their employees provide. The main aim of training is to improve work skills and behaviors that an organization employee has in the current circumstances. On the other hand development is aimed at increasing working abilities with respect to a future task or job, ...

Introduction

Many countries across the world are faced with the problem of water and soil contamination. The contaminations are caused by industrial effluents, military actions and agricultural activities among others. Human carelessness and ignorance also contribute significantly to water contamination. As a result, new biological, chemical and natural activities have been invented in order to control water contamination. One of the most successful measures used in control of water contamination is phytoremediation. It involves the use of plants to absorb pollutants from contaminated water found on the surface of the land and in the soil. This paper discusses the biological ...

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 ...

Summary

Apple is a technology multinational corporation headquartered in California that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics all over the world. Nokia is a company related to communication and information technology and headquartered in Finland. Both companies are leaders that managed complexity, ambiguity, and change within their organizations but results achieved prove to be beneficial for Apple . Nokia leadership lacks in efficiently applying their relevant strategies that could provide expected outcomes. There are many factors including a collection of information, quick response, analyzing risks, and preparation of alternative strategies that resulted in the success of Apple. Nokia failed to obtain ...

Instruction Design

Instructional Design Introduction The designation, development, and delivery of instructions follow a procedural process termed as instructional design (ID). It is an evaluation of the learning requirement and systematic improvement of teaching. An effective instructional design harbors various strategic plans to deliver learning experiences. The design facilitates the increment and enhancement of learning, creates a reliable and effective model of acquiring knowledge, as well as motivates the learners to engage each other and foster fast and deep studies. One significant purpose of instructional design is identifying the instruction outcomes. Essentially, the instructions must deliver their aims by making educational ...

Introduction

The internationalization and the globalization have changed the business strategies from trading, exporting and investing to the incorporation of the alliances, managements, business activities and operations. The transformation is resulted in the impacts and affects the human resources and management practices. Now, the firms have the employees from different countries of the world. The global workers are mainly categorized into three types include host country employees, expatriates and third country nationals (Sims & Schraeder, 2005). The paper is going to argue about the pros and cons of the global talent and supporting the restrictions from the U.S. federal legislation for ...