Essays on Team Spirit

Wooden on Leadership

A famous basketball coach John Wooden developed his Pyramid of success nearly 70 years ago. Nevertheless, it is still relevant nowadays. Moreover, this model can be accepted not only in sports but also for business environment. The main reason why this pyramid became so popular in different spheres of life and has not lost its relevance yet is that it does not focus primary on the results (victories) but on identification and implementation of the maximum capacities. Thus, Wooden likes to say “"success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the ...

Response Paper: Self in the Workplace

Success at any workplace is not an abstract occurrence but rather takes a combination of abilities, skills, and knowledge necessary to guarantee such success. As an employee, I have greatly excelled at my workplace due to my strong work ethics, strict time management and embracement of a team spirit. I understand pretty well that organizational goals are set targets that require a collective approach from all employees. As a result, therefore, we are strongly working as a team and not as an individual; I prefer pooling my contribution alongside those from other colleagues for the sake of organizational goals. ...

Introduction

Recreational Living Limited (RL) is a boat manufacturing company that specialises in building fibreglass for boats and canoes that are powered by outboard motors. They also manufacture sailboats that are up to eight meters high. James MacPherson, the CEO of Recreational Living Limited (RL), is currently facing a dilemma of whether he should relocate the company’s canoe and leisure manufacturing operations to a different location. Two reasons have mainly contributed to him being in such a situation; A residential neighbourhood that was developed around the company's site and enclosed the company's physical premises. The residents of these neighbouring ...

Assignment 4: Managing Creativity through Action

Assignment 4: Managing Creativity through Action

Management strategies for Shimon Kornfield

Shimon Kornfield should have exhibited the traits of a change manager to control the morale of the team. Importantly, a change manager combines innovation structures and creative tools used in leading workers to realize the perceived outcomes (Kloppenborg, Shribeg, and Venkatraman, 2003). Kornfield was tasked with handling a complex project that needed vibrant and zealous team members. Evidently, the project faced numerous challenges including the need to keep the members motivated. Hence, Kornfield should have adopted specific management strategies to control the morale of the workers. First, Kornfield should have established a collaborative ...

Question 1

John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success is still applicable to the current business environment. The pyramid named loyalty, team spirit, condition and skill present in the team. These attributes are essential to today’s business environment as they help nurture the relationship between the firm and its clients. The Pyramid of Success is applicable not only to basketball where Wooden was a coach but also in our day to day live. Through Wooden, we learned that the end is always a result of our doings and misdoings. Therefore, businesses that want to prosper in the long term should not ...

Assignment 2: MS Project and Team Leadership

Introduction In any project, having unfocused, disengaged and team members who underperform can be very challenging and can sap the energy out of any vibrant team therefore slowing down business operation. Given proper management and motivation, most of these team members can form the greatest asset for any project manager while the opposite can happen when they work under poor management and where there is no motivation as well as where everyone in the team is demoralized. The choice to have a vibrant team always lies squarely on the hands of the project team leader and as such, the ...

Business Perspectives

Business Perspectives

Management Summary

La Brea Pharmacy is managed by one owner. This owner will provide funding from his own savings: cover the start-up expenses and provide the financial ground for the first six months of facility’s operation. The company plans to start as a single outlet and later expand the business by opening new outlets in other areas. Highly qualified employees willsupport the prosperity of the company.

La Brea Pharmacy is a sole proprietorship.At first, the owner will have full control of the business management. Financing business through personal savings will make a powerful incentive for its quick promotion. ...

Instutition:

Abstract Keywords: college athletes, coaches, profit, billions, professionals, amateurs Firstly, the fact that college athletes do not make money is not right because they are considered to be amateurs although they make a lot of money for other people. This is a business which makes billions and only college athletes do not get paid in this process. “Several college coaches have gained celebrity status and corresponding compensation packages” (Sanderson & Siegfried, 2015, p. 115). Unfortunately, the athletes only get their expenses covered, but nothing more which seems unfair because other students are allowed to earn money while still having full ...

Organization Behaviour

1 Task 2 - Analyse the scenario Motivation is the force that drives people into action and encourages them to exert more effort towards carrying out something. Employees who are well motivated are more comfortable and will have feelings of happiness and fulfilment. Johansson and Heide (2008) points out that besides, being well motivated workers tend to produce high-quality results and are more productive than their counterparts. In the case study, the workforce is less. They are overwhelmed in the course of their duty. They are not able to work overtime because their terms of service are contractual. The ...

Sport is a very interactive activity; there is a need for two-way communication between the athletes for a better understanding of each other, and also the game. The main aim of the athletes or the teams involved is to emerge the victors. And due to the tension built up during such competitions, it is important to take a close look at sporting activities between different kinds of sportsmen. In this case, we are going to look at the relationship between the sporting event in a high school and tertiary level, in this instance, a college. The human body tends ...

Genesis - Schultz’s leadership model

Great leaders usually have certain characteristics that make them special. For any organization to be successful, then they should have great leaders with special characteristics. This research will evaluate the leadership of Howard Schultz whom I believe is a leader who possesses the characteristics of a good leader.

According to leadership theories, a good leader takes care of the other employees’ needs. They should help the other employees to work through activities such as delegation (Michael, 1). In addition, the leaders should allow employees to give their ideas that can assist the organization. Howard Schultz reports that good leadership involves observation of ...

Inheritance of family business is very important in all over the word. In Japan, they take it very seriously to keep business leadership in the family. This is where adult adoption comes in. If a business owner does not have a son to inherit or if the son is not interested in the family business, there are two options. One option is to adopt a fully-grown man who is competent in running the business and inherits the family name (Noma, 2009). The second option is to marry of their daughter to the most suitable candidate and therefore keep the business in the ...

Introduction

The first objective to improve funding for Middle-Tennessee Golden Gloves Charities organization in La Vergne, Tennessee and stabilize the current boxing program by getting more donor financial support from the boxing and business communities supported hypothesis 1.1 and 1.2 by garnering 25% of its support from USA Boxing’s Development program and 25% of its funds from community business support. The second objective to increase volunteer and parent participation, financial support and trust within one year of implementing the program, supported hypothesis 2.1 and 2.2 by increasing “grassroots,” volunteer, donor, and parental participation and financial support by 25%.. ...

Literature Review for the concept of Leadership

This paper provides an overview of descriptive leadership theories that have advanced in over the last decades. The purpose of this literature review is anchoring an understanding of different attempts to come up with one definition of leadership, a leadership design that works for every organization. While exploring the different facets of the concept of leadership, the paper embarks on different scholastic analysis using divergent resources. Contemporary literature on leadership styles assesses the role of leadership and its impact on workers’ competency and morale. However, while emphasizing the vital place of effective leadership on the success of organization, the literature ...

Marcus Buckingham presents practical skills that managers can employ to maximize the output of subordinates in the workplace through the identification of their strong points as well as their weaknesses in the, What Great Manager Do article. Buckingham makes a clear distinction between leaders and managers in his statement that; great leaders utilize the needs and fears we all share while great managers on the other hand discover, improve, and celebrate the difference of the personnel they are working with. Spotting an individual’s unique trait and capitalizing on it saves time. Buckingham uses practical examples to clarify this point. ...