Essays on The Plant Manager

The needs for a copy machine

Considering that this is an expansion of the business, copy machines are a huge investment for the company. The first thing would be to identify what the company needs from the copier. The roles for the machines will be to scan, fax, sort, and network and print various documents in the business. This is a huge company with multiple operations and thus a high volume printing and copying machine will be needed as it will be serving multiple departments. The machine will also need to have various features for hole-punching, sorting, large-format printing, stapling and double-sided printing so as ...

The title of this book is “The Goal” written by Eliyah M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox, written in the year 1984 it is ranked among the America’s Business Best seller novel. It also has included an interview with David Whitford; this book is a Narrative non-fiction or a personal narrative. The genre of this book is based on the tense with which this book is written and employment of first person narrative. The writer is also feted for other works such as, It’s not luck, Critical Chain and Necessary but not sufficient. The writer sales standing in ...

Introduction

It is indeed important for any business entity to engage in the global market so as to strengthen its production capacity and also improve its efficiency. However, the decision to go international should be motivated by an organizations vision, mission and objectives (Martin, 2012). Various factors such as culture, business growth, production costs, profit-making opportunities, competitive advantage, availability of labor and resources should first be taken into account (Beamish, 2003). The paper will focus on SterMexicana an American-Mexican joint venture that was established in Guadalajara, Mexico. Sterling Metal’s primary objective for investing in Mexico was the desire to ...

According to Rawls John, there are two justice principles that can be used in advancing fairness at work place. The first justice principle is known as “principle of equal liberty”. In this principle, Rawls assert that human beings at the work place have an equal right to liberties such as equal pay and protection from unnecessary retrenchment. Rawls present the idea of “egalitarianism”. Every decision being made should be towards the benefit of all members of the society. Common good for all employees should be reached. In particular, decisions should not me made with the aim of ...

Question 1

One of the causes of lack of effective management is that my age is an issue to some of the members of the management team. Additionally, they feel that I do not have the experience that is required for such a position. Additionally, they feel that they have already developed a comfortable working and communication relationship with their line managers, which makes them handle their duties well since they feel that their issues are directly heard at the headquarters. They seem to think that reporting through me may be inefficient and that their issues that they raise may be neglected. Furthermore, ...

1. On what grounds do you think the Union would appeal this termination? Fair grounds for dismissal: The Union is to investigate that the dismissal relates to one or more of the possibly fair grounds set out in the National Labor Act. The employee has to provide information on any warnings by the employer on the misconduct or any other offence. Unfair grounds: Are there any unfair reasons for dismissal. The Union is to undertake investigation on employee and the reasons that could have been motivation for the termination by the employee.

Fair procedures: The employer must ...

Introduction

The lowly Green Spring Bedding company motivates its employees as the workers displays poor working attitude, and the need to appreciate the work at the company is low. This is because the staff does not participate in program motivation of employ hence the concern for urgent motivation. More so, the attitude displayed by these workers worsens the situation since most of them feel that they are in the wrong working environment. The majority of them do not care whether the company sales increase or not, as they say that only the best workers can get promotions and rewards. Apparently, ...

Abstract

The paper deals with four main sections of leadership. These include leadership styles, dependency theory of power, expectancy theory of motivation, and performance appraisal in a company. Each section is discussed in details and examples of relevant scenarios given. Mainly, the paper identifies leadership styles in given scenarios, gives an explanation of the dependency and expectancy theories of motivation. Moreover, performance appraisal process in a company has also been discussed.

Key words: leadership styles, power, dependency, expectancy, performance appraisal.

Task 1: leadership styles

Identifying Leadership Styles

Leader A can be categorized as a level 5 leader. This is because he/she has transformed the company to a high ...