Prompt:
Review Lesson 6 and the related chapters in your textbooks including: Chapter 7: Recruiting, Motivating, and Keeping Quality Employees and Chapter 8: Teamwork and Communications; and Chapter 12: People and Organization in Small Business Management in the 21st Century.
Read
the following situation then answer the questions as part of well
written essay. Include sources and citations a reference list at the end
of your essay and adhere to APA 7th ed. formatting.
Case Scenario:
John
Smithers learned all about leadership in the military, and he is hoping
to apply those skills to running John’s Deals to Go, his small
automobile-leasing company. One interesting feature of life in the armed
services is that considerable responsibilities are delegated to young
men and women who have very little work experience. Smithers was only 27
when he was assigned duties as a purchasing manager at Kandahar
Airport, Afghanistan, in 2003. As a young Marine, he was directly
responsible for nearly $50 million in purchasing contracts, which forced
him to grow up—and really fast!
To
parallel his military experience, Smithers and his small management team
have decided to use various methods to delegate decision making to
employees at the operating level in his company. New employees are
trained thoroughly after they are first hired, but supervisors will not
monitor their work closely once they have learned their duties.
Management is willing to jump in and help if truly needed, but they
purposely leave workers alone when they take on their assigned duties.
Managers will not look over employees’ shoulders to be sure that they
are doing their jobs as assigned, and they certainly do not monitor the
work just to try to catch someone making a mistake. Smithers’s
managerial philosophy is that people work best when they sense that
their superiors trust their abilities and their business integrity.
Smithers
and his team sometimes leave for day-long meetings and allow the
employees to run the business by themselves. Job assignments are defined
rather loosely, but management expects employees to assume
responsibility and to take necessary action whenever they see that
something needs to be done. To reinforce the message of trust, employees
who ask for direction are sometimes simply told to solve the problem in
whatever way they think best.
Address
the case scenario by applying the information learned in Lesson 6 and
the related chapters in your textbooks. Answer the following questions
in a well written essay.
Is
such a loosely organized firm likely to be as effective as a firm that
defines jobs more precisely and monitors performance more closely?
What are the advantages and the limitations of the managerial style described above?
How might such managerial methods affect morale?
Would you like to work for this company? Why or why not?
Instructions:
Develop a formal 350-700 word essay
Your essay should include an introductory paragraph and a conclusion.
Follow
APA format for structure. An APA template is attached here. Support
your essay with 3 credible, academic references beyond the course
materials. Please note Wikipedia, Investopedia and similar general
websites are not credible academic references.
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