Livelife Health Care
Midterm Assignment: LiveLife Health Care
AP/ADMS 2400 | Paul Favaro | Section V | 2/10/2011 |
1. Do you agree with Bobby’s request for the second meeting? Why or why not?
Bobby Baron’s request for a second meeting is understandable and is an excellent problem solving method. In order to be an effective leader, Bobby needs to evaluate and consider both the internal and external causes of the behaviour of the employees. Internally, Shirley Adler’s negative behaviour and controlling attitude in the workforce can be linked to the individual mechanisms of stress and her weakness in her learning and decision making skills. The root of Shirley’s stress can be associated with her deprived childhood and her poor decision making skills need improvement, especially after the misunderstanding between Shirley and a vendor. Externally, Bobby needs to consider the factors within the working environment that may have contributed to Shirley’s behaviour, performance and consistency. Being the CEO, Bobby Baron has the authority and the responsibility of solving major problems within the company. Understanding the company’s organizational behaviour enables Bobby to maximize the individual behaviour in all levels of management throughout the company and improve the productivity and overall image of LiveLife Health Care Inc.
LiveLife Health Care acts as a contemporary managed company since it combines both the classical and human relations approaches. The rules and procedures, hierarchy and division of labour identify the company as a bureaucratically managed business and there are factors from the human relations approach since the company recognizes the psychological attributes of the workers. This Canadian business is successful due to the combination of structure, reliability and joint specialization. One of the reasons that this company is able to expand their business all over Alberta is due to the fact that employees are satisfied with their jobs, which influences
AP/ADMS 2400 | Paul Favaro | Section V | 2/10/2011 |
1. Do you agree with Bobby’s request for the second meeting? Why or why not?
Bobby Baron’s request for a second meeting is understandable and is an excellent problem solving method. In order to be an effective leader, Bobby needs to evaluate and consider both the internal and external causes of the behaviour of the employees. Internally, Shirley Adler’s negative behaviour and controlling attitude in the workforce can be linked to the individual mechanisms of stress and her weakness in her learning and decision making skills. The root of Shirley’s stress can be associated with her deprived childhood and her poor decision making skills need improvement, especially after the misunderstanding between Shirley and a vendor. Externally, Bobby needs to consider the factors within the working environment that may have contributed to Shirley’s behaviour, performance and consistency. Being the CEO, Bobby Baron has the authority and the responsibility of solving major problems within the company. Understanding the company’s organizational behaviour enables Bobby to maximize the individual behaviour in all levels of management throughout the company and improve the productivity and overall image of LiveLife Health Care Inc.
LiveLife Health Care acts as a contemporary managed company since it combines both the classical and human relations approaches. The rules and procedures, hierarchy and division of labour identify the company as a bureaucratically managed business and there are factors from the human relations approach since the company recognizes the psychological attributes of the workers. This Canadian business is successful due to the combination of structure, reliability and joint specialization. One of the reasons that this company is able to expand their business all over Alberta is due to the fact that employees are satisfied with their jobs, which influences