Organizational Behavior
By: Nada Al Rashedi
ID: 201310302
Case incident 1:
Answers
1. What are some of the things managers can learn by walking around and having daily contact with line employees that they might not be able to learn from looking at data and reports?
A: this style of management has advantages over typical desk-round approach to management. It is an approach common to several firms that received national awards for being a great place to work. 2. As an employee, would you appreciate knowing your supervisor regularly spent time with workers? How would you knowing to executives routinely interact with line employees affect your attitude toward the organization?
A: yes it can strengthens the relationship of the employees with their bosses.
The executives will know the strengths and weakness of their employees and recognize them on the problems that they may face during doing their job. Also, this may increase their self-confidence. 3. What ways can executives and other organizational leaders learn about day-to-day business operations beside going "undercover"?
A: there are many ways can the managers follow on, the different ways will provide all the information required by the executives that can develop their departments and the organization as well. 4. Are there any dangers in the use of a management by walking around strategy? Could this strategy lead employees to feel they are being spied on? What action on the part of managers might minimize these concerns?
A: the dangers could be happened depend on the executive attitude. And overstated on that may make lose confident of the employees
Some managers are exaggerating in doing the walking around strategy which lead employees to feel they are being spied on and it also may lead to loss the confident from some employees and it may decrease their innovation to their job.
The action which can be doing by the managers is minimize doing these strategy like give them some tasks from time to time and
ID: 201310302
Case incident 1:
Answers
1. What are some of the things managers can learn by walking around and having daily contact with line employees that they might not be able to learn from looking at data and reports?
A: this style of management has advantages over typical desk-round approach to management. It is an approach common to several firms that received national awards for being a great place to work. 2. As an employee, would you appreciate knowing your supervisor regularly spent time with workers? How would you knowing to executives routinely interact with line employees affect your attitude toward the organization?
A: yes it can strengthens the relationship of the employees with their bosses.
The executives will know the strengths and weakness of their employees and recognize them on the problems that they may face during doing their job. Also, this may increase their self-confidence. 3. What ways can executives and other organizational leaders learn about day-to-day business operations beside going "undercover"?
A: there are many ways can the managers follow on, the different ways will provide all the information required by the executives that can develop their departments and the organization as well. 4. Are there any dangers in the use of a management by walking around strategy? Could this strategy lead employees to feel they are being spied on? What action on the part of managers might minimize these concerns?
A: the dangers could be happened depend on the executive attitude. And overstated on that may make lose confident of the employees
Some managers are exaggerating in doing the walking around strategy which lead employees to feel they are being spied on and it also may lead to loss the confident from some employees and it may decrease their innovation to their job.
The action which can be doing by the managers is minimize doing these strategy like give them some tasks from time to time and