Supervisory Questions Chapter1 copy
QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND DISCUSSION CHAPTER ONE:
1. How does true "reengineering" differ from "reorganizing," "downsizing," and other concepts of organizational restructuring?
Reengineering differs from reorganizing, downsizing and other concepts of organizational restructuring because reengineering includes much more than reorganizing, downsizing and other named concepts of organizational restructuring. Reengineering is defined as "the systematic redesign of a business's core processes, starting with desired outcomes and establishing the most efficient possible processes to achieve the outcomes."
2.What is the significance of a supervisor's visibility and availability?
According to the text, it is always going to be important for the supervisor to be visible and available to the employees of the work environment. The significance of a supervisor's visibility and availability is that the employees need to be able to get to the supervisor in a reasonable amount of time when they have questions or concerns. They are also needed when there are problems, needs or needed job guidance.
3. What is meant by the claim that job security now resides in flexibility, adaptability, and performance?
It means that in present days changing job environment the only thing that CAN give you job security are these traits: flexibility, adaptability, and performance. Due to the old paradigms of job security that have shifted. A manager must have these flexible and adaptable traits in order to be able to succeed in their job in the type of changing environment that we now live in.
4. What are the forces encouraging a supervisor to "face upward?"
The forces encouraging a supervisor to "face upward" are to orient oneself in the direction from which recognition and rewards are perceived as coming, are numerous. They are recognized as aloof and unapproachable.
5. Define "paradigm"
A paradigm is in terms of how an individual handles incoming information, as a set of rules
1. How does true "reengineering" differ from "reorganizing," "downsizing," and other concepts of organizational restructuring?
Reengineering differs from reorganizing, downsizing and other concepts of organizational restructuring because reengineering includes much more than reorganizing, downsizing and other named concepts of organizational restructuring. Reengineering is defined as "the systematic redesign of a business's core processes, starting with desired outcomes and establishing the most efficient possible processes to achieve the outcomes."
2.What is the significance of a supervisor's visibility and availability?
According to the text, it is always going to be important for the supervisor to be visible and available to the employees of the work environment. The significance of a supervisor's visibility and availability is that the employees need to be able to get to the supervisor in a reasonable amount of time when they have questions or concerns. They are also needed when there are problems, needs or needed job guidance.
3. What is meant by the claim that job security now resides in flexibility, adaptability, and performance?
It means that in present days changing job environment the only thing that CAN give you job security are these traits: flexibility, adaptability, and performance. Due to the old paradigms of job security that have shifted. A manager must have these flexible and adaptable traits in order to be able to succeed in their job in the type of changing environment that we now live in.
4. What are the forces encouraging a supervisor to "face upward?"
The forces encouraging a supervisor to "face upward" are to orient oneself in the direction from which recognition and rewards are perceived as coming, are numerous. They are recognized as aloof and unapproachable.
5. Define "paradigm"
A paradigm is in terms of how an individual handles incoming information, as a set of rules