Value Paper
Learning Team A- Value Alignment Paper
BUS/475- Integrated Business Topics
February 4th, 2013
Jon Mitchell
Learning Team A- Value Alignment Paper
**INTRO**
Origins and subsequent evolution of your personal and workplace values
There are many values and ethics that go into creating a successful and profitable workplace. Many companies adopt their personal values into the workplace to help aide in the daily task that needs to be completed. Adopting personal values into workplace help set standards that allow for follow-up and future growth of the business. Some examples of good personal values to have in the work place are along the lines of respect, responsibility and holding yourself to a certain standard. Rolling out standards and values such as these will help the organization grow a strong ethical foundation for a successful business.
Values, Actions, and Behaviors, and the Alignment Between Your Values and Actions and Behaviors
Values provide a basis for perceiving or understanding the world and allowing a person to decipher which action would be most appropriate. Caution needs to be taken since individual values are instilled over a lifetime and may not direct an individual initially to the best course of action or ongoing behavior.
The alignment between values and actions or behaviors is strong and positively correlated. When a person makes a rash or split decision, that decision is formulated primarily from the values or previous experiences. Therefore it is important to continually reflect on what the individual sees as important to the job in which he or she is fulfilling. This type of monitoring will allow individuals, managers, and organizations to revise and “tweak” specific values to properly align to what is expected of individual employees in the workplace.
Alignment of Ford’s Stated Values and Actual Plans and Actions
The Ford Motor Company abides and thrives on their current mission and vision statement which is “One Ford,
BUS/475- Integrated Business Topics
February 4th, 2013
Jon Mitchell
Learning Team A- Value Alignment Paper
**INTRO**
Origins and subsequent evolution of your personal and workplace values
There are many values and ethics that go into creating a successful and profitable workplace. Many companies adopt their personal values into the workplace to help aide in the daily task that needs to be completed. Adopting personal values into workplace help set standards that allow for follow-up and future growth of the business. Some examples of good personal values to have in the work place are along the lines of respect, responsibility and holding yourself to a certain standard. Rolling out standards and values such as these will help the organization grow a strong ethical foundation for a successful business.
Values, Actions, and Behaviors, and the Alignment Between Your Values and Actions and Behaviors
Values provide a basis for perceiving or understanding the world and allowing a person to decipher which action would be most appropriate. Caution needs to be taken since individual values are instilled over a lifetime and may not direct an individual initially to the best course of action or ongoing behavior.
The alignment between values and actions or behaviors is strong and positively correlated. When a person makes a rash or split decision, that decision is formulated primarily from the values or previous experiences. Therefore it is important to continually reflect on what the individual sees as important to the job in which he or she is fulfilling. This type of monitoring will allow individuals, managers, and organizations to revise and “tweak” specific values to properly align to what is expected of individual employees in the workplace.
Alignment of Ford’s Stated Values and Actual Plans and Actions
The Ford Motor Company abides and thrives on their current mission and vision statement which is “One Ford,