Challenges of the Enron Organization LDR 531 October 21‚ 2010 Doreen Gournaris Introduction To be effective as a team‚ team members need to communicate with each other. Enron lacked good leadership within their organization and the leaders in executive levels allowed accounting fraud and decentralized corporate departments. Enron’s team was faced with communications‚ collaboration and conflict management and top leadership had issues dealing with this situation. This paper will (1) describe
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Strong/weak cultures Strong culture is said to exist where staff respond to stimulus because of their alignment to organizational values. In such environments‚ strong cultures help firms operate like well-oiled machines‚ engaging in outstanding execution with only minor adjustments to existing procedures as needed. Conversely‚ there is weak culture where there is little alignment with organizational values‚ and control must be exercised through extensive procedures and bureaucracy. Research shows that organizations
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Presentation Script Chapter 1: Applying the Art of Design Entering the field of graphic design‚ there are plenty of career choices that present themselves after one graduates. Although there are several different avenues one can pursue‚ there are some general areas that most graphic designers will find themselves in once they graduate from school. To name a few: Design Studios In-House Design Printing Companies Freelance Work Design Studios are located around the country‚ and really
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1. | Question : | Define Organizational Development (OD) according to An Experiential Approach to Organizational Development: | | | Student Answer: | | Comprises the long range efforts and programs aimed at improving an organizations ability to survive by changing its problem solving and renewal processes. | | Instructor Explanation: | Organizational development is a long-range effort and programs aimed at improving an organization’s ability to survive by changing its problems solving
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double cheeseburger by 19 cents‚ while creating a new hamburger (McDouble) to keep the cheaper customers happy. 4) What can we learn about how to handle our future marketing decisions as we consider how McDonald’s handled this challenge? The basic premise of this challenge was how to keep the customer happy. This is the number one question any company should have as priority one. The use of an integrated research team performing surveys of focus groups‚ and other valuable research should be a cornerstone
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In understanding the context of Organizational behavior‚ we first have to know in detail the ‘What is Organizational Behavior’. Organizational behavior brings up to the attitudes and behavior of the individuals in an organization. On the other hand‚ it is also a inter-disciplinary field of study that draws from many of the behavioral sciences. Practically‚ the goal of organizational behavior is to apply the concepts from the other behavioral sciences to persistent complications that management may
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• 1. Organizational Behavior • 2. Organizational Behavior is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals‚ groups‚ and structure have on behavior within organization for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization’s effectiveness. Definition… • 3. OB is a field of study… Means a distinct area of expertise with a common body of knowledge Organizational Behavior is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals‚ groups‚ and
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Communication Challenges Rachel Naomi Remen‚ M.D.‚ is a master storyteller and a great observer of life; Remen said‚ “The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.... A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words.” Communication‚ gender and culture influence one another in many ways (Wood‚ 2008). People communicate either
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by the organizing structure. The influence of this structure‚ while not as apparent as that of a building‚ is assumed to be pervasive. All organizations have structure. Hall suggested that structure has two basic functions‚ each of which is likely to affect individual behavior and organizational performance: "First‚ structures are 1We gratefully acknowledge the support received for the preparation of this paper from the Urban Mass Transportation
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