ABSTRACT STRATEGIC CONTINGENCY PLANNING By Karen Scott-Martinet Fall 2006 The objective of this study was to develop a strategic contingency planning model to be used to fully incorporate emergency management and business continuity into organization structures. (For the purpose of this study‚ Emergency Management and Business Continuity were collectively referred to as “contingency planning.”) Presently‚ contingency planning is mainly done on an operational or tactical level. Current
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Axia College Material Appendix D Contingency Theory of Leadership Description of work environment At my workplace we have sales goals that we have to meet and part of my job is to ensure that the staff is achieving their goals and if they are falling behind‚ I help them find ways to better their selling skills and recognize opportunities. In the table below‚ categorize different leadership approaches that could be used in the work environment you have described. Provide different suggestions
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Reporting Contingencies and the Financial Statement When faced with a lawsuit you have to know whether or not to consider contingencies. According to Schroeder‚ Clark‚ and Cathey (2005) a contingency is a future event that could possibly have an impact on the firm. There are four different ways a contingency should come to view and they are income tax disputes‚ notes receivable discounted‚ accommodation endorsements‚ and what this company is dealing with a pending lawsuit. When a gain is possible
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CASE STUDY: JetBlue Airways & Organizational Development: Partners for Change Michael Morales March 30‚ 2012 Table of Contents Abstract ………………………………………………………………………………...3 Introduction …………………………………………………………………………….4 Stage 1 - Entering and Contracting …………………………………………………….5 Stage 2 - Diagnosis ……………………………………………………………….........6 Stage 3 - Planning and Implementing ………………………………………………….9 Stage 4 - Evaluating and Institutionalizing …………………………………………....10 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………
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Contingency Plans Name HRM/420 Date Contingency Plans PLAN A Facility System Contingency Plan Introduction I decided to choose on a contingency plan for a facility system. The plan would serve as a repository for information that is centralized. It would also cover procedures and tasks necessary in facilitation of facility system’s management decisions. It would also be fundamental in responding to any extended interruption of the normal business of the department in both operations and services
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Fiedler’s Contingency Theory Fiedler’s contingency theory states that leadership is a trait and it is fixed. Because leadership is fixed the only variable items are the situational factors. Therefore for effective leadership the situational factors need to be changed instead of the leadership traits. Leadership trait is measured by a rating scale of 1-8 bipolar adjectives‚ with 1 being very poor and 8 being very good. The leader is then asked to identify any one member of a team the leader had to
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There is no one-best-way After the Second World War the managerial formalism was still the dominant view of organization and management. The previous management theories which were dominating the view of the organizations and management that created by the classical management theorists‚ such as Weber ’s bureaucracy and Taylor ’s scientific management. Frederick Taylor‚ Industrial Engineer and the American classical theorist‚ who has coined the scientific management term. Taylor was refereeing
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Research: Application of Contingency Theory to Leadership and the Team Dynamic By: Team Leadership & Motivation A Stajkovic Leadership & the Team Dynamic Introduction: As the focus of our final project‚ we have identified an issue within one of our team member’s organizations where a mismatch exists between the leadership style of the current Vice President of Human Resources and the environment in which he operates. We will use Fiedler’s contingency theory model as support
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Commandments for CEOs seeking organizational change In our ever-changing‚ fast-paced world‚ competitive relationships Can shift quickly when companies respond too slowly to increased competition in their industry group. Succeeding in such a competitive and changing environment demands that CEOs reshape their organization to meet today’s challenges and competitive realities. But responding to change remains highly elusive because there is a natural resistance to change at all levels within the organization
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Dependent group contingencies provide classwide consequence (e.g.‚ privileges‚ rewards‚ punishment) dependent upon the behavior(s) of a single student or a targeted group of students meeting the criteria (Litoe & Pumroy‚ 1975). Independent group contingencies apply the same criteria and consequence to the entire class or group of students but reinforcement is contingent on each individual student’s own behavior (Litoe & Pumroy‚ 1975). With interdependent group contingencies‚ all students in the
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