are faced with new challenges. Organizations must build new structures and master new skills in order to compete and survive. As work settings become more complex and involve increased numbers of interpersonal interactions‚ individual effort has less impact. In order to increase efficiency and effectiveness‚ a group effort is required. The creation of teams has become a key strategy in many organizations. Team building is used to improve the effectiveness of work groups by focusing on any of the following
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Competency in the Workplace Today ’s management in the workforce is composed of all types of people verses thirty years ago when white males held a majority of upper-management positions in companies. These positions are now held by a mixture of ethnic back grounds and women who hold just as many if not more management positions then men. Just by looking at the changes in management demographics shows how important it is for people to understand cultural competency in the workplace. Dr. Roosevelt
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Ethics in Management PHL 323 Ethics in the Workplace Case Study Action Plan Learning Team B: Cynthia Gibbs Elizabeth Hedden Dr. Christopher Klein‚ Facilitator December 11‚ 2005 Ethics in the Workplace Case Study Action Plan Introduction In 2003‚ Weyco Inc.‚ a licensed third party medical benefits administrator based in Okemos‚ Michigan‚ announced that effective January 1‚ 2005‚ they would no longer hire smokers (http://www.weyco.com/web/). They were changing their policy to a Tobacco-Free
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college‚ and especially in the workplace of adults the concept of bullying has always been an ongoing factor which became a global issue. “In general terms‚ bullying describes a wide variety of negative workplace behaviors including verbal threats‚ personal attacks‚ humiliation‚ innuendo‚ and deliberate isolation of a colleague.” Bullying in the workplace has been identified as a major contemporary challenge for occupational health and safety. These negative workplace behaviors are frowned upon‚ but
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Motivation in the Workplace There are different types of theories that define and explain the applicability of motivation. The definition theories work around a circle‚ where the person is the centre of investigation for independent action‚ reaction and expectation. These characteristics create a specific motivation for each person depending on individual and group circumstances. By analysing these circumstances‚ it is possible to create a motivational strategy to implement. Subsequently‚ evaluating
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Partners in the Workplace The history of unions can be traced back to the eighteenth century and the industrial revolution when this period experienced an enormous economic boom and the need for massive amounts of workers. These early workers needed union representation and many of the ideas implemented‚ such as protection for workers‚ are still found in today’s union environment ("UnionPlus‚" n.d.). Fast forward to the twenty-first century; unions are taking on new roles by collaborating with management
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Organization Studies http://oss.sagepub.com The Tyranny of a Team Ideology Amanda Sinclair Organization Studies 1992; 13; 611 DOI: 10.1177/017084069201300405 The online version of this article can be found at: http://oss.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/4/611 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: European Group for Organizational Studies Additional services and information for Organization Studies can be found at: Email Alerts: http://oss.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts
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Group norms can affect the development of a team When individuals are in groups there are forces at work that shape their behavior. All individuals have their own separate traits‚ way of thinking and doing tasks‚ however when they are contributing together as a team they enviably start to exhibit different behaviors which are based on the group norms. For example a team member may not be a brave outspoken individual on their own but when in a group may exhibit more aggressive outspoken tones feeling
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Privacy in the Workplace In today ’s society‚ employers and employees are often subject to privacy laws. However‚ whether or not privacy is protected by law or contract‚ respecting privacy in the workplace makes good business sense. We will discuss the issues that are raised in today ’s workplace concerning privacy issues and some of the repercussions. . What privacy issues are addressed in today ’s workplace? Because employers need basic information about their employees and employees have access
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1. Trace the history of group dynamics. The history of group dynamics (or group processes) has a consistent‚ underlying premise: ’the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.’ A social group is an entity‚ which has qualities that cannot be understood just by studying the individuals that make up the group. In 1924‚ Gestalt psychologist‚ Max Wertheimer identified this fact‚ stating ‘There are entities where the behavior of the whole cannot be derived from its individual elements nor from the
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