Managing Organizations 2011-12 A Study of ThoughtWorks Organization Structure Submitted to: Prof. Sourav Mukherji Group 5 ACHAL GUPTA BHUSHAN MASKAY MAYANK UNIYAL RACHITA RASIWASIA SOUMYA PRAVAT NAYAK 1111325 1111340 1111355 1111371 1111386 Preface This report is submitted as a part of group project‚ undertaken for the partial fulfilment of course requirements of MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS. The report contains a study of the organization “THOUGHTWORKS” – an IT software and consultancy firm
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well explained - the risk for organizations - final considerations 1.1 Executive summary/ L.O! In times of uncertainty and change‚ organizations need new and effective managerial tools in order to cope with the rising competitiveness of markets. In this context‚ the concept of organizational learning is receiving growing attention among both managerial and academic surroundings in the last two decades. Among many possible definitions of a Learning Organization‚ David A. Garvin‚ a leading
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titled:Transformational Leadership in the Saudi Arabian Cultural Context: Prospects and Challenges by Dr. Sami A. Khan and Dr. Deepanjana Varshney the writers started their research by stating thatLeadership became the key issue in every organization and in order to meet the changing demands of the businesses‚organizations have to adopt transformational leader who can influence others to achieve greater goals. After that they mentioned the literature point of view on leadership issues in recent times
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APPLICATION OF MANAGERIAL ORGANIZATION CONCEPTS IN THE CONTEXT OF EXISTING ORGANIZATIONS 1.0 Introduction The objective of this report is to consider two companies and conduct a comprehensive comparison between the two in terms of their management styles. In achieving this objective‚ Institute of Java & Technological Studies‚ which is a service organization and Jacobi Lanka‚ which is a manufacturing organization have been considered. The first section compares and contrasts the two companies’
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MPIO 2010 -2 Course Outline: The following are the main themes of the course Reframing Organizations from a multi perspective; Understanding Structure Appreciating Culture and commitment Engaging‚ enabling and empowering employees (Modern motivation approaches) Leadership Change Management HRM general HRM and managing strategically Recruitment and selection Performance Management Development‚ Talent and career management The purpose of this unit is to facilitate students in
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MULTIPLE CHOICE. There are 25 questions. Answer all. Each question should have only ONE answer. 1. The assumption that some people are natural leaders‚ endowed with certain qualities not possessed by others‚ is contained within; a. the behavioral approach. b. the trait approach. c. contingency models. d. expert perspective. e. initiating structure. 2. Evidence suggests that leaders and non leaders differ on several traits. According to our textbook‚ leaders possess
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Organization Behavior Organization Behavior Table of Contents Introduction 2 LO 1: Understanding the relationship between organizational structure and culture 3 1.1 Compare and contrast different organizational structures and cultures 3 1.2 Explain how the relationship between organization’s structure and culture can impact on the overall performance of the business. 6 1.3 Discuss the factors which influence individual behavior at work. 7 LO 3: Understand ways of using motivational theories
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Leadership styles play a huge part in the success of a leader. Understanding what brings an employee satisfaction‚ what major motivations they have‚ and what is interesting to the subordinate lays the foundation for organizations leaders (Prentice‚ 2004). Understanding these factors can enable a leader to use custom applications and methods for each employee based on those characteristics. One thing I have learned over the years is to be a great leader‚ you must have followers. Prentice describes
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Unit 430: LEADERSHIP Course assignment TABLE OF CONTENT: INTRODUCTION ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW PART1: LEADERSHIP THEORIES: PART2: THE ROLE OF THE LEADER: Leading the change: 1. LEADER AS VISIONARY AND STRATEGIST: 1.1 SETTING STRATEGIC DIRECTION • Porter’s five forces: • SWOT analysis The Internal Factors Strengths Weaknesses The external factors Opportunities Threats 1.2 SETTING STRATEGIC DIRECTION—VISION‚ MISSION‚ VALUES Where we were
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Grint‚ K. (1997) ‘Leadership: A contested Construct’‚ in Grint‚ K. (ed.) Leadership: Classical‚ Contemporary‚ and Critical Approaches‚ Oxford‚ Oxford University Press‚ pp. 27-36 Leadership: A Constested Consruct – Keith Grint Grint’s divisions of leadership theories: The first division concerns attributed to the individual or to the situation or context that the individual id in. Some leadership theories seem to centre solely on the characteristic of leaders regardless of the situation
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