Management Theory and Practice – The employees believe in individual achievement and growth but lack the quality of working in a team. The coordination among employees from various departments is missing

04 Feb

Management Theory and Practice

Raj is working as a consultant in an MNC M/s Swadeshi ltd. that deals with Fast Moving Consumer Products. Raj has been appointed by the directors of the organisation. The company wants Raj to take care of a few problematic areas that the company is facing currently. The following issues are being faced by the organisation:

a) Excessive internal communication – The Company has opened multiple channels of communication for its employees. They can communicate with each other via Email, Whatsapp for Business, Internal Messenger, SMS, etc. The same message gets posted on multiple platforms and in the process the employees waste lots of time in checking notifications and then replying.

b) The employees are involved in taking lots of print outs for all the documents even if it’s not required. This is adding a lot of cost and it has an adverse environmental impact.

c) The employees believe in individual achievement and growth but lack the quality of working in a team. The coordination among employees from various departments is missing.

d) There are some employees who are reporting to two or three bosses and it leads lot of chaos in work completion.

e) The employees have this habit of ordering every organisational requirement two months in advance. This adds to a lot of cost of holding inventory.

1. Suggest solutions to Raj to handle various problems that exist in the organisation.

2. M/s Swadeshi Ltd is facing an issue of non-motivated employees. There is no motivation among employees to work, no one takes initiatives. Employees feel that their work never gets recognised and rewarded. Explain various ways to motivate the employees of the organisation.

3. a. Explain the change management process that M/s Swadeshi Ltd should follow to improve the functioning of the organisation.

3. b. An autocratic leader at the top makes employees feel unsecured. The CEO never consults the team for taking decisions. Explain with reason, the leadership style that will be suitable for M/s Swadeshi Limited.

Management Theory and Practice – The employees are involved in taking lots of print outs for all the documents even if it’s not required. This is adding a lot of cost and it has an adverse environmental impact

04 Feb

Management Theory and Practice

Raj is working as a consultant in an MNC M/s Swadeshi ltd. that deals with Fast Moving Consumer Products. Raj has been appointed by the directors of the organisation. The company wants Raj to take care of a few problematic areas that the company is facing currently. The following issues are being faced by the organisation:

a) Excessive internal communication – The Company has opened multiple channels of communication for its employees. They can communicate with each other via Email, Whatsapp for Business, Internal Messenger, SMS, etc. The same message gets posted on multiple platforms and in the process the employees waste lots of time in checking notifications and then replying.

b) The employees are involved in taking lots of print outs for all the documents even if it’s not required. This is adding a lot of cost and it has an adverse environmental impact.

c) The employees believe in individual achievement and growth but lack the quality of working in a team. The coordination among employees from various departments is missing.

d) There are some employees who are reporting to two or three bosses and it leads lot of chaos in work completion.

e) The employees have this habit of ordering every organisational requirement two months in advance. This adds to a lot of cost of holding inventory.

1. Suggest solutions to Raj to handle various problems that exist in the organisation.

2. M/s Swadeshi Ltd is facing an issue of non-motivated employees. There is no motivation among employees to work, no one takes initiatives. Employees feel that their work never gets recognised and rewarded. Explain various ways to motivate the employees of the organisation.

3. a. Explain the change management process that M/s Swadeshi Ltd should follow to improve the functioning of the organisation.

3. b. An autocratic leader at the top makes employees feel unsecured. The CEO never consults the team for taking decisions. Explain with reason, the leadership style that will be suitable for M/s Swadeshi Limited.

Management Theory and Practice – Excessive internal communication – The Company has opened multiple channels of communication for its employees. They can communicate with each other via Email, Whatsapp for Business, Internal Messenger, SMS, etc. The same message gets posted on multiple platforms and in the process the employees waste lots of time in checking notifications and then replying

04 Feb

Management Theory and Practice

Raj is working as a consultant in an MNC M/s Swadeshi ltd. that deals with Fast Moving Consumer Products. Raj has been appointed by the directors of the organisation. The company wants Raj to take care of a few problematic areas that the company is facing currently. The following issues are being faced by the organisation:

a) Excessive internal communication – The Company has opened multiple channels of communication for its employees. They can communicate with each other via Email, Whatsapp for Business, Internal Messenger, SMS, etc. The same message gets posted on multiple platforms and in the process the employees waste lots of time in checking notifications and then replying.

b) The employees are involved in taking lots of print outs for all the documents even if it’s not required. This is adding a lot of cost and it has an adverse environmental impact.

c) The employees believe in individual achievement and growth but lack the quality of working in a team. The coordination among employees from various departments is missing.

d) There are some employees who are reporting to two or three bosses and it leads lot of chaos in work completion.

e) The employees have this habit of ordering every organisational requirement two months in advance. This adds to a lot of cost of holding inventory.

1. Suggest solutions to Raj to handle various problems that exist in the organisation.

2. M/s Swadeshi Ltd is facing an issue of non-motivated employees. There is no motivation among employees to work, no one takes initiatives. Employees feel that their work never gets recognised and rewarded. Explain various ways to motivate the employees of the organisation.

3. a. Explain the change management process that M/s Swadeshi Ltd should follow to improve the functioning of the organisation.

3. b. An autocratic leader at the top makes employees feel unsecured. The CEO never consults the team for taking decisions. Explain with reason, the leadership style that will be suitable for M/s Swadeshi Limited.

Management Theory and Practice – Raj is working as a consultant in an MNC M/s Swadeshi ltd. that deals with Fast Moving Consumer Products. Raj has been appointed by the directors of the organisation. The company wants Raj to take care of a few problematic areas that the company is facing currently.

04 Feb

Management Theory and Practice

Raj is working as a consultant in an MNC M/s Swadeshi ltd. that deals with Fast Moving Consumer Products. Raj has been appointed by the directors of the organisation. The company wants Raj to take care of a few problematic areas that the company is facing currently. The following issues are being faced by the organisation:

a) Excessive internal communication – The Company has opened multiple channels of communication for its employees. They can communicate with each other via Email, Whatsapp for Business, Internal Messenger, SMS, etc. The same message gets posted on multiple platforms and in the process the employees waste lots of time in checking notifications and then replying.

b) The employees are involved in taking lots of print outs for all the documents even if it’s not required. This is adding a lot of cost and it has an adverse environmental impact.

c) The employees believe in individual achievement and growth but lack the quality of working in a team. The coordination among employees from various departments is missing.

d) There are some employees who are reporting to two or three bosses and it leads lot of chaos in work completion.

e) The employees have this habit of ordering every organisational requirement two months in advance. This adds to a lot of cost of holding inventory.

1. Suggest solutions to Raj to handle various problems that exist in the organisation.

2. M/s Swadeshi Ltd is facing an issue of non-motivated employees. There is no motivation among employees to work, no one takes initiatives. Employees feel that their work never gets recognised and rewarded. Explain various ways to motivate the employees of the organisation.

3. a. Explain the change management process that M/s Swadeshi Ltd should follow to improve the functioning of the organisation.

3. b. An autocratic leader at the top makes employees feel unsecured. The CEO never consults the team for taking decisions. Explain with reason, the leadership style that will be suitable for M/s Swadeshi Limited.

Management Theory and Practice APRIL 2020

04 Feb

Management Theory and Practice

Raj is working as a consultant in an MNC M/s Swadeshi ltd. that deals with Fast Moving Consumer Products. Raj has been appointed by the directors of the organisation. The company wants Raj to take care of a few problematic areas that the company is facing currently. The following issues are being faced by the organisation:

a) Excessive internal communication – The Company has opened multiple channels of communication for its employees. They can communicate with each other via Email, Whatsapp for Business, Internal Messenger, SMS, etc. The same message gets posted on multiple platforms and in the process the employees waste lots of time in checking notifications and then replying.

b) The employees are involved in taking lots of print outs for all the documents even if it’s not required. This is adding a lot of cost and it has an adverse environmental impact.

c) The employees believe in individual achievement and growth but lack the quality of working in a team. The coordination among employees from various departments is missing.

d) There are some employees who are reporting to two or three bosses and it leads lot of chaos in work completion.

e) The employees have this habit of ordering every organisational requirement two months in advance. This adds to a lot of cost of holding inventory.

1. Suggest solutions to Raj to handle various problems that exist in the organisation.

2. M/s Swadeshi Ltd is facing an issue of non-motivated employees. There is no motivation among employees to work, no one takes initiatives. Employees feel that their work never gets recognised and rewarded. Explain various ways to motivate the employees of the organisation.

3. a. Explain the change management process that M/s Swadeshi Ltd should follow to improve the functioning of the organisation.

3. b. An autocratic leader at the top makes employees feel unsecured. The CEO never consults the team for taking decisions. Explain with reason, the leadership style that will be suitable for M/s Swadeshi Limited.

Management Theory and Practice June 2018 Assignment

01 Apr

Management Theory and Practice

Q1. Explain with examples, what type of leader is Sundar Pichai (CEO Google). What kind of leadership style does he practice?

Q2. A team leader in an organization wants to take feedback about his leadership from his peers, superiors and subordinates. List the various tools of verbal and non-verbal communication that can be developed for this purpose.

Q3. Ajay had always been an outstanding performer throughout academia. As expected he also got placed at his dream company. This company offered him lucrative compensation, great fringe benefits, job security and encouraging superiors. Two years have passed by at this company and Ajay no longer has the same thoughts about the job; though all has been the same. Ajay seems to have got bored of his mundane job and salary hikes don’t seem to motivate him anymore. He is on the verge of withdrawing.

a. What according to you is wrong with Ajay.

b. Discuss Herzberg’s two factory in the light of the case.

As the Chief Mentor and Coach of the company you are required to mentor

07 Sep

Management Theory and Practice

Q 1. A large e-commerce company has recently broken off talks for a potential sale. The company has had infusion of fresh funds through a sale. Encouraged by the development; the company is now looking to restructure themselves. You are required to discuss various approaches to Organization Structure and suggest an appropriate approach with reasoning.

Q 2. As the Manager HR in the company currently in a downturn, you realize that managers took bolder decisions when things were better. You are required to study the decision making pattern and suggest to the management an approach that could facilitate effective decision making at tough times like these.

Q 3. As the Chief Mentor and Coach of the company you are required to mentor and coach the High performers of the company as part of their success plan.

a. Explain the difference between a manager and a leader. Explain with examples the different types of leaderships (minimum 2 styles).

b. Explain any one of the Traditional motivational models and give them examples to discuss.

Explain any one of the Traditional motivational models and give them examples to discuss

07 Sep

Management Theory and Practice

Q 1. A large e-commerce company has recently broken off talks for a potential sale. The company has had infusion of fresh funds through a sale. Encouraged by the development; the company is now looking to restructure themselves. You are required to discuss various approaches to Organization Structure and suggest an appropriate approach with reasoning.

Q 2. As the Manager HR in the company currently in a downturn, you realize that managers took bolder decisions when things were better. You are required to study the decision making pattern and suggest to the management an approach that could facilitate effective decision making at tough times like these.

Q 3. As the Chief Mentor and Coach of the company you are required to mentor and coach the High performers of the company as part of their success plan.

a. Explain the difference between a manager and a leader. Explain with examples the different types of leaderships (minimum 2 styles).

b. Explain any one of the Traditional motivational models and give them examples to discuss.

Explain the difference between a manager and a leader

07 Sep

Management Theory and Practice

Q 1. A large e-commerce company has recently broken off talks for a potential sale. The company has had infusion of fresh funds through a sale. Encouraged by the development; the company is now looking to restructure themselves. You are required to discuss various approaches to Organization Structure and suggest an appropriate approach with reasoning.

Q 2. As the Manager HR in the company currently in a downturn, you realize that managers took bolder decisions when things were better. You are required to study the decision making pattern and suggest to the management an approach that could facilitate effective decision making at tough times like these.

Q 3. As the Chief Mentor and Coach of the company you are required to mentor and coach the High performers of the company as part of their success plan.

a. Explain the difference between a manager and a leader. Explain with examples the different types of leaderships (minimum 2 styles).

b. Explain any one of the Traditional motivational models and give them examples to discuss.

As the Manager HR in the company currently in a downturn

07 Sep

Management Theory and Practice

Q 1. A large e-commerce company has recently broken off talks for a potential sale. The company has had infusion of fresh funds through a sale. Encouraged by the development; the company is now looking to restructure themselves. You are required to discuss various approaches to Organization Structure and suggest an appropriate approach with reasoning.

Q 2. As the Manager HR in the company currently in a downturn, you realize that managers took bolder decisions when things were better. You are required to study the decision making pattern and suggest to the management an approach that could facilitate effective decision making at tough times like these.

Q 3. As the Chief Mentor and Coach of the company you are required to mentor and coach the High performers of the company as part of their success plan.

a. Explain the difference between a manager and a leader. Explain with examples the different types of leaderships (minimum 2 styles).

b. Explain any one of the Traditional motivational models and give them examples to discuss.