Essays on Organizational Behavior

Introduction Federal Express (FedEx) Corporation was founded by Frederick W. Smith in 1971 when he was just 28 years old and it specializes in overnight delivery of heavy freight, high-priority documents and packages. It has operations in 211 countries and it operates all over the United States providing delivery of time-sensitive, valuable cargo worldwide. Its…

Investigators considered that for a equines to be prosperous it would require the technical and the social system to effort together in harmony. The social system comprises of the employees, their skills, knowledge, attitude and their perceptive of their job. While the technical system comprises of the items the employee requires for doing their job…

Research a business failure that occurred at a large organization such as Tyco International Ltd. , Chrysler LLC, Daewoo Motor America, WorldCom, or Enron. Write a paper of no more than 1,050 words, describing how specific organizational-behavior theories could have predicted or explained the company’s failure. Compare and contrast how leadership, management, and organizational structures…

 This week I read chapters 7, 8 and 13 in the Organizational Behavior textbook by McShane and Von Glinow. It is a very interesting textbook that provides a lot of insight into organizational behavior. After reading these chapters you should have a clear understanding of creativity and decision making, team dynamics and organizational structure. The…

I. Point of View The group deemed to use Ms. May Allison’s point of view in the case. It is because she is the new first line manager and she has direct contact among the employees and operations of Section 10 or the Patterson Operation. As the new first line manager, she has the first…

High turnover rates indicate that employee retention is not an easy task. But what is the reason for employee turnover? Is it the fault of a company’s management or the attitude of the employees? This work analyzes the current situation on employee turnover and retention in Malaysia and gives implications about the reasons for Malaysian…

The three need theory of David McClelland tries to explain why people behave the way they do. The theory basically says that individual’s are motivated to work because they have to satisfy their needs for achievement, affiliation and power (Bateman & Snell, 2007). Applying this theory to myself, I found that as a person I…

The case “Joan Murphy” Joan’s performance in terms of consistency, distinctiveness, and consensus. First we need to show that the employee had the capability to perform the job, had appropriate training by the employer, and had actually performed the job appropriately in the past. People often believe that their good performance is to their skill,…

“The No Asshole Rule” by Robert Sutton effectively illustrates the multitude of detrimental effects abusive staff members can have on fellow employees. Sutton discusses in detail how to identify both certified and temporary assholes, how to deal with and reform these assholes, and how to keep from becoming an asshole oneself, supplemented with anecdotal examples…

Eric and Kipsy’s case study helps to demonstrate the complex nature of management and organizational behavior. The case also shows the difficulty in identifying a single solution to a particular problem. Eric is the new manager of product information for a national firm which wholesales electrical components and Kipsy is a clerk. Eric is appointed…