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BMGT 464 Organizational Behavior Assignment - University of Maryland Global Campus, USA

Management Essay Topic - Case Analysis - Ralph Lorean International (RLI)

Details - The portfolio scenario is that you are an employee of Rainbow Paints desiring a promotion to one of the 5 job openings. In project 1, you presented your self-analysis of traits and rationale for being promoted into the position. Now in project 2, you will analyze a hypothetical scenario of RLI having purchased a company House of Cloth (HOC). You are demonstrating to Rainbow Paints what you know about managing organizational behavior by pretending to consult to Aretha Cantros about this HOC situation. The reason project 2 is in the form of a memo to her is for you to demonstrate your ability to professionally communicate your findings and recommendations.

Purpose - The purpose of this project is to examine your understanding of the challenges of managing critical employees who work in demanding jobs. Using an actual work case study, you will be asked to identify the management challenges and how this affects employee commitment, thus affecting organizational effectiveness.

QUESTIONS -

Aretha has decided that she wants another person's perspective on the issues that she faces. She has asked you, a respected colleague, to answer the following questions to help her get that needed input:

Does the cultural and age diversity present in HOC's top management team impact its functioning and effectiveness? Answer and explain why or why not?

Does HOC's top management suffer from groupthink? Explain in detail. Be sure to give examples from the fact pattern to support your ideas.

Identify the primary sources of stress that the associate members of the design team are experiencing. Explain how some of these stresses have led to the turnover and lawsuits. Are there differences between the understanding of senior client managers and associate members as to how the work should be conducted and what should be expected from the company? If so, why? If not, why not?

FOR THE NEXT TWO QUESTIONS: For the week 5 Project 2 submission, please refer to pages 16-17 in Why Teams Matter by Katzenbach and Smith, and section 15.2 of Chapter 15 in our Organizational Behavior textbook. For the final portfolio submission in week 7, you will expand upon your answers based upon the full learning materials provided in week 6 content.

Based upon our learning materials by Katzenbach and Smith, are the HOC design teams high performing teams? Why or why not?

What type of organizational culture has evolved at HOC, and how does it affect both job performance and commitment?

Based on your findings above, Aretha would like you to give her three recommendations on how to transform HOC into an engaged workplace in which employees are committed to job performance and the organization. Explain the justification for each one.

Design a communication plan suggesting the best way Aretha should communicate the changes brought about by your three recommendations. Be detailed, explain how, what, when and who should communicate the change.

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