You have been appointed as the new environmental manager for Microsoft. In a blog post to your key stakeholders, discuss using environmental management as a competitive advantage. Additionally, you must comment on at least one of your peers’ blogs. Be sure to use concepts found in Chapter 11 to demonstrate your understanding of information

 

 

• Assignment 3: Teamwork and Motivation

 

 

Due Week 7 and worth 200 points

 

 

 

Imagine that you are the owner of a small manufacturing company. Your company manufactures a commodity, widgets. Your widget is a clone of a nationally known widget. Your company’s widget, WooWoo, is less expensive and more readily available than the nationally known brand. Presently, the sales are high; however, there are many defects, which increase your costs and delays delivery. Your company has fifty (50) employees in the following departments: sales, assembly, technology, and administration.

 

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

 

1. Design an organization motivation plan that encourages:

 

a. high job satisfaction

 

b. low turnover

 

c. high productivity

 

d. high-quality work

 

2. Propose two (2) methods to motivate all of the employees in the organization. Rate these methods in order of importance.

 

3. Propose three (3) ways to motivate the minimum wage service worker. Support your suggestions with a motivation theory.

 

4. Analyze the relevance of the individual worker in today’s organizational context.

 

5. Re-create and complete the following Individual Work to Teamwork chart using Microsoft Office or an equivalent such as OpenOffice.

 

The left-hand column is filled with terms that describe an individual worker. Fill in the right-hand column with descriptive terms that suggest the desired change in behavior from individual work to teamwork. Use Chapter 8 as a reference. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.

 

Individual Work to Teamwork
INDIVIDUAL WORKER	TEAM MEMBER (change in behavior from individual to team member)
Talks
Me oriented
Department focused
Competitive
Logical
Written messages
Image
Secrecy
Short-term sighted
Immediate results
Critical
Tenure

 

6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

 

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

 

• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

 

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

 

• Explain the variety of motivational theories and job design considerations.

 

• Analyze the formation and dynamics of group behavior and work teams, including the application of power in groups.

 

• Use technology and information resources to research issues in organizational behavior.

 

• Write clearly and concisely about organizational behavior using proper writing mechanics.

 

 

 

 

Part 1

You are the project manager for a general contractor, and one of your projects has just been reviewed by the city building inspector. The inspector informs you that although the work may conform to the plans and specifications, it does not meet building codes and must be redone. You know that the work needs to be corrected but are concerned about the budget and schedule. You attach the inspection notice and appropriate sections of the plans and specifications to a request for change and submit it to the owner. Analyze the scenario and answer the following questions:

• What are the ramifications of this situation?
• What response can you legally expect to receive from the owner? Why?

Justify your answers using examples and reasoning.

 

Part 2

This is a legal question. To find relevant cases and articles, you may access Westlaw Campus Research through the South University Online Library. You may also use www.law.justia.com or other similar search engines.

Often there are discrepancies between project drawings and specifications. When these are unresolved they can lead to litigation. Using the search terms “discrepancy between drawings and specifications,” respond to the following:

• Identify a state or federal case involving discrepancies between project drawings and specifications.
• Summarize the facts and findings of the case.
• Discuss these facts and findings and relate them to your experience and intended career path.
• Discuss how legal issues can be avoided when there are inconsistencies between drawings and specifications.

Be sure to properly cite the case. For example:

Western Contracting Corp. v. Sooner Const. Co., 256 F.Supp. 163 (W.D.Okla.1966).

Justify your answers using examples and reasoning.

 

let A= {1,2,3,4,5,6}. In each case give an example of a function f: A->A with the indicated properties, or explain why no such function exists. a. f is bijective, but not 1_A b. f is neither one-to-one nor onto c. f is one-to-one, but not onto d. f is onto, but not one-to-one