You are managing an employee who is not a self-starter, and thus you need to devise a plan to effectively lead this employee. Draft a response that thoroughly addresses the following points, supporting your claims with quotes and examples from this week’s readings:
What are the top three goals for your employee to achieve within 6 months?
Why is meeting these goals important for both the employee and the organization as a whole?
How do you motivate your employee to achieve their goals?
If the employee does not achieve their goals why should the company keep you as the leader?
Please write in an organized, content dense, professional manner as though you are writing a 300-400 word executive brief to your boss with the text information and then your personal conclusions. Make sure to support your points/claims with quotes/main ideas from this week’s readings/viewings. Please add your page # for quotes.
Category: Human Resources Management
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Title: Leading a Non-Self-Starter Employee: A Plan for Success Introduction: As a manager, it is your responsibility to ensure that all employees are performing at their best and contributing to the success of the organization. However, managing an
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“Developing a Two-Phase Training Program for A to Z Apps: Addressing Organizational Challenges through Intervention”
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Chapters 9 through 12 of the textbook.
Congratulations! You won the OD consulting contract for A to Z Apps. Now it is time to develop the training program. During the discussion, you identified the type of intervention to resolve the identified problem. Now, you will prepare a two-phase training program to address the problem.
In your paper,
Describe the problem within the A to Z Apps organization.
Define the type of intervention necessary to resolve the problem.
Define the data collection method used to evaluate the problem.
Prepare an introductory training session addressing the problem.
Prepare a second phase training session concluding the intervention.
Must be 10 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and
formatted according to APA Style 7
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
Must use at least four scholarly and/or credible sources in addition to the course text.
Anderson, D. L. (2020). Organization development: The
process of leading organizational change (5th ed.). SAGE Publications.
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Title: “Organizational Change and Intervention: A Case Study of A to Z Apps”
Read Chapter 6, and review various case studies within the textbook that identify organizational change problems that required intervention. To succeed in the marketplace, business leaders need to continuously align strategy, culture, and internal processes, while optimizing cross-departmental communication.
A to Z Apps
Established in 2003, A to Z Apps is a successful company offering a wide range of products and services, including mobile app development, start-up support, web and podcast development, support, and various other customizable options. The company is a brick-and-mortar and remote organization operating from a home office in Kansas City, KS. There are approximately 80 in-office positions and 25 remote positions. The company has multiple divisions including C-Suite administration, finance, HR, research, legal and safety, product design, product development, implementation, marketing, facility operations, and IT.
Use the previously described organization (A to Z Apps) and assume the role of Human Resource Manager. Be sure to recognize that the organization has multiple departments and divisions and multiple levels of management.
As HRM, you have identified a problem within the organization that requires the assistance of an external Organizational Development Consultant. For the purpose of selecting the correct consultant for the job, it is necessary to describe the problem and define the desired outcome of the intervention.
Create a brief description of the organization and its objectives by completing the following:
Describe a hypothetical problem requiring OD intervention within the A to Z Apps organization that relates to one of the following areas:
Productivity
Employee development
Gender equity
Succession planning
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
Collaboration and communication
Explain the desired outcome of the intervention.