Organisations need to appreciate the critical role that workplace culture plays in the creation and management of legal risk. Being able to audit your workplace culture is important and in this webinar I shared my ideas on how to do it.
Organisations need to appreciate the critical role that workplace culture plays in the creation and management of legal risk. Being able to audit your workplace culture is important and in this webinar I shared my ideas on how to do it.
Why could this presentation be relevant for you?
IF you have: - duplications in your organisation
-unclear processes
-unclear responsibilities Or: - It is not clearly defined, who your internal consumers are - What are the real added value activies? - You do not exactly know how measure the effectiveness?
The Center for Creative Leadership designed Leader Development Roadmap which integrates within itself the logic and content of developing leaders in organizations on the basis of many years of research done by CCL.
Appreciation and acknowledgments are central to the outstanding performance of any employee. Employee engagement refers to workers feeling the need to be connected to their role in the company, to other team members, to their supervisors, to the organization and definitely to the organization’s objectives. So, how are you motivating the employees and keeping them engaged?
For this assignment, you will be reading the case Moss and McAdMatthewTennant613
For this assignment, you will be reading the case “Moss and McAdams Accounting Firm” on pp. 94–96 in your textbook. Once you have finished reading the case study, you will address the prompts below.
Define functional, matrix, and projectized organizational structures, and list the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Determine which organizational structure was being used in the two projects discussed in the case study, and explain how you came to that conclusion using evidence from the case study.
Do you believe that the projects described in this case study could have been managed better using a different type of organizational structure? If so, which one do you think would have worked better, and why? If you believe that the organizational structure used was the correct one, explain why you think so.
Describe what is meant by the technical side of a project and the sociocultural side of a project. Do you think Sands and Crosby were masters of both sides of their projects? Why, or why not?
Do you believe that a better knowledge of the organization’s strategy would have improved the outcome of this case study? Why, or why not?
Your response should be a minimum of two pages in length and formatted as an essay. Citations and references are not required; however, if information from other authors is used, proper credit should be given.
Please use the preferred outline for the
Unit I Case Study
assignment.
===============
Title page
Introduction (no title is required)
Definition of Functional structure
Strengths and Weaknesses of Functional structure
Definition of Matrix structures
Strengths and Weaknesses of Matrix structure
Definition of Projectized structures
Strengths and Weaknesses of Projectized structure
Used Organizational Structure of Case Study & Justification
(Determine which organizational structure was being used in the two projects discussed in the case study, and explain how you came to that conclusion using evidence from the case study.
– Remove this question from your paper to avoid Similarity score
)
Analysis of
Used Organizational Structure of Case Study
(
Do you believe that the projects described in this case study could have been managed better using a different type of organizational structure? If so, which one do you think would have worked better, and why? If you believe that the organizational structure used was the correct one, explain why you think so. – Remove this question from your paper to avoid Similarity score)
Technical side and Sociocultural side of a project
(Describe what is meant by the technical side of a project and the sociocultural side of a project.)
Sands and Crosby’s Expertise
(Do you think Sands and Crosby were masters of both sides of their projects? Why, or why not?
– Remove this question from your paper to avoid Similarity score
)
Role of Knowledge of the Organization’s Strategy
(Do you believe that a better knowledge of the organization’s strategy would have impro ...
Why could this presentation be relevant for you?
IF you have: - duplications in your organisation
-unclear processes
-unclear responsibilities Or: - It is not clearly defined, who your internal consumers are - What are the real added value activies? - You do not exactly know how measure the effectiveness?
The Center for Creative Leadership designed Leader Development Roadmap which integrates within itself the logic and content of developing leaders in organizations on the basis of many years of research done by CCL.
Appreciation and acknowledgments are central to the outstanding performance of any employee. Employee engagement refers to workers feeling the need to be connected to their role in the company, to other team members, to their supervisors, to the organization and definitely to the organization’s objectives. So, how are you motivating the employees and keeping them engaged?
For this assignment, you will be reading the case Moss and McAdMatthewTennant613
For this assignment, you will be reading the case “Moss and McAdams Accounting Firm” on pp. 94–96 in your textbook. Once you have finished reading the case study, you will address the prompts below.
Define functional, matrix, and projectized organizational structures, and list the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Determine which organizational structure was being used in the two projects discussed in the case study, and explain how you came to that conclusion using evidence from the case study.
Do you believe that the projects described in this case study could have been managed better using a different type of organizational structure? If so, which one do you think would have worked better, and why? If you believe that the organizational structure used was the correct one, explain why you think so.
Describe what is meant by the technical side of a project and the sociocultural side of a project. Do you think Sands and Crosby were masters of both sides of their projects? Why, or why not?
Do you believe that a better knowledge of the organization’s strategy would have improved the outcome of this case study? Why, or why not?
Your response should be a minimum of two pages in length and formatted as an essay. Citations and references are not required; however, if information from other authors is used, proper credit should be given.
Please use the preferred outline for the
Unit I Case Study
assignment.
===============
Title page
Introduction (no title is required)
Definition of Functional structure
Strengths and Weaknesses of Functional structure
Definition of Matrix structures
Strengths and Weaknesses of Matrix structure
Definition of Projectized structures
Strengths and Weaknesses of Projectized structure
Used Organizational Structure of Case Study & Justification
(Determine which organizational structure was being used in the two projects discussed in the case study, and explain how you came to that conclusion using evidence from the case study.
– Remove this question from your paper to avoid Similarity score
)
Analysis of
Used Organizational Structure of Case Study
(
Do you believe that the projects described in this case study could have been managed better using a different type of organizational structure? If so, which one do you think would have worked better, and why? If you believe that the organizational structure used was the correct one, explain why you think so. – Remove this question from your paper to avoid Similarity score)
Technical side and Sociocultural side of a project
(Describe what is meant by the technical side of a project and the sociocultural side of a project.)
Sands and Crosby’s Expertise
(Do you think Sands and Crosby were masters of both sides of their projects? Why, or why not?
– Remove this question from your paper to avoid Similarity score
)
Role of Knowledge of the Organization’s Strategy
(Do you believe that a better knowledge of the organization’s strategy would have impro ...
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2. Moss and McAdams Accounting Firm
2
40%>5yrs
160 employees
6 Offices
Corporate
audits & tax
preparations
Corporate audits
& tax
preparations
Main office
Ruby Sands
(Office Manager)
Bruce Palmer
(Promoted)
Ken Crosby
(New member)
Johnsonville
Trucks audit
(5 member team)
Springfield Metal
Project
Johnsonville Zeke
Olds
Project Management)
3. Question 1: If you were Palmer at the end of the
case, how would you respond?
3
Project Management
Weak Matrix due to
different dimensions
Undefined
responsibilities
Power structure &
accidental manager
Delegation & span
of authority
• Admit to Sands decision
• Take account and respect Old’s
preference
• Arrange for a smooth transition
• Request Crosby to let Old handover
in a more responsible manner
• Keep attachment of Olds with the
project for certain period of time
• Request Sands for training and
development on project and people
management
4. Question 2: What, if anything, could Palmer
have done to avoid losing Olds?
4
Project Management
Define clear goals and
objectives for Olds
Alternative full days
instead of half day
switch
Change the job role of
Olds to more consulting
Emotional bonding,
flexibility & freedom for
Olds
5. Question 3: What advantages and disadvantages of a
matrix type organization are apparent from this case?
5
Project Management
Maximizing
resources
Advantages
Deployment of Olds into the
Springfield project
Ambiguity &
non-accountable
Disadvantages
Olds used to receive call and emails
from Crosby in Palmer’s office
Increased
Teamwork
Socialization, lunch and playing golf
by Crosby over the weekends
Professional
Development
Olds found Consultancy to be more
interesting over auditing
Flexibility of
work
Time managed on their own (Team
lunch, match ticket, motivations)
Empathy &
socialization
Bonding among the team members
and small measures motivate
Disrupted
Schedules
Olds running late for Palmers office
being stuck in meetings
Lengthy decision Too many cooks spoil the broth
Ambiguous roles Olds facing problem with mind
switching between the projects
Balance of
Power
Paranoia of Palmer and enforcing
authority over Olds.
Caught in the
middle
Olds got stuck between the project
responsibilities
6. Question 4: What could the management at M&M
do to more effectively manage situations like this?
6
Project Management
Stability of
resources
Project size
Level of
importance
Conflict
management
tools
