Introduction The business world is characterized by dynamism. If an organization is not keen to change with the changes, it risks losing its competitive edge. Ford Motors is a globally renowned automotive corporation that once dominated the car making industry. However, in the past two decades, the company has seen its sales decline, and […]
Two Healthcare Organizations with a Negative Brand Image Two health care organizations with a negative brand image include Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., and Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan. Both facilities attracted negative press after they appeared in a 2019 report by The Leapfrog Group, which listed the worst hospitals in the US
Paula Plaintiff’s Really Bad Week Part 1 Paula Plaintiff is shopping at her favorite store, Cash Mart. She is looking for a new laptop, but she can’t find one she likes. Then, realizing that she is going to be late for an appointment, she attempts to leave the store, walking very fast. However, before she
Scenario Imagine that you manage a department in a health care organization of your choosing. The organization recently merged with another, layoffs occurred, and departments are now being consolidated. Your department now has employees whose ages span four generations, three different cultural groups are represented, and conflict is brewing between them. The conflict is affecting
An ever active discourse regarding the differences in learning outcomes in private and public school endures. Most academicians draw attention to two fundamental questions: Do private schools result in better academic outcomes than public schools. If private schools outdo public schools in performance, is it because of better students or better schools. Both questions are
Stress management is critical to success, especially in the modern business environment where stress dynamics are apparent. In the organizational domain, stress arises from a range of factors, including unsatisfactory management, poor job design, and lack of employee support. Hence, managers must address these three aspects in their stress management strategies. Read also Managing Conflict
The definition of leadership in organizational psychology has evolved over the years partly because of ongoing research and increasing complexity of operations in the modern business environment. Through time, a constantly changing business setting has compelled organizations to adopt more progressive leadership philosophies in order to keep up with competition and remain relevant to respective
Scholarship has suggested that environmental factors and genetics have a role to play in personality development. Thus, environmental conditions and inherited genetic traits shape an individual’s personality. Although the environment has been demonstrated to affect personality traits, it has been suggested that heredity factors are more influential in shaping the disposition of the environment.
Scenario The Vice President of operations recently promoted you to branch manager and moved you to a new branch office where the morale among employees is low and performance is poor. Of the five employees, Amani has the most tenure with six years. Amani seems to have the lowest morale and is not motivated to
Research has demonstrated that humans are susceptible to bias and are generally overconfident in their opinions, impressions, and judgments. Two common biases that plague decision-making are anchoring and overconfidence biases. Overconfidence bias is characterized by a tendency to be over-optimistic about one’s abilities while anchoring bias refers to reliance on initial pieces of information to