Nokia leadership

The case study company that I have chosen for this essay is Nokia. Nokia is a; Finnish multinational communications, information technology and consumer electronics company. Nokia was founded in1865 by Fredrick Idestam, Leo Mechelin and Eduard Polón in which the current CEO is Rajeev Suri. The reason I have decided to choose this case study … Read more

Motivation in the workplace: John Lewis

According to (King and Lawley, 2016:293), motivation is “The will and desire that a person has to engage in a particular behaviour or perform a particular task”. Motivation is a fundamental element that is required in the workplace as a driven workforce will enable a business to perform at its best capacity in order to … Read more

Linking Engineering and Commercial Activity of Tesla, Inc

A Background to Tesla The Californian automotive company, Tesla, was founded in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning with the goal ‘to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport by bringing compelling mass market electric cars to market as soon as possible’. Tesla produces high performance electric cars which are aimed to be the … Read more

Reflection – power and influence, leadership

The Power and Influence section impacted my understanding of leadership in many ways. I gained knowledge on all aspects of power and influence. Leaders will use their power and influence to motivate their peers to reach an end goal. Power and influence is the basis for all types of leadership styles. Throughout this section of … Read more

Reflection on essay feedback comments (business writing)

Reflection on feedback comments: Writing style: I focused on getting the structure of the essay and including diagrams on every paragraph more than I did on grammar, spelling and punctuation resulting in not doing well on grammar, spelling, or punctuation, furthermore, I did not use proper language, one way I will prevent this is  proof … Read more

Work life balance

In today’s fast pace era, there is an increasing concern related the work life balance which has created both the opportunities and challenges for the professionals of Human Resource System. Work life balance was initially designed for the working mothers who were facing difficulties in managing professional and personal lives (Agarwal, 2014). However, it can … Read more

Ritz Carlton Hotel company

Ritz Carlton Hotel company Introduction The Ritz Carlton is a Hotel Company management company that builds and also runs luxury hotels that are designed to attract the needs and wants of its primary customers, who include leisure travelers, corporate events, and independent businesses.  The headquarters of the company is in Atlanta, Georgia and operates resorts … Read more

Making Sense of Organisations

Making Sense of Organisations To what extent is our understanding of organisations and management over the last 100 years applicable to the 21st century? Organisational Culture, Change and Motivation “Culture is the system of such publicly and collectively accepted meanings operating for a given group at a given time” (Pettigrew, 1979) Organisation culture is the … Read more

Using strengths to help accomplish future goals

Strengths are like a ball of clay, sturdy and foundational, but with no certain purpose. However, when the ball of clay is molded and formed, it provides structure and a backbone to help anything stay sturdy. Like so, our strengths need to be developed and molded, in order for them to be effective in helping … Read more

Organisational Culture, Change and Motivation

Organisational Culture, Change and Motivation “Culture is the system of such publicly and collectively accepted meanings operating for a given group at a given time” (Pettigrew, 1979) Organisation culture is the set of beliefs of the company that are shared amongst employees and shared buy its customers. It is a widely explored paradigm and has … Read more

Employees’ work motivation and its effect on performance/business productivity

EMPLOYEES WORK MOTIVATION AND ITS EFFECTS ON THEIR PERFORMANCE AND BUSINESS PRODUCTIVITY. INTRODUCTION In the recent century, the most concern of any organization is to extend their profit and client satisfaction. In order for these organization to achieve these goals, they sometimes send their workers for awareness sessions, trainings and seminars as they are the … Read more

Teamwork plays a crucial role in achieving a common goal

Teamwork plays a crucial role in achieving a common goal. A “good” team delivers superior performance because a motivated and commited group of people strive to successfully fulfil a goal to the best of their ability. Through the stages of group development, conflicts are likely to arise which hinder group performance. “There are two main … Read more

Organizational culture (Patagonia)

Organizational culture is a very unique way of cooperation between people inside of the company as was said by Ralph Kilmann “The culture captures everyone’s drive and imagination. As the reward systems, policies and work procedures are formally documented, they suggest what kinds of behavior and attitudes are important for success” (Corporate Culture, 1985) so … Read more