Steve Jobs Leadership

Common assessment

Individual project

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Dr. Kola Sonaike

MGT 615

Leadership and Ethics for Managers

2nd of August 2012

How should the leader deal with the situation?

First of all, the switch to teams will have a greater chance of success if workers realize that their employment is secure. However, if employees know that layoffs are inevitable because of a company's history, the company can still benefit by linking retention to contribution to the team approach. Managers should let employees know that if productivity results in job losses, the company will pay for retraining, attempt to place employees in other areas, and offer an outplacement program. In other words, managers should try to make winners (not losers), out of those employees who eventually lose their jobs during this time of major organizational change. Firms that take care of those who are let go will better maintain the morale of those who remain on the job (Brockner, 1992).

Moreover, the leader should also create fresh intrinsic rewards that management can provide employees, so employees will not see more work and responsibility without recognition (Allender, 1993; Scott and Townsend, 1994). For example, an organization can start workers in teams with low-risk decisions and attainable goals with some guidance, so they can build confidence to accept greater challenges.

Also, the leader must help all employees move beyond their traditional job descriptions and personal agendas, and, simultaneously, they must discourage elitism and territorialism. If teams are eventually expected to make inventive and critical decisions, every member must have equal access to information and equal involvement in the process (Eisman, 1992). To obtain the best cooperation and productivity among employees, all levels of management should make sure that each team participant knows how his or her actions contribute to both personal objectives and company goals.

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