Option #2: Leadership and Management for Decision Making and Development

Is there really a need for widespread leadership in an organization, or can there be a much larger number of managers and still get the job done? If a company utilizes very few leaders as opposed to managers, could an agile, effective decision-making process be developed? Could a talent pool be developed, managed, and nurtured to the level a company would desire to be successful? Evaluate and support your responses to these questions in a well-written paper.

Your paper should be:

1. Three to four pages in length (not including cover and reference pages).
2. Formatted according to the .

Option #1: Strategy 4: Talent Pool

For this Module 4 Milestone assignment, create a framework for the people, assets, information, and time factors that are needed to create a desired labor pool. Provide the theoretical foundation and decision making that underpins the talent pool process.

This Milestone assignment should be no more than two pages in length (not including cover and reference pages), so focus on being clear and concise. Your Milestone should be formatted according to the  and supported by a minimum of two academic sources.

Organizations must find the best candidate for a job among a pool of many applicants. Which basic selection criterion do you feel is the most critical in hiring? Give a rationale for your decision along with examples:

• Education and experience.
• Skills and abilities.
• Personal characteristics.
• Hiring for fit.

Add source

Read how to enable Solver (and the Analysis Tool Pack). 

• Microsoft. (2018). . Retrieved from https://support.office.com/en-us/article/load-the-solver-add-in-in-excel-612926fc-d53b-46b4-872c-e24772f078ca?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

Complete the example (not the practice problem at the end).

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (2013). . Excel Techniques. Retrieved from https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/sloan-school-of-management/15-053-optimization-methods-in-management-science-spring-2013/tutorials/MIT15_053S13_tut03.pdf

Submit your Excel file with the worked solution. 

The value of negotiation in labor management relations is such that both parties bargain in good faith and are able to come to agreement on all mandatory collective bargaining items. It is important to understand details of this process to avoid an impasse. A strike or lockout might occur if there is an impasse. An impasse can have costly consequences for the union, management, and consumers.

With your fellow classmates, discuss the following:

• What is good faith bargaining?
• What items are mandatory and illegal in the collective bargaining process?
• If labor and management come to an impasse over employee benefits and a strike occurs, what strategies would you recommend to break the impasse? Provide an example using a real-life case.

Based on your review and analysis of the The Invisible Sponsors case study (Kerzner, 2017, pp. 451-452), address the following key discussion topic elements:

• Describe the role and responsibilities of the project sponsor in the subject organization. Why did this affect the project schedule development?
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• The project manager needs direction from the project sponsor concerning whether to base the schedule on best time, least cost, or least risk. Why is this important for developing the project schedule?
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• Which project organizing or initiating documents, or artifacts, would typically provide an answer to the project managers question? Explain.

Supporting Lecture:

Review the following lecture:

• Managing Change

Discussion Questions

Before beginning work on this discussion forum, please review the link , the expanded grading rubric for the forum below, and any specific instructions for this topic.

Before the end of the week, begin commenting on at least two of your classmates responses. You can ask technical questions or respond generally to the overall experience. Be objective, clear, and concise. Always use constructive language, even in criticism, to work toward the goal of positive progress. Submit your responses in the Discussion Area.

Introduction

Force Field Theory Analysis

Lewin's force field analysis is a tool for distinguishing factors or forces that influence an individual towards or away from a desired outcome (or change). The forces that aid in making decisions that will make change more acceptable can be analyzed. F