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High-performing teams are teams whose members have specific roles and complementary talents and skills and are aligned in purpose such that they consistently produce superior results. A high-performing team can make the difference between merely completing a project and completing a project ahead of schedule and under budget. Before becoming a high-performing team, the team will go through five stages of team development.

In this assignment, you are going to reflect on a recently completed project that you took part in as a member of a team. This project could have taken place in the workplace, in the classroom, or anywhere else that you were part of a group. In a 5-page analysis, you should address the following:

Address the development of the team in terms of both the….

You are a line manager in a medium-size marketing organisation that creates innovative visuals for companies. You have to pitch your idea to a new large corporate company that may bring in a lot of business in the near future. There is unfortunately certain information that you need for your pitch tomorrow on your colleague’s computer. Your colleague is currently away on holiday for another week still. The two of you work closely together and she has given you her login details before. As this deal is important and it can lead to a possible promotion for both of you, you decide to log into her computer. When you log in, you get a few notifications on new e-mail messages. One of the e-mails is from the CEO….

CA City Hotel is looking at changing its liquor licence to include off premise consumption of alcohol, as this was not on the original licence application. They are wanting to take advantage of the surrounding grounds and hold outdoor licenced events. You are working at CA City Hotel as the Duty Manager. CA City Hotel will need to employ some casual bar and wait staff as part of this project along with engaging contractors such as bands, entertainers, and an audio-visual company. This will be a ticketed event open to the public. CA City Hotel would like to have a launch party promoting what they can offer in this area. The launch party will include:

Licenced drinking areas Stage with bands and entertainers Food stalls Fireworks Mini casino….

QUESTION 1 Motivation and the Performance Appraisal

Samuel Jones has worked diligently for his supervisor, Eric Donnell, during the past three years in the accounting department of a local bank. During that period, he has never been reprimanded for any of the work he has done. In fact, only recently, he received his first, supposedly annual, performance review. Although he received a raise in each of the two prior years, this was the first time he was formally evaluated. The first year, he received a memo from Donnell stating the amount of his raise. The next year, Donnell did not even inform him of a raise. Rather, Jones had figure it out for himself from his paycheck stub. After sitting through his first formal evaluation, Jones is stunned…..

Dinesh, a machine operator, worked as a mechanist for Ganesh, the supervisor. Ganesh told Dinesh to pick up some trash that had fallen from Dinesh’s work area, and Dinesh replied, “I won’t do the janitor’s work.” Ganesh replied, “when you drop it, you pick it up”. Dinesh became angry and abusive, calling Ganesh a number of names in a loud voice and refusing to pick up the trash. All employees in the department heard Dinesh’s comments. Ganesh had been trying for two weeks to get his employees to pick up trash in order to have cleaner workplace and prevent accidents. He talked to all employees in a weekly departmental meeting and to each employee individually at least once. He stated that he was following the instructions of the….

HRm Experience Learning about employee rights In the constantly changing field of HR, it is imperative that both HR managers and supervisors be aware of changes that affect the organization and the process of managing employees. Nowhere is this more true than in the growing field of employee rights. As employees demand more job and employment rights regarding monitoring, unjust dismissals, and off-duty conduct, employers must be knowledgeable about new laws, court rulings, and the policies of other organizations that influence each area. This knowledge will enable managers to respond to these employee concerns in a positive and proactive manner. Failure to provide employees with their rights could lead to costly and embarrassing lawsuits, resulting in diminished employee loyalty or morale. The purpose of this exercise, therefore, is….

Unique Body Care Limited experienced similar difficulties and unpredictability in its sales divisions. The sales and costs budgeted, and the actual sales and profit outcomes are shown below for one of its product lines: Budgeted sales: Budgeted unit sell price: $69.00 Budgeted unit variable costs: $51.75 Budgeted unit contribution margin: $17.25 Budgeted sales volume/quantity 400,000 Actual Sales data: Actual unit sell price Unit variable cost: Contribution margin per unit: Total units sold: Total revenue: $75.90 $62.10 $13.80 440000 $33,396,000 Required: Calculate the Sales Price Variance for the period (3 Marks) NOTE FOR ALL VARIANCES INDICATE IF THE VARIANCE IS FAVOURABLE OR UNFAVOURABLE BY ADDING AN FOR U AFTER THE NUMBER. E.g. if you had a favourable variance of $100 enter 100F (no dollar signs are necessary and do….