ASSIGNMENT NO 1

Assignment No 1

Assignment No 1

1. How will you help the new divisional staff to adjust and to form a new team, bearing in mind they are very frightened and suspicious as a result of the failure of Forest Building Supplies? (40 marks)

Good management is vital if we expect our work to be effective. A job goes through several activities and cycles between when it comes through the door and leaves as a nice shiny finished package; and effective management needs to be in place at each stage for the product to be completed on time, to a high standard and within the budget. Time and project management are not the only things to consider, though. Just as important are bringing a team in line with the company's objectives and motivating the team so that it truly wants the outcome of its creativity to be successful. In this case the new divisional staff should try to adjust and form a new team synergy. (Schön 2008: 95-114)

Divisional staffs in creative industries tends to have the background skills associated with their particular field, so they often are familiar with the kinds of problems their teams face day to day, as well as the solutions. Issues often arise, though, when they have to do something “managerial” about it. These designers and developers eventually find that management tasks occupy most of their time, and so making the shift gracefully is important.

Looking over everyone's shoulders and chipping in an opinion and trying to be involved in every decision can be counter-productive. A divisional staff should let his team shine, and offer guidance and support when needed. The divisional staff would only feel comfortable, when his team is comfortable is with him. (LaMarsh 2004: 98-102)

Knowing yourself first is important before starting managing others. What kind of divisional staff are you? Helping and managing others is hard without understanding what kind of person you are and what areas you can improve in. once the divisional staff knows the proper culture of Forest Building Supplies, then only he can manage it properly.

There are several approaches to managing which can be adopted by the Forest Building Supplies divisional staff:

Top-down, where the divisional staff can tell them what to do, with no involvement from them. In this style of leadership, information is funnelled up, and decisions are funnelled down very authoritatively. This style leads to members disagreeing with what they have been told or simply doing what is asked and nothing more.

Divisional staff can tell them what to do but try to “sell” them the idea as well. Divisional Staff attempt to sell to your team the benefits of a particular course of action but are essentially telling them to get it done. This style often creates compliant collaborators, people who simply do what has been asked more because of the benefits than because of personal motivation to achieve the objectives.

The team feels more a part of it. They are more involved in the direction of their work while ...