CASE # 1:

ACME MANUFACTURING COMPANY

I. CENTRAL PROBLEM

Steve Arnold, a manager at Acme Manufacturing Company in New Jersey is currently struggling

to manage his hectic schedules. He find his work loaded with many meetings, unfinished reports

and work in a busy office environment with many responsibility on his shoulder. In addition, he

himself is confused on what to priority.

II. OBJECTIVES

1. To identify the central problem of Mr. Steve Arnold’s case to have a course of action.

2. To address the problem of Mr. Steve Arnold-Time Management by providing solutions

with pros and cons of each step of action.

3. To identify resources/techniques helpful to opening up case study sustainability and

ethics in design in generating ideas or alternative solutions.

III. ALTERNATIVE COURSES OF ACTION (ACAs)

ALTERNATIVE
COURSES OF
ACTION ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

1. Attend Time  Building  Do not have a to-do

Management knowledge in lists
Training making work
productive  Lack of personal
goals
 Great
opportunities to  Inefficient planning
organize of tasks
 workload.  Do not prioritize
 Low effort

2. Setting Priorities  Can distinguish  Denial for

their time applications of the
management set plans.
matrix.
 Occurrence of
 Gaining more time unplanned activities.
for other activities.
 changes in priorities
 Gaining more
control over your
time.

3. Use a Planning  Improve  Prevent flexibility

Tool productivity
 Inhibit Creativity
 Helping the mind
to focus on
priorities.

 Create healthy
habits to
encourage time
management.

4. Schedule  Avoid  Bad management

Appropriately nonproductive
activities  No time to rest due
to many work
 You work will be scheduled
more organized.
 Fatigue and stress
 Reduction of stress are part of life
levels

5. Delegate or  Gives you time  Delegating results in

getting help from and ability to a loss of control.
others focus on higher
level tasks.  Delegating does not
eliminate
 Give others the accountability.
ability to learn and
develop new  It requires
skills. mentorship and time.

 Develop trusts
 between workers
and improves
communication.

 Improves
efficiency,
productivity and
time management.

6. Stop  Can reduce stress  Rebels against

Procrastinating from workload. schedule

 Increase self-  Procrastinating

control. makes other thing
seem easier.
 Prevent problems
from Amplifying.

7. Stay healthy  Keep you alert  Stress build up

 Build energy to do  Feeling tired or

the work always worn out

 Avoid from being  Less productive

anxious and worn
out.

IV. RECOMMENDATIONS

Whatever time management strategies he uses, there is the need to take time to evaluate how

strategies have worked. Successful time management leads to greater personal happiness, more

accomplishments at home and at work, and a more satisfying future. Moreover, Mr. Steve

Arnold should avoid forgetting an important because it can create burden from increasing

workload ahead of time. He as one of the person who possesses vital role in the company can

affect the whole company’s performance if failure to perform effectively and efficiently.

Henceforth, the need to review and read ahead of time the changes in company’s operation is

important in pinpointing the problem and its solutions.

 CASE # 2:

CONSOLIDATED PRODUCTS

I. CENTRAL PROBLEM

As plant managers at Consolidated Products, both Ben and Phil are a good leader in their own

distinctive way of managerial approaches style. Ben as a relationship oriented type of manager

has worked at the plant for 10 years and has developed many relationships with the employees at

the plant. His way of managing people is a people-oriented management style that tends to

energized employees because it makes them feel appreciated for the work they do. Overall, Ben

concern himself in building personal relationship with his employees that can alleviate

employees’ loyalty towards the company and create harmonious communication to them, closely

monitoring to avoid layoffs when production slowed down. He didn’t set goals or require the

supervisors to follow a set of standards.

Meanwhile, due to low in production, Ben was push to early retirement and he was replaced by

Phil who was completely opposite to his people-oriented managerial style. This changes

everything; layoff is pushed through, strict close monitoring of individual performance, and

performance-driven base evaluation which lead for most employees to resign from work.

II. OBJECTIVES

1. To identify the pros and cons between people-oriented managerial style and task-

oriented leadership.

2. To evaluate each course of action in low production cost yet layoffs reduction.
 3. To assert either Ben or Phil work effectively and efficiently at Consolidated

Products.

III. ALTERNATIVE COURSES OF ACTION (ACA)

ALTERNATIVE ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

COURSES OF ACTION

1. Evaluating Task  Enhancing the  Lack of

chance that the Management
initiative’s goals Support
and objectives are
being achieved.  Lack of Skills and
Resources
 Identifying the
components that  Lack of relevant
will affect overall data/information
company’s  Fear of
operational system. Consequences

2. Provide ongoing  Honing an  Increased stress by

training individuals’ over boarding
knowledge and employees to
skills. complete trainings
with unrealistic
 Provide a clear number of hours in
picture of ones’ training.
strengths and
weaknesses.  Waste of time and
money
 Minimize weak
points and save  Extensive training
company’s time sessions will cause
and resources by employees to loss
avoiding repeated interests in what
mistakes. they’re learning.

 Too much theory

IV. RECOMMENDATIONS

In order for the Consolidated Products be most efficient, the plant manager should have both

characteristics of both task oriented and relationship oriented management styles. The key is to

take the best parts of each management style and combine them to create your own approach,

one that gets tasks done while also cultivating positive working relationships. To achieve high

employee satisfaction and performance, there needs to be a balance between employee

relationship and plant objectives. Building good relationships with the employees and rewarding

them would help the overall moral and production output at the plant. Both Ben and Phil do their

best to act as efficient managers on their own way yet focusing only on people-oriented type of

management will generate both pros and cons and same way for task-oriented type of

management.
 CASE #3:

AIR FORCE SUPPLY SQUADRON

I. CENTRAL PROBLEM

Based on the case study, they were short of supplies, personnel, and replacements. Organization

and coordination were poor, and there was little cooperation and teamwork among different

sections. Morale was low due to the unrelenting workload, the constant bickering and

disagreements, and the stress of flying into combat zones.

II. OBJECTIVES

1. To ensure effective leadership.

2. To improve the overall efficiency of a team.

3. To socialize in a positive manner to build better relationships.

III. ALTERNATIVE COURSES OF ACTION (ACAs)

ALTERNATIVE COURSES ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

OF ACTION

1. Examine issues related to  Improve the overall  Time consuming

responsibilities, preparation, efficiency of his  Inefficient
and resources that could affect squadron.  Unsuccessful
the ability of squadron  Efficient squadron
commanders to succeed as  Successful squad
they prioritize their
responsibilities and manage
associated risk.
2. Analyze key factors behind  Good performance  Imbalance handling
concerns that squadron  Effective leadership team
performance may be degraded  Task-Oriented  Ineffective leadership
by an imbalance between Behaviors  Bad Behaviors
squadron commander
workload and resources to
accomplish it.

3. Develop recommendations  Effectively accomplish  Team will quit

to address any major gaps that a specific set of goals  Ineffective handling
must be closed to help posture and/or objectives. squadron
squadron commanders for  Allows more control  Not a good role model
success. within the squad.
 Successful Role Model

IV. RECOMMENDATIONS

In today’s society, there are many instances when effective leadership will be required. This can

be accomplished when a specific leader creates conditions that help a group

effectivelyaccomplish a specific set of goals and/or objectives. Ensuring effective leadership is

importantbecause it can propel and advance most areas within a business or organizational

structure. Inorder to be an effective leader, some major types of behavior that may also be

exhibited caninclude task-oriented behaviors, relation-oriented behaviors, and change-oriented

behaviors.With this in mind, the main goal of this work will be to analyze effective leadership

behavior.