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Your manager believes in learning from other companies' success stories as well as stories of failure. In particular, she likes to apply various management theories when possible, rather than starting from the beginning every time a decision has to be made. She asks you to write a memo to her addressing the following:
From any recent or current event in the news, discuss and explain the use of these two specific theories that the firms you researched believed in
In the human resource area, moving toward an employee empowerment culture
In the marketing area, the theory of penetration pricing
For each of these two, explain the following:
The issue being addressed that gave rise to employing these theories
How the theory being followed leads to specific actions on the part of the company
Results achieved
If you had been the senior manager in these situations, at those companies, how might you have addressed the situation any differently? What other theory could have been the basis for the decision.
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TO: Manager:
FROM: Greg. D.
DATE: July 02 2011,
SUBJECT: Ideas
The first theory that is being considered is in that of employee empowerment. This means enlarging the employee's job responsibility by giving him the authority of decision making about this own job without approval from her supervisor. Empowerment, means the supervisors and the company supports the employees to use more of their skills and abilities. This enables the employees to be more creative. To make empowerment worthwhile the employees must be provided with adequate training, information, and equipment for carrying out their work. The company that has effectively used this theory in its operations is Southwest Airlines. The company has taken specific actions of supporting its employees. It seeks to keep its employees happy, satisfied, dedicated, and energetic, so that they take good care of their customers. In addition, Southwest Airlines ...
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