Summary BUS210 SNHU Pet Supply Company.docx BUS 210 SNHU Pet Supply Company BUS210: Managing/Leading in Business Southern New Hampshire University While being tasked to evaluate this organizations drop in productivity, I have taken the initiative to talk

SNHU PET SUPPLY COMPANY 2 While being tasked to evaluate this organizations drop in productivity, I have taken the initiative to talk to the team members as well as managers to get a better understanding of what’s going on. Being able to speak with the team members, it appears they feel that the managers are hovering over their heads and micromanaging them. They were also told by the managers to fill out certain timesheets and cross-reference the task list daily. If they do happen to deviate from the daily tasks, they would have to explain themselves in an email to the managers. Not only that, but the team has mentioned multiple times that they are not being assigned tasks that fit their skill sets. This alone can create some conflicts within the team and lowering morale. Once I was done speaking with the team members, I spoke to the managers to get a better understanding of their views in these matters. The managers have stated that they have just been following the same process that the company has been following for years and don’t seem to be doing anything wrong. There is an effective system for managers to help them achieve organizational goals which are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. To further explain, planning is what is needed for setting milestones and objectives in order to complete given tasks. “Planners must also make decisions about the best courses of action for achieving objectives, as well as identify alternative courses of action after evaluating the various alternatives. They must then formulate the necessary steps for effective implementation of their plans. Finally, planners must constantly evaluate the success of their plans and take corrective action(s) when necessary” (Soomo Learning, n.d.). Organizing is an important function where the structure of the organization or the company is created. This can help determine the chain of command and the design of the jobs within a company. “Organizing at the organizational level involves deciding how best to departmentalize, or cluster, jobs into departments to effectively coordinate efforts” (Soomo