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Ashford MGT 330 Week 4 Assignment Team Management Activity and Reflection
Team Management Activity and Reflection. Due by Day 7. This assignment focuses on how the management practices of planning, leading,
organizing, staffing, and controlling are implemented in your workplace. Using the Ashford University Library and other credible online
resources, find three Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources that provide information on Amazon.com’s business structure.
Here is the scenario and situation:
Assume you are an employee working in the Amazon warehouse, and you pack orders and categorize them into small, medium, and large
batches. You are considered a packer. You have experience packing all sizes and have been with the organization for two years. You are
considered one of their best employees, you have a solid reputation for being a hard worker, and all of your orders are packed correctly. You
have also been busy; you recently completed Amazon’s management training program, and you have completed your BABA degree at the
Forbes School of Business and Technology at Ashford University.
Congratulations: You have just been promoted to manager. You will be relocated to a new plant that is two hours away that employs 100
employees. You will oversee a team of 10 supervisors and 90 packers and will now oversee the entire warehouse operation. How will you wo
to use and apply the five functions of management?
Now let’s apply the five functions. In your paper, include the following sections:
Planning: Examine the specific areas you will choose to manage that fall under the planning function.
o For example, what might be some of the things you will plan to do and implement to build an effective team and culture? People are the mo
important resource in any business, what do you plan to do to build a positive team culture? What processes and systems do you plan to use?
Organizing: Assess if the present structure that Amazon has set up is working.
o Do you need to make or suggest any changes to make it more efficient and effective? What structure will you use and implement? Explain
how you will use departmentalization in your organizational structure.
Staffing: Analyze your staffing needs.
o How do you intend to staff your organization and replace members that leave or are promoted? How does the HR process apply? What thin
(if any) will you suggest?
Leading: Justify the leadership theory and style you will follow to ensure efficiency.
o Will you use transformational or transactional leadership? Why or why not?
Controls: Identify what controls and measures you will implement.
o How will you apply the four steps of control (these are in Chapter 5; i.e., establishing standards, measuring performance, comparing
performance, and making decisions)?
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Week 4 Assignment: Team Management Activity and Reflection for Amazon Warehouse
MGT330: Management for Organizations
Student Name
Date:
Ashford MGT 330 Week 4 Assignment Team Management Activity and Reflection
Team Management Activity and Reflection. Due by Day 7. This assignment focuses on how the management practices of planning, leading,
organizing, staffing, and controlling are implemented in your workplace. Using the Ashford University Library and other credible online
resources, find three Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources that provide information on Amazon.com’s business structure.
Here is the scenario and situation:
Assume you are an employee working in the Amazon warehouse, and you pack orders and categorize them into small, medium, and large
batches. You are considered a packer. You have experience packing all sizes and have been with the organization for two years. You are
considered one of their best employees, you have a solid reputation for being a hard worker, and all of your orders are packed correctly. You
have also been busy; you recently completed Amazon’s management training program, and you have completed your BABA degree at the
Forbes School of Business and Technology at Ashford University.
Congratulations: You have just been promoted to manager. You will be relocated to a new plant that is two hours away that employs 100
employees. You will oversee a team of 10 supervisors and 90 packers and will now oversee the entire warehouse operation. How will you wo
to use and apply the five functions of management?
Now let’s apply the five functions. In your paper, include the following sections:
Planning: Examine the specific areas you will choose to manage that fall under the planning function.
o For example, what might be some of the things you will plan to do and implement to build an effective team and culture? People are the mo
important resource in any business, what do you plan to do to build a positive team culture? What processes and systems do you plan to use?
Organizing: Assess if the present structure that Amazon has set up is working.
o Do you need to make or suggest any changes to make it more efficient and effective? What structure will you use and implement? Explain
how you will use departmentalization in your organizational structure.
Staffing: Analyze your staffing needs.
o How do you intend to staff your organization and replace members that leave or are promoted? How does the HR process apply? What thin
(if any) will you suggest?
Leading: Justify the leadership theory and style you will follow to ensure efficiency.
o Will you use transformational or transactional leadership? Why or why not?
Controls: Identify what controls and measures you will implement.
o How will you apply the four steps of control (these are in Chapter 5; i.e., establishing standards, measuring performance, comparing
performance, and making decisions)?
, Running head: MANAGEMENT 2
Week 4 Assignment: Team Management Activity and Reflection for Amazon Warehouse
MGT330: Management for Organizations
Student Name
Date:
