Organizational Behaviour Case Study Analysis: Jim Baker's Leadership

This case study focuses on Jim Baker, a geological field technician and field coordinator at Calgary Mining Advisors Inc., and his approach to managing field assistants. The case highlights Baker's responsibilities in hiring, training, and supervising field staff, emphasizing his specialized knowledge in non-technical aspects of mineral exploration. The analysis reveals Baker's leadership style and its impact on team dynamics, including the importance of team bonding, functional organizational systems, employee happiness, proper shift timings, and collaborative work environments. The assignment also addresses the need for Baker to modify his self-pride and self-achievement attitude to foster better team encouragement. It emphasizes the importance of flexible time shifts, backup plans, and a proper feedback system to enhance communication between managers and employees. The study references several academic sources to support the concepts of organizational behavior and effective leadership within a mining context, providing a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities in managing a field team.

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Jim Baker just makes sure that he is taking the following steps-
He must make sure that there is a team bonding. In order to make sure that there are no further
quarrels among the team members, people must make sure that all team members are
communicating with one another and are able to make sure that there is a bonding and
understanding (Ranjan, 2017). Functional organizational system must be developed so that they
are able to get the work done in a very easy and fast manner.
Happy workers are able to deliver the maximum amount of work. Therefore efforts are to be
made for the making the employees happy and comfortable in their workplace so that they can
deliver the maximum amount of work.
The shift timings have to be divided properly so that all the employees are able to plan their
work. This will enable them to move in a step by step manner and they will not suffer from any
kinds of tensions (Kim, 2017).
Team manners and team working sessions must be developed at first. This is of utmost
importance because this will help the employees to be able to put forward a joint collaborative
effort and they can attain the goals in the long run.
A sound organizational behaviour can be developed if the employees respect each other and
work together. However it is seen that Baker takes self pride and self achievement after
accomplishing any tasks. This attitude must be changed so that the team can be encouraged and
all can work together. Flexible time shifts and some back up plans must be developed by the
managers that are by Jim Baker (Bavik, 2016). Proper feedback system must be developed so
that there is a proper connection between the managers and the employees. Employees must be
able to reach out to their managers at the right time without any kinds of hesitation. A horizontal

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communication approach is to be developed between Jim Baker and also rest of the employees
(Ajegbomogun & Diyaolu, 2018).

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