Organizational Management Assignment - Leadership and Ethics Analysis

This assignment delves into organizational management, analyzing leadership styles, ethical dilemmas, and decision-making processes within a business context. The first part examines the sales culture of Inpace, highlighting its competitive and autocratic leadership style shaped by Kane Bodine, and its implications on employee behavior and ethical considerations. The second part explores an ethical dilemma faced by Ali Sloan, considering the potential consequences of her actions and the importance of ethical standards. The third part analyzes how Cody's choices would differ based on utilitarian, individual, and practical approaches to ethical decision-making. The assignment references key business ethics and management theories, providing a comprehensive analysis of the presented scenarios.

ASSIGNMENT ON
ORGANIZATIONAL
MANAGEMENT
Name of the university
Name of the student
Author note

RESPONSE TO QUESTION 1
 The sales culture of Inpace was shaped by
Bodine as innovative, moving and cut-throat.
 It can be considered as the pre-conventional
level of ethical dilemma.
 The sales culture of the company is highly
competitive.
 It follows an autocratic leadership style. The
employees of the company are always in a
vigorous competition with each other.
 They work hard in order to prove themselves
to the Kane Bodine (Shapiro and Stefkovich
2016).

 The employees in the organization compete with
each other and strive for win by any means.
 The employees remain always under the
pressure of the competitions. Thus often they
develop a cutthroat behavior in them ignoring
their own original values.
 Employees in the Bovine’s organization mainly
focus on the external rewards which keep them
motivated.
 More than performing for the interest of the
company, the employees work to prove
themselves as best through competition
(Shapiro and Stefkovich 2016)..

 Kane Bodine by nature is an autocratic manager.
 He possesses every skill and knowledge to elevate
the performances of his employees as per his
expectation.
 Holding the position of the leadership in the
company, Bodine possesses expertise in the field
of sales, he also encourages his all employees to
do put the same effort, rather encourage them to
follow his path.
 He believes that competition motivates employees
and thus they will be encouraged to give their best
in workplace. Therefore, he follows aggressive
business strategy (Shapiro and Stefkovich 2016).

RESPONSE TO QUESTION 2
 In the case study, Ali has been witnessed
suffering from ethical dilemma.
 If I were in Ali Sloan’s position I would prefer
continuing my work on the given proposal
and would showcase the presentation on the
next day.
 In case illegal and unethical practices, I
would not complete my assignment by
means of unethical and illegal practices.
 In my point of view, Ali should anticipate the
possible insinuation of the action of Cody
(Crane and Matten 2016).

 Ali should also consider in deciding that whether
the she would be comfortable with the outcome
which is possible.
 She might think that it could have a strong
negative impact on her conscience, in case of a
bad outcome.
 As a result of this, she failed to perform on it. Her
own ethical standards should have been
evaluated by herself in order to take the best
decision according to her own judgment.
 If there was an ethical committee in the office,
Ali should have gone there in order to make
them aware of the situation (Crane and Matten
2016).

 if Ali preferred to be kept quiet knowing that
Cody was performing unethical practices,
 Ali might have been misjudged by his
authority to be supported the misdeeds.
 She might be alleged in future for not having
informed the authorities about the misdeeds.
On moral grounds, it can be said that Ali
should not support such immoral activities.
 Therefore it can be suggested for him to keep
silent (Crane and Matten 2016).

RESPONSE TO QUESTION 3
 If Cody made a choice for Utilitarian
approach, he would have not been in the
post which he is in with and the paper work
might be appeared to be thought up illegally.
Cody would have been working on her
assigned work like Ali was doing in order to
present it on the next day within the
scheduled time (Jordan et al. 2013).

 In case, Cody made a choice for individual
approach, he would work in order to gain
rewards as mentioned in the story. He would
try securing his position in the number one
position. He would not consider anything or
anyone apart from his own self and his
rewards and appraisals (Weiss 2014).

 If Cody made a choice for practical approach,
he would think from the ethical perspective
and work accordingly. The practical approach
is refers to the process of thinking with the
principles of ethics, which have a direct
effect on the company as well as on the
people who are involved in the whole process
and especially the community. Cody would
work on her assigned work like Ali was doing
in order to present it on the next day within
the scheduled time (Jordan et al. 2013).

REFERENCES
 Crane, A. and Matten, D., 2016. Business ethics:
Managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in
the age of globalization. Oxford University Press.
 Jordan, J., Brown, M.E., Treviño, L.K. and Finkelstein, S.,
2013. Someone to look up to: Executive–follower
ethical reasoning and perceptions of ethical
leadership. Journal of Management, 39(3), pp.660-683.
 Shapiro, J.P. and Stefkovich, J.A., 2016. Ethical
leadership and decision making in education: Applying
theoretical perspectives to complex dilemmas.
Routledge.
 Weiss, J.W., 2014. Business ethics: A stakeholder and
issues management approach. Berrett-Koehler
Publishers.

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