PSY 435 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Leadership and Performance in the Workplace Paper

PSY 435 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Leadership and Performance in the Workplace Paper | University Of Phoenix 

Read the following scenario:
Woody’s Veneer Factory has contacted you because the board
wants their organization to be evaluated to determine the reasons
for loss of money, increases in garbage fees, and loss of production.
The data given to you shows that veneer production is at its lowest
point and the cost of recycled material disposal has nearly doubled
in the past quarter.
On the day your team went to meet the factory superintendent, Max
Barath, you saw one of the floor managers, Dave Flores, outside of
Max’s office with a bag of ice over his eye. When the team inquired
about the injury, Max stated, “It’s not a big deal. The quality control
officer, Ken Howk, got upset with Dave and got in a little fight. Don’t
worry about it. These two are old high school chums and this kind of
thing happens now and then.”
Through several weeks of your assessment, your team has noticed
troubling occurrences happening in the factory. The factory
managers that are located on the top floor are very abrasive and
condescending to the people on the floor. There is a definite ‘us
versus them’ attitude. There is also a lack of communication. Most of
the communication is done on a bulletin board out front.
Your team has also noticed that the floor workers are grinding up
some of the good veneer. Management believes this is happening,
so they are sneaking up in the cat walks to try to catch the floor
workers in the act. But the floor workers have placed spies to watch
out for the managers, particularly in the administrative areas next to
the management offices. Whenever a manager comes out of the
office, the administrative staff will call or text down to the floor to let
the workers know so they can stop grinding up the good veneer. In
addition, several employees on the floor are used as look outs and
use hand signals to let everyone know what is going on.
You are tasked to give a full report to the investors who pay for this
factory.
Write a 1,700- to 2,000-word paper in which you utilize
industrial/organizational psychology to make recommendations to
improve the situation at Woody’s Veneer Factory. Using basic
concepts and theories of organizational development, develop a
plan to improve working conditions within the factory and describe
how it will reduce garbage fees, increase production, and the factory
will once again be making a profit. What the scenario does not
provide, you can create. Include the following in your paper:
• Analyze different group and team concepts that could be
implemented in order to improve the performance and diversity
of employees in the factory.
• Provide at least two examples of leadership theories and how to
implement them in order to improve the relationship between
management and floor workers.
• Describe how the floor workers view the influence and power of
management. Discuss how this is negatively and/or positively
impacting the workplace and changes you would recommend.
• Explain the differences between leadership and management.
Provide examples of how management at the factory could
utilize leadership styles to improve networking with the floor
workers.
Include at least three scholarly references from the University
library.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.