Gene One Solution Problem
Frederick Gaston
University of Phoenix
April 15, 2011
[Make sure paragraph indentation is five to seven spaces or one tab stop] Problem Solution:
Gene [Except in a title, do not capitalize the first word after a colon unless it begins a
complete clause] One Corporation
[Incorrect indentation] One of the main functions in today’s business management is the
effective analysis of each situation, the identification of the correct problem, the consideration of
possible solutions and the application of the correct procedures to facilitate that the organizations
prospers. Al though is not always easy to accomplish business goals managers should make
crucial decisions. When the proper judgments are make, and changes are implement [The
participle form of "implement" is "implemented"] a corporation will enter in a process of
healthy grow. The manager’s role as a problem solver for an organization is defined [The
passive voice is a form of "be" (is) and a participle (defined). Over-use of the passive voice
can make paragraphs officious and tedious to read. Try to use the active voice most often;
for example, passive voice = The paper was completed on time. Active voice = the student
completed the paper on time--See Center for Writing Excellence > Tutorials & Guides >
Grammar & Writing Guides > Active & passive voice] by Mac Shane and Von Glinow
(2008) as “decision makers translate information into evidence that something is wrong or that
an opportunity is available.” Managers [A job title is not capitalized unless it is the first word
in a sentence or associated with the name of a person or institution, e.g., Certified Public
Accountant John Doe. If not, it is just a label, such as auto mechanic, nuclear physicist, fry
cook, brain surgeon, professor, etc.] as producers of change and opportunity finders are
extremely important to the healthy development of the company’s operations.
Gene One is a company that after some successful development is facing some
challenges that may affect its growth, and hinder the organization. Therefore, they are in need to
implement some changes but before they make any decision they seek for the opportunities that
may arise from the possible circumstances they are facing on the prospect to comply with the
decision of the board of directors, which that they need to prepare themselves to go public in the
next 36 months, to attain enough resources to develop two new product lines to achieve a 40%
annual growth rate. However, Gene One is also experiencing some challenges that may disrupt
the growth’s opportunity. Among many challenges that Gene One is confronting include
changes in its corporate culture, leadership problems, conflict resolution management, current
staff training and team building performance teams.
[Incorrect indentation] Because of Gene One’s nature of business, which is to contribute
with science discover to the society while generating financially income for the group, they have
been successful in maintaining pride in what they do. Edgar Schein, a famous theorists dealing
with organizational culture, provides the following definition for the term: "A pattern of shared
basic assumptions that the group learned as it solved its problems that has worked well enough to
be considered valid and is passed on to new members as the correct way to perceive, think, and
feel in relation to those problems". [Move the period to follow the citation] [A period or
comma goes inside the closing quotation mark] (organizationalculture101) A strong
corporate culture could become beneficial for a company Employee’s. The organizational core
values reflect the guiding principles for corporate behavioral, they are normally stated in the
corporation guidelines. Organizational Beliefs composed the mission of an organization, which
explains the how’s and the whys of the way things are done and their protocols to inspire
employees to become more creative and work with the perspective to attain the corporation’s
goals.
[Incorrect indentation] The established norms for a company are a compound of the
principles and viewpoints plus those acknowledged behaviors in a business. Within the norms
companies may present how a company expects individuals to behave, perform their jobs, ways
of proper communication and leadership styles. The organizational culture of a corporation starts
with the founder’s vision of creating a business and believing in their ideas. As the first leaders
in an organization, they inspire their values to their workforce, for the staff to be motivated to
pursue common goals.
[Incorrect indentation] Leaders play important roles when defining the principles of
their organization culture, as they could use those values to identify what are some of the
processes that require to be canalized according to their core values in an organization, develop,
and implement the necessary strategies to realign the issue to work toward the business goals.
Strong culture is said to exist where staff respond to stimulus because of their alignment with
organizational values. Conversely, there is Weak Culture where there is little alignment with
organizational values and control must be exercise through extensive procedures and
bureaucracy. Kilmann, Saxton, and Serpa, (1986) defined strong cultures as 'those] [Check
punctuation--Single quotation marks are only for a quotation within a quotation.
Otherwise, use double quotes ] where a strong culture was conceptualize as a coherent set of
beliefs, values, assumptions, and practices embraced by most members of the organization.
[Incorrect indentation] Strong cultures give importance to the degree of consistency of
beliefs, values, assumptions, and practice across organizational members, and the consistency
beliefs, values, assumptions, and practices. Early proponents of organizational culture assumed
that a strong culture was beneficial to the organizations, as it inspire loyalty, uniqueness, and
commonality that helped businesses to grow integrated, which facilitated internal integration and
process synchronization. However, a strong culture may bring several setbacks to the
organizations as a strong culture could also be foster manipulation and co-optation (Perrow,
1979). These factors could get [Doctoral rule (although good advice for any academic
writer)--instead of using "get," which can mean many things, more formal is to use forms
of "receive," "obtain," "arrive at," "can," "could," "grow," "able to," etc.] companies
more focus on the implementation of subcultures in an organization than the proper core values
and the normative of the corporation.
[Incorrect indentation] Gene One’s strong company culture may influence the prospect
of the IPO and the company’s growth. Gene’s culture has encouraged the belief that their
primary obligation is to help with the development of science. This principle is conflicting with
the board of director’s decision and the plan to generate profits with its incursion in Wall Street.
This influence is causing one of the creative minds for the company Teri to be close to the idea
of timing science developments to make profits, in her case the IPO may raise some ethical
issues being [Doctoral rule (but good advice for any academic writer)--If not a noun (as in
"human being"), the word "Being" is hard to imagine; it means "existing." Try to rewrite
this without using "being"--with action words like "attending," "working," "living,"
"experiencing," simply "as"--or even removing "being" completely] a leader she has could
influence ethical conduct and some of Gene One’s employees positions to consider that the new
project affects their original purpose of Gene One’s dedication to serve society with their science
developments. This ethical disagreement already took a toll with the resignation of one
employee.
[Incorrect indentation] Whereas Gene is dealing with some possible ethical and
organizational culture issues is also facing their reality with regard to the leadership style in the
organization. With arise of new conflicts the lack of leadership skills such as emotional
intelligence, self-confidence and transformational leadership are missing in action at Gene One.
This not a mere fact, it was evident at the first IPO project meeting that there was no effort on the
main leader, Don Ruiz the CEO [Unless this is on the title page or in an in-text citation, spell
out the full name before first use of an acronym] to try to deal with the conflicts that arise
because of the prospects of the IPO. As for the rest of the management team the standpoint to
the IPO was clear as, they were not confident that they could comply with the new organizational
goals. It is probably that this was their reaction to the ineffective leadership and lack of inclusion
in the new company’s endeavors. Don may be possessing good intentions on becoming the
transformational manager who will lead Gene successfully to enter the IPO in three years,
however; [Place semicolon instead of a comma before this conjunctive adverb if it begins a
new clause (and if a semicolon follows it, replace it with a comma)] unless there is some
change he is failing that purpose by not inspiring his leaders, those managers could reduce the
team effectiveness in the new process.“Team effectiveness refers to how a team affects the
organization, individual team members, and the team’s existence” (MacShane & Von Glinow
2008 [Place comma after author name] ,pg.261) [The abbreviation for "page" in an in-text
citation is "p."] . Managers need to provide their teams with sense of direction.
[Incorrect indentation] An effective manager should be a bridge to communication
between the team members, senior management and amid the team members. Highly motivated
employees would lead a company to have a more healthy organizational culture, which would be
contributing to the growth of the employees as well as the manager and the whole organization
itself. For the accomplishment of Gene One’s ventures it is require that team coordination is in
agreement with the company’s goals. “Teams are well suited to highly interdependence task
because people coordinate better when working together than separately. High task
interdependence also tends to increase employee motivation and satisfaction for team members”
(MacShane & Von Glinow 2008 [Place comma after author name] , pg.264).
Gene’s teams need to come together to overcome the significant task of managing
transformation in their organization, a good start would be to identify and consider all their
issues and opportunities, the current state of affairs in the company as well as future goals, to
agree on their resolutions and strategies to implement the necessary adjustments to fulfill the
company’s goals.
Situation Background
[Incorrect indentation] In 1996 Don Ruiz and a group of colleagues founded Gene One,
after discovering gene technology that eradicated diseases in tomatoes and potatoes, Gene One
entered the biotechnology industry competition. Their innovation was received [Passive voice ]
well by the customers, as they would not be buying chemical contaminated vegetables. Over
eight years the company became a $400 million corporation. To continue growing as
successfully as, they had, their executive team considers they should go public; with investment
money they would obtain capital for new studies, marketing strategy and advertising campaign.
Gene One’s CEO and the board of directors delineated the business proposal, in the hopes they
[Check pronoun agreement--if "they" refers to "CEO" (or a singular subject), it should be
singular, too (he or she) and perhaps require adjusting the following verb] could establish
the company as a strong competitor and demonstrate to the investors that [Check word usage--
If this word refers to a human being, people are never "that" or "which," they are "who"]
Gene One have the managerial and control capabilities needed to succeed as a public company.
[Incorrect indentation] The company is facing some internal and external challenges.
The managers are not seen opportunities; they are focusing only on the negative aspects of the
company going public. There is ["There is" is an awkward phrase if "there" is not clearly a
location] a communication crisis within their management team; if the issue of ineffective
leadership is not handled the lack of cohesion in the team could lead Gene One’s prospects to
failure. The organizational culture is also presenting defies to the new idea, as the employees
haves raised serious apprehensions of having [Writing suggestion--"having" as a transitive
verb is vague. Reconsider the sentence using "possessing," "acquiring," "developing," etc.
Often "having" can simply be deleted] to run investigation projects more as a business than as
a science research itself. There are [Avoid using this phrase] personal conflicts being put ahead
of the business new proposal, starting with the CEO who is failing to encourage in his
management team the success of the new project. Externally, Gene One will have to meet new
demands by going public it will need to comply with all the market regulations. Gene One also
lacks the IPO capital needed for research, marketing, and advertisement. Other issues that Gene
One is facing that may have an external effect are the company’s leadership. Even though they
are facing all these challenges the company has a lot of [Only commercial shipments and real
estate are measured in lots. To use "a lot of" to mean "many," "much," or "a large
amount" is a colloquialism (not universally clear). Use another term.] opportunities in the
process. Gene One needs to focus on a problem statement that would address all the troubles and
the solutions to their current situation, while ["While" is accurate in linking simultaneous
events (in the sense of "during")--otherwise use "although," "whereas," "and," or "but"]
they continue working to their goals for the future.
Issue Identification
[Incorrect indentation] Throughout the first meeting held by Don to begin working on
their strategy, the managers provide Don with nothing but negativity with regard to the project,
which reinforces their lack of confidence in the company’s plans. The lack of communication
and collaboration within the team was evident; Michelle and Teri could not have a professional
conversation during the meeting. The lack of structure in Gene’s Team could lead to failure;
normally team’s cohesion is a reflection of effective leadership on the team. As the supervisors
of an organization the managers should be an example to the rest of the staff.
[Incorrect indentation] A good manager should attain some of the seven competencies of
an effective leader:” emotional intelligence, integrity, drive, leadership motivation, self-
confidence, intelligence, and knowledge of the business.” "Leadership is about influencing,
motivating, and enabling others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the
organization,” (McShane & Glinow 2008 [Place comma after author name] , pg.402). The 25
Lessons Plan from Jack Welch, General Electric CEO, lessons six and 16 are an example of what
it needs to happen in Gene One, “lesson 6 Energize others lesson 16 Involve everyone” in Gene
One everybody should embrace change and become a team player, to accomplish the new goals
all needed to adapt to the company's values and culture. Effective leaders are not guides to the
goals; they need to hearten their employers to become effective leaders. This ability is needed
[Passive voice ] urgently on the Gene One leadership group.
[Incorrect indentation] Gene One as mentioned early has developed a strong
organizational culture among their employees. However, according to McShane and Glinow, a
strong culture increases organizational performance only when the cultural content is appropriate
for the organization's environment (2008). The staff is use to handle their tasks in certain ways
and their enthusiasm is more focus on science research than on becoming a public company in
Wall Street.
[Incorrect indentation] Research on a time schedule is not one of their priorities, as it
provided them with a more relaxed work environment. “no corporate culture should be that
strong that it blinds employees to alternative viewpoints” (McShane &Glinow, 2008,pg.467).
When staff is so root in a strong corporate culture, they are not willing to accept change that
easily. This may cause that there are some processes that may not be improve as they are not
willing to change to please others priorities. This presents a thread to the project, especially to
Don as Gene One most rely on Teri and her team in order for a new advance research.
[Incorrect indentation] When a company goes public is subject to more external demands
with regard to their endeavors, once the announcement is make . [do not leave a space before a
period] Gene [Attach the period to the last word of the sentence, not the first] One will have
their eight years of works on the hope of a successful IPO implementation. Gene One also
requires the capital that the IPO will generate for its development marketing and, [Remove
comma after a conjunction as first word in a sentence unless it precedes a parenthetical
phrase] advertisement. Their current leadership problems may become public once the
announcement is making. The profit generator off the company the researcher [If this means
yourself, avoid referring to yourself in the third person; if this is a personal account, use
the first person (I, me, my)] Teri is uncertain to stay in the company and work to accomplish
the new goals. Don, the CEO, has a weak leadership and some team members do not
communicate well. Going public with a weak team may cause Gene to allow the competition to
penetrate weak areas. Although Gene One is facing all these issues, combating them might
[Check word usage: Use "might" to indicate an uncertain possibility. Use "may" for a
possibility almost a sure thing] eventually provide several opportunities for the company.
Opportunity Identification
[Incorrect indentation] When transformations happen in a corporation there are many
possibilities that the company would come forward with a better prospect. By implementing
some conflict resolution and team negotiation classes and improving employee skills in
combating these issues, the Gene One team will be more effective in their [Check pronoun
agreement--if "their" refers to "employee" (or a singular subject), it should be singular,
too (his or her)] collaboration with each other. Their leadership team can begin to work
together to have one common goal and motivate their employees toward the same goal. As Don
begins to put his personal feeling aside and start implementing the seven competencies of
effective leaders, the Gene One leadership team can become cohesive and confident in their
upcoming endeavors. They can continue to improve and produce positive results that would take
the company to a higher level.
[Incorrect indentation] Gene One by solving their internal crisis will be up to the
superior great [Writing suggestion: "great" is an overworked word, too frequently seen,
and too vague. It has too many meanings: huge, superior, numerous, etc. Besides "much,"
a "great deal" can mean an excellent transaction. Use a more specific adjective] opportunity
of emerging as a new and improved company. Building the new Gene One team is a great
opportunity, and they will become more effective by working in their internal conflicts with the
main purpose of working together as a team in their common goal and as leaders they could
inspire their employees toward the same goal. In educating the leaders Gene One will be
flourishing in their project as those managers will be embarking the employees in seeing the
benefits of the company’s plan. Properly staffing will also be a great prospect for the company
that will lead them to achieve their goals of an IPO announcement in three years. Gene One
needs to prepare them for the future with a team that can adapt to the changing needs of the
company not the other way around. According to McShane and Glinow, companies are more
likely to succeed with adaptive cultures that change with the changing needs of the internal and
external aspect of the organization, (2008). Gene One’s success in part is lying in the capability
of their team to adapt to their organizational needs. Changing the culture within the organization
is a great opportunity to secure the internal and external transformations that will occur within
the organization. The decisions that they make would not only affect the company but will also
affect other groups of people known as the stakeholders.
Stakeholder Perspectives/Ethical Dilemmas
[Incorrect indentation] The executive team is face with improving the company’s status
or risk going under. By choosing for the company to go to a higher level, they will increase the
company’s annual growth by 40% percent. They are confronting some ethical dilemmas before
making the decision to the IPO announcement. By going forward with the IPO decision without
the support of some of the management team, Don will be risking the investment made by most
of the management team and other employees; going public for Gene One without the total
approval may imply bad press to the company. However, the company needs to focus more in a
strategy that address their problems and present solutions. Another issue is the possibility that
there could be some employee’s desertion as the result of the new policies. On the other the
Board members are mostly concern [The participle form of "concern" is "concerned"] with
the success of their proposed strategy, by the company having the most skilled individuals to
make the IPO successful. Potential investors, who are also an important group of Gene’s
stakeholders, can [Remove comma] affect the project if Gene One becomes unsuccessful in
their endeavor, potential investors will lose assurance in the industry therefore there their
investment capital for research will be at risk.
Proposed Solutions
[Incorrect indentation] The first step should be for Gene One to stop focusing on the
problem and to begin generating the necessary changes to embrace their goals. As part of the
solutions the company should put into practice a request for a meeting with employees and
managers in order for all the staff to be acknowledged of the IPO plan. As well as an edifying
program in which the teams would benefit from conflict resolution, emotional intelligence,
adaptability and, [Remove comma after a conjunction as first word in a sentence unless it
precedes a parenthetical phrase] negotiation programs, also should improve the current
employee skills in combating these issues, the Gene One team will become more effective in
their [his or her] collaboration with each other. The efficiency of all the training programs
would be measure by [Check spelling--should this be the participle (measured)?]
incorporation the employees surveys to the company. The proper coordination of this program
should not be the unquestionable responsibility of Human Resources, it is important that Gene’s
leaders start working together in the planning of this training.
[Incorrect indentation] The leadership team should start working together to set
common goals and be able to motivate their employees toward attaining them. As part of their
transformational approach the company should recognize the role that each department plays in
the organization, most of the misperceptions occur for lack of understanding of each other’s roles
as part as the corporation. The next six most should be the target for each department leader to
have a presentation on what are their responsibilities and contributions in their [his or her] area
within the company. A perfect example of this was the miscommunication in the meeting when
Michelle asked Teri for an ETA for the next research to be completed.
[Incorrect indentation] The leaders should be part of special leadership trainings to
become transformational leaders. Developing their leadership team is a priority for Gene One in
be converted into a cohesive and confident group while working in their upcoming
accomplishments. Don must work on his leadership skills and put his personal feelings aside and
allow HR to do their job of hiring the appropriate individuals to help the company be successful
in their plan. GENE ONE [Do not use all capitals in academic writing--unless in trade name,
an acronym, or the running head ] needs to take the necessary steps to transform the
company’s cultural behavior and embrace changes. To get everyone involve, Don should come
up with a reporting tool to update everyone in the company with the realities and progress stage
they are facing with the IPO implementation, when people is include they will more motivated to
work on a particular goal. In educating the team members on the returns of the proposed goals,
the cultural organization will start to change and Don will be successful in getting all integrated
in the project.
[Incorrect indentation] Charles also needs to start moving ahead on the next stage,
which is to develop his marketing strategy; Michelle needs to be educated on her new role to
have the financial matters taking care of before on a timely manner. Teri and her team need to
understand that Gene One is not putting a timer on their experiments, they just need a more
practical approach as the company is transforming. It is necessary that the company hire an
individual with prior IPO experience that can assist with the transition while educate the leaders
of the organization on his/her [This awkward construction is a shortcut appropriate in a legal
document, but avoid using it in academic writing. Write it out] new prospects. Under the
current circumstances the company would not be successful unless all are on “the same page”
and start generating change. Gene One must combat their current issues to distinguish the
prospects that will come with better investments to develop new technology and increase the
company's annual growth by 40 % [The percent symbol should be attached to the number] .
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