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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