Service as a leader has a different approach from the traditional leadership which was more of dictating commands and rules. Here the leader offers support to his juniors and involves them in decision making. Service leadership is more of empowering others in a compassionate manner to promote service to humanity while being a role model. On this paper I focus on myself as a service leader in a Red Cross drive for blood donation.

Blood transfusion is a major life saver in times of disasters or even in hospitals in cases of blood loss or chemotherapy. This blood usually comes from volunteers and goes through screening to ensure it is safe for the patient. Most people have misconceptions about blood …

Introduction

Effective managers and leaders comprise people who lead their employees successfully through change initiatives. In essence, change directly affects all employees and so a manager needs to gain enthusiastic support of their employees to institute successful change processes. In this assignment, I intend to discuss how a manager can prepare for change and ways that he or she can enhance employees’ readiness for imminent change.

Q1: 1. Discuss the importance of preparing the organization for change. Use references and actual anecdotes where possible.

It is significant to prepare an organization in the wake of imminent change. I believe that preparing an organization for change is significant because it helps identify essential information and employee competencies. Per Neal (2008), it …

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Moreover, the concept of workplace diversity is concerned with the harmonious relations of workers hailing from diverse backgrounds in the workplace. Workplace diversity involves the employment of a workforce composed of workers hailing from diverse ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds (Lawrence & Weber, 2014). Diversity focuses on the harmonious interaction of workers from different backgrounds to maximize the divergent attributes of each worker for the benefit of an organization. However, diversity in the workplace should be executed in accordance with the national labor laws and any other relevant regulations and policies that restrict the operations of a business. In the United States of America, it is unlawful to hire immigrants who lack the requisite permission to …

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The primary stakeholders’ concerns and the major challenge that the Coca-Cola Company faced was the quality and availability of freshwater. The impact of water use on the local communities in areas where the company operated was immense. The huge amount of water that Coca-Cola was using in its production process without replenishing was putting pressure on the groundwater and other water supplies. For example, activists complained that the company’s bottling plants in Kerala, India were consuming too much water, thus depriving the local communities of water supply for drinking and irrigation purposes. Another group, organized in the United States, attempted to convince the consumers to boycott Coca-Cola products for failing to address the water use concerns …

Stakeholders in Sustainable Business Transformation

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Wood and coal are still being used by many households across the world to fuel open fires and the traditional cookstoves. Many believe that this practice has significantly devastated the global environment and has adversely affected human’s health. Therefore, many describe it an unsustainable and are calling for effective measures to be put in place to eliminate the effects of the practice. Various global environmental issues such as global warming, a decline in biodiversity, destruction of the ozone and others are associated with use of woods and coal in fueling open fires and traditional cookstoves (Wathore, Mortimer & Grieshop, 2017). These fuels usually harm human health due to the toxic smoke …

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Ethics refers to the morals principals that guide behavior. Different communities have distinct ethical standards. In businesses, ethics demand that individuals conduct themselves in a manner that not only benefits the business but also the community (Lawrence & Weber, 2016). as much as business owners want to engage in practices that are beneficial to the society, they also want to ensure that they make profits. However, community members prefer to associate with corporations that alight with their values and beliefs so corporations strive to observe ethics in communities in which they operate.

Rules of a given area govern how business is conducted in the area. for example, businesses in Africa observe to different ethical standards from …

Corporate Ethical Codes

Corporate codes of ethics direct the behaviors and decisions of corporate entities and their stakeholders. Thus, these codes of ethics are very important in any conventional workplace, and the decision to institute them is founded on the existence of a universal code of ethics to which all are expected to adhere and the need to have a stringent behavior code that distinguishes corporate entities from each other. In spite of the existence of a universal code of ethics and the need for corporate codes of ethics, it is not presumable that the universal set of ethical standards would suffice for all businesses (Schwartz, 2002). Each business has a unique set of characteristics, strategic plans, goals and vision, …

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I believe that it is impossible to develop a universal set of ethical standards for organizations. Empirically, cultural differences make it practically impossible to have a universally accepted set of ethical standards. There are a few universal moral standards, such as trustworthiness and truthfulness, which apply to almost all societies and businesses. However, significant variations exist between what societies consider to be ethically right or wrong, moral or immoral, and fair or unfair (Donaldson, 1996). Instead of having a universal set of standards, societies have multiple sets of ethical standards that are largely influenced by cultural practices, religious beliefs, customs, traditions, and behaviors. Trying to impose a strict code of conduct for a particular culture or …

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The performance-expectations gap is a break or difference between the performance of an organization and the needs and expectations of stakeholders. In the Water Neutrality Initiative case at Coca-Cola, the performance-expectations gap concerned the issue of heavy use of water in Coca-Cola’s operations and productions in the face of concerns about depleting groundwater and safe drinking water resources. Coca-Cola utilizes huge quantities of water in its operations, for beverages production, cleaning bottles and equipment, workplace sanitation, and preparations of ingredients (tea, sugar, coffee, etc.). The need for water in Coca-Cola’s operations and production processes was so huge that the CEO observed that it had no business being and operating in communities without access to water.

Coca Cola provided …

Power struggles in companies are common and often lead to a division of the organization, poor performance, and high rates of employee turnover. The Koch Brother have been fighting each on the leadership of their company and power distribution for many years. Their father, Fred, started the company during the early 1900s and made it a successful and profitable organization. He had four sons, Fred, William, Charles, and David, who paired up and battled each other over the years for power and money. Their disputes affected their interaction and ability to work together as they were constantly looking for tactics to outdo each other.

Sources of Power

Charles was the CEO of the company and his power stemmed from his …