The informativeness principle contains the idea that organizations need to use all indicators available, at a low cost, that will help the organization with the measurement of employee output. Under this principle, the 360-degree performance evaluations are supported because this type of evacuations is intended to be a thorough evaluation of the individual performance. Moreover, the informativeness principle relies on the premise that there are other employees performing similar tasks, and therefore can be use as a source of information. One of the benefits of using the informativeness principle in evaluations is that the principle reduces the risk of non-manageable factors. However, this type of evaluations might face some problems such as the amount of sources that need to be scrutinized in order to have a complete and fair evaluation. Moreover, if peers are to be a source of information, the organization need to implement systems to guarantee that the information provided by peers is unbiased; however, establishing those systems could be against the principle of informativeness which calls for a low cost of the information obtained. Brickley, Smith, & Zimmerman, 2016)
6. (10 pts.) Reflecting on what you have learned in this course, discuss the relevance of Responsible Stewardship in the context of economic analysis and organizational architecture.
MBA-540 has helping me in understanding the mechanics and concepts of managerial economics and how this mechanics and concepts affect business decisions. Regarding Responsible Stewardship, it is important to understand that organizations have more objectives besides Shareholder Wealth Maximization. Although Responsible Stewardship might not to be used in every organization because of its characteristics, it is clear that have its advantages for the organizations and for the individuals such leadership, motivation and trust. Although the concept of Responsible Stewardship has many advantages, it also has drawbacks, as one of concepts learned in this course, the law of diminishing returns, we can not obtain some benefit without giving away other, in this case, profits or the increase in value for the organization’s shareholders.
Bibliography Brickley, J. A., Smith, C. W., & Zimmerman, J. L. (2016). Managerial Economics and Organizational Architecture (6th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin Publishing. Brickley, Smith, & Zimmerman, 2016)
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