Team Management Activity and Reflection

This assignment focuses on how the management practices of planning,  leading, organizing, staffing, and controlling are implemented in your  workplace. Using the Ashford University Library and other credible  online resources, find three Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) that provide information on Amazon.com’s business structure.

Here is the scenario and situation:

Assume you are an employee working in the Amazon warehouse, and you  pack orders and categorize them into small, medium, and large batches.  You are considered a packer. You have experience packing all sizes and  have been with the organization for two years. You are considered one of  their best employees, you have a solid reputation for being a hard  worker, and all of your orders are packed correctly. You have also been  busy; you recently completed Amazon’s management training program, and  you have completed your BABA degree at the Forbes School of Business and  Technology at Ashford University.

Congratulations: You have just been promoted to manager. You will be  relocated to a new plant that is two hours away that employs 100  employees. You will oversee a team of 10 supervisors and 90 packers and  will now oversee the entire warehouse operation. How will you work to  use and apply the five functions of management?

Now let’s apply the five functions. In your paper, include the following sections:

• Planning: Examine the specific areas you will choose to manage that fall under the planning function. 
  
  
  
  • For example, what might be some of the things you will plan to do  and implement to build an effective team and culture? People are the  most important resource in any business, what do you plan to do to build  a positive team culture? What processes and systems do you plan to use?
  
  
  
  


• Organizing: Assess if the present structure that Amazon has set up is working. 
  
  
  
  • Do you need to make or suggest any changes to make it more efficient  and effective? What structure will you use and implement? Explain how  you will use departmentalization in your organizational structure.
  
  
  
  


• Staffing: Analyze your staffing needs. 
  
  
  
  • How do you intend to staff your organization and replace members  that leave or are promoted? How does the HR process apply? What things  (if any) will you suggest?
  
  
  
  


• Leading: Justify the leadership theory and style you will follow to ensure efficiency. 
  
  
  
  • Will you use transformational or transactional leadership? Why or why not?
  
  
  
  


• Controls: Identify what controls and measures you will implement. 
  
  
  
  • How will you apply the four steps of control (these are in Chapter  7; i.e., establishing standards, measuring performance, comparing  performance, and making decisions)?
  
  
  
  

Be sure to integrate vocabulary learned throughout this course and  citations from the text to support your analysis. The paper should be  five to six double-spaced pages in length, must include at least three  scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook, and be formatted  according to APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing  Center.

The Team Management Activity and Reflection paper

• Must be five to six double-spaced pages in length (not including  title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as  outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).


• Must include a separate title page with the following: 
  
  
  
  • Title of paper
  
  
  • Student’s name
  
  
  • Course name and number
  
  
  • Instructor’s name
  
  
  • Date submitted
  
  
  
  


• Must use at least three scholarly, peer reviewed, and/or credible sources in addition to the course text. 
  
  
  
  • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)  table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you  have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this  assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the  final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a  particular assignment.
  
  
  
  


• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.


• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.