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1. The phases, which are included in team development, need to be known. According to Bruce Tuckman, any group needs to develop and this occurs in four stages. During development of a group, there is a need to ensure that it operates well as it is being formed. The first stage is forming whereby, people have the need for acceptance and this means that they will do anything to avoid conflict and controversy. Each team member has a function, which benefits the team and how they can work to achieve their goals. It is a stage, which is extremely comfortable. The second stage is storming whereby; the addressed issues are important (Katzenbach& Smith, 2003. 45). At this stage, people are easily angered and are likely to confront each other. Culture plays an essential role in this stage. The third stage is norming whereby, tasks are made known to all the group members. Norming is affected by factors such as pressure, which constantly affects the group. In the fourth stage, the group members are capable of working on their own for the benefit of the group. In the work place, the soft skills, which are needed by employers, are team work, and attitude which is proactive, ability to solve problems, communication skill as well as being able to provide services.
2 .An example of a team, which I have participated in, is the one in school. All the students were expected to carry out a task in various groups. Each person was to contribute towards the group’s success. During the stage of formation, many problems occurred. The members did not get along well with each other. This is because some of them had personal differences with each other. After everyone was made known of their responsibilities, the group was more at ease. Everyone was aware of their responsibility towards the group.
3. Certain characteristics are associated with people in terms of the negative behaviors they express while in their teams. Such groups tend to have members who are constantly complaining. This means that they will often oppose the opinions of others as they believe theirs is better. These people, also, do not have any initiative and will often depend on others to do their own tasks. They rely much on other people rather than themselves (Seidman, 2007.23). They also do not have goals, which are clear. This in turn affects the other members of the group in that they make them lose focus. Output and productivity from them is extremely low and this may lead to dismal performance by the group as they are also being affected.
4. When I was a member of a team in class, there was one person who behaved in a negative manner. The task which the group was given was an assignment, which ensures that everyone had a specific task. The person with negative traits was constantly complaining. They believed that they had been given a hard task as compared to others. The person’s output during brainstorming was not rewarding. The team was affected by the behavior of the team member. The team’s morale was affected to the point whereby, a decision was made to remove the person from the team. This means that negative characteristics should not be allowed as they have negative consequences to others.
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Katzenbach, R. & Smith, K. (2003). The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization. New York: Harper Business Essentials.
Seidman, D. (2007). How: Why how we do anything means everything. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
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Executive Summary
The products department in Momentive Specialty Chemicals Company, which is based in the United States aims at developing a cosmetic which is all natural. Adding onto the aspect of the chemical being all natural is the aspect of lack of silicone in the cosmetic. The company is the most outstanding globally in the manufacturing and production of specialty chemicals among other materials it specializes with. Silicone is a gel that, from research and studies that have been conducted about it, could have adverse negative effects to the consumers of products that contain the chemical (Agrawal, 2013). The innovation is aimed at producing a cosmetic that is free of silicone and this is aimed at ensuring that the cosmetic would not have adverse after effects on the well being of customers (Sarah, 2006).
Business Model and Strategic Plan
Existing Business
Currently, Momentive Specialty Chemicals manufactures products that have silicone as one of the component compounds. The company does not produce its products with the chemical in it with the aim of causing any harm to the clients. The company produces products with silicone in order to ensure that the products that reach customers are in the best stature and improved forms as much as possible. Silicone is used as a key component in some of the company’s products for the following reasons; the product silicone plays a key role in modifying the surfaces of the products, enhancing the wetness and better spreading of products, enhancing the softness and improving conditioning of the products and enhancing foam control for the products of the company. Silicone is a key additive in helping achieve these objectives in manufacturing and the development of the company’s products currently (Sarah, 2006).
New Business Division
There being a new division in the company, it is the role of everyone in the division to ensure and see to it that the products of the company are improved and enhanced more. The new division aims at achieving the goal of developing cosmetics that have no silicon compound content in them. This aims to be achieved through the redefined vision and mission in the division which borrow a lot from the vision of the company (Armstrong, 1996).
The New division is highly determined to see to it that the products already being produced, which are not judged of being of poor quality are improved and enhanced in the next few years. Improvement is aimed at beginning with enhancement of the value of the products and the enhanced safety of the products to their end users and consumers.
The company’s vision is the utility of the available resources in seeing to it that as a world leader in the manufacture of chemicals, it embarks on innovativeness in enhancing the quality of their products. Improvement in the quality of the products of the company is aimed at ensuring the lives of consumers are improved and the wants or needs of the clients are met accordingly (Armstrong, 1996).
Business Model and Strategic Plan Part II
SWOT Analysis
A SWOT analysis is an important tool and guide that is meant at ensuring that opportunities and other aspects of a corporation or a business are in check. It serves as a guide on what ought to be improved and enhanced for better performance among other aspects
Strengths
Momentive is the global leader in the Chemical Industry and this gives it an upper hand if the cosmetic that has no traces of silicon is developed. The current wide consumer base gives the company the certainty that the product is more likely to be consumed once it is developed. This way, successful development of the product does not face a great risk. The company would easily influence consumption since it would be able to convince its customers on the fact that the new cosmetic is far much better and safer for the customers (Armstrong, 1996).
Momentive is a company that is financially stable. It is the global leader in the production and sales of chemicals. This translates to the fact that the company can be able to finance for research and development activities in a bid to develop cosmetics that are free of the product silicon. Lack of financial stability and strength is a factor that causes hardships and a barrier to the development of new products and services, especially small and medium sized companies (Armstrong, 1996).
Weaknesses
The greatest weakness in producing or manufacturing cosmetics that have zero component of the compound silicon is ensuring that the new cosmetics have exactly similar or better quality and characteristics that could have been attracting consumers when the chemical silicon was included in the end products. Other market players and competitors could exploit the opportunity and try to make consumers see and think that the company was selling poor quality products knowingly. This could greatly harm the reputation of the company and its products globally. The new cosmetics must be made the company to appear like new or reformed products but the negative aspect of silicon that was rid off not be included to be among the reasons for the new cosmetic products (Westhues, 2001).
The sales of the company could decrease rapidly or be affected in a big way if the new cosmetics to be developed are to take the place of already existing cosmetic products, that are being highly consumed and that are liked by customers. The already existent products definitely have the chemical silicon in them. Once the new products that are free of silicon are introduced, the fact that they lack silicon in them could make them lose certain characteristics. This could make the products to lose attractiveness by their consumers and consumption could reduce drastically. This could affect the goals and targets of the company in a great way in terms of sales (Armstrong, 1996).
Opportunities
Many producers and manufacturers of cosmetics always use silicon as a component chemical compound. Many of these companies can barely manufacture cosmetics that are void of this chemical compound. However, the compound is harmful to their consumers in many different ways. According to trends in the current day and age, people are concerned more about the safety of products they consume. If the company could be capable of producing products that have zero compounds of silicon, and the company explain it to the clients on the importance of using the cosmetic that is free of silicon, then it is expected that there being no other silicon free cosmetics, it would be much easier to attract a wider global consumer base since many consumers would prefer t consume products with no silicon compounds in them (Westhues, 2001).
Many governments in the world have been banning cosmetics that are likely to affect the health of their consumers. This way, many countries have a deficiency of cosmetics. The innovation and subsequent development and manufacturing of products that have no silicon components in them is expected to attract support of governments and greater access to customers globally (Agrawal, 2013).
Threats
The greatest threat to the development of the new product is if it the innovation fails to produce cosmetics that are suitable enough and meet the standards that customers require. Failure to meet the requirements of customers could affect consumption and subsequent sales by the company. This would be dangerous for continued growth and development of thee company globally.
Technological advancements in the modern day and age are also a big threat. Through the application of advanced technologies, other cosmetic companies would easily develop products at greater ease and costs while Momentive invests a lot of its capital in research and development of silicon free cosmetics. If other companies apply technology, the cost of their products would be much lower and production would be more efficient hence beating the company in terms of sales (Westhues, 2001).
Environmental Analysis
Failure to use silicon chemical compound in the manufacture and subsequent development of the company’s products is aimed at reducing and cutting on the company’s contribution towards environmental pollution and degradation. The company aims at in every way possible; reduce the amount of environmental damage caused by the operations of the company. The company aims at enhancing and promoting sustainability and promoting environmental conservation as much as possible.
Business Model and Strategic Plan Part III
Assumptions
There is a strong belief that though there has previously been no cosmetic products’ lacking the compound silicon, the development of products with no silicon will be a dream come true at Momentive. The new product is also expected to have no negative effects and impacts on the skin of consumer. It is also assumed that a shift by consumers from using cosmetic products that have silicon to those that do not have the chemical component is to be smooth and with little or no hurdles or negative impacts in anhy given way (Agrawal, 2013).
Risks
The sales of the company are highly at stake. Failure to have a smooth transition would mean that it would be harder and more complicated for consumers to turn round and back to using the old products. The company would also not turn back to old products since it would make consumers to have little trust in the company.
Summary of Strategic Objectives
The new cosmetic products with little or zero content of silicon are the primary goal of the new innovation. The new product has a long term objective of building and enhancing the trust of customers in the company’s products and ensuring that the consumers of the company’s products are safe from any health hazard that could be as a result of silicon content or traces in their cosmetic products. The new cosmetic products are expected to have better reception by customers who will feel safer as they use the new products.
Conclusion
The new cosmetic products that are expected to be free of the chemical product silicon are meant to be an innovation that is a key objective in the company’s vision and goals. The company aims at embarking on innovation in product development to ensure that the developed products suit the needs of their customers.
References
Agrawal, N. (2013). “Silicone-induced granuloma after injection for cosmetic purposes: A rare entity of calcitriol-mediated hypercalcemia”. Case Reports in Medicine .
Armstrong, M. (2006). A handbook of Human Resource Management Practice. London: Kogan Page .
Armstrong, M. (1996). Management Processes and Functions. London.
Menon, A. (1999). “Antecedents and Consequences of Marketing Strategy Making”. Journal of Marketing .
Sarah, K. (2006). Silicone’s scary side effects. SALON .
Westhues, A. (2001). “A SWOT analysis of social work education in Canada”. The International Journal .
Bureaucracy and You
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There are many ways through, which the United States federal government regulates the lives of people. It mostly takes place in the form of the federal bureaucracy. The latter is involved in regulation, administration and implementation, and they are considered as being the most vital functions of the federal bureaucracy. When congress passes a law, they have to be put into practice as policies, and this is known as implementation. Administrative discretion has to be used by the federal bureaucracy as various implications are raised. Certain times, the risk of criticism from congress, the president, as well as from interest groups is inevitable. This means that certain foods are allowed into the country while others are not. The other function is of an administration nature, which is similar to that of an office, as its nature is routine based (Shmoop, 2011).
The other functions, as part of the administration role, include; conducting tests, permit issuing and fees collection. The administrative tasks should not be questioned as a policy goal implementation is the work of a federal bureaucracy. The public is given regulations and rules through the power of the federal bureaucracy. Regulations refer to state and federal programs that operate under certain rules. It is through rule making that the enactment of the administrative process occurs. Specialized agencies are given the power to formulate regulations and rules as congress does not have technical knowledge and time. An example of a specialized agency in charge of television and radio networks is the Federal Communications Commission (Shmoop, 2011). This means that programs that American watch and listens to are regulated by this agency. The federal bureaucracy is also in charge of government corporations, and examples include Amtrak, U.S. Postal Service and the Tennessee Valley Authority. The latter were formed to take charge of services in the private sector. Lastly, the other role of the federal bureaucracy is to be in charge of independent executive agencies. This means that it acts under the power and will of the American president.
This means that there are many sectors through, which the federal government, affects the lives of American. The regulated activity that surprises me most is that bureaucrats cannot question administrative functions of the federal bureaucracy. For example, the personnel at immigration give permits to immigrants allowing them to work in the United States. This is despite the fact that it might endanger the immigration policy at should be outlawed as immigrants with evil intentions might have their way in the United States. I was least surprised by the fact that the federal bureaucracy is in charge of issuing permits for businesses. This is because the government has the authority of regulating the businesses that take place in the United States (Shmoop, 2011).
The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has its roots in the year 1848, and the pioneer is known as Lewis Caleb. It was a federal agency responsible for consumer protection. The introduction of a Pure Food and Drugs Act took place in the year 1906. In turn, for many years, there has been a need to ensure that the market place is favorable for consumers. This is because there have been several instances of problems concerning drugs and foods. The FDA ensures that it regulates various sectors of the economy that are associated with public health. They include; dietary supplements, food safety, blood transfusions, and tobacco products, among others. FDA also has vetted areas in other sectors that are not drugs or food. Apart from that, there are other agencies that are under the regulation of the FDA, such as Office of Compliance, Office of New Drugs, and Botanical review team, among others.
Recently it has come up with new regulations concerning the marketing of certain products in America. The regulation is applicable to sunscreen products, which are sold over the counter. This is in the year 2011, in the month of June, and the sunscreen products are non prescription. The reason for coming up with new regulations is because of the constant changes concerning the effectiveness and safety of the sunscreen products. The new regulation can be found in regulatory documents that are four in number. They include; Draft Guidance for Industry, Proposed Rule Making, an Advance Notice and A Final Rule (Burgess, 2011).
Its recent press release was for the purposes of ensuring that issues on sunscreen are known by the American public. The information is vital as it can prevent people from aging early, and skin cancer is drastically reduced. The FDA requires that consumers are provided with information regarding the sunscreen products that they are using. This means that the products should be clearly labeled to reduce the negative impacts of using sunscreen. Also, the sunscreen products will be tested to ensure that the broad spectrum and UVB rays’ spectrum are labeled. This is because the latter elements are known to cause skin cancer and sunburn. A lot is being done by the FDA to ensure that all sunscreen products in the United States are made using safe ingredients. By the year 2012, the new regulations will be put into action according to the FDA. It mostly focuses on sunscreen companies with earnings that are not above $25,000 (Burgess, 2011).
The FDA is extremely compelling, and there are two aspects that fascinate me a lot. Medical maggots were produced by Dr. Sherman Ronald after he obtained permission from the FDA. The maggots are beneficial as medical prescriptions and for animal and human use. It is intriguing to know that the FDA is involved in such a crucial matter that can assist in treating diseases that affect human beings. The other fascinating fact that I have learnt about the FDA is that it has ventured into other countries such as Chile, India, China, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Costa Rica. This is because the FDA is supposedly meant to be American, yet it has imposed itself in other countries. It is extremely ironical that some drugs and foods it bans are from the mentioned countries, yet it has regulations in those countries. It seems that the FDA is not withstanding in its efforts to ensure that governments are aware of drugs and foods that are not safe. In deed, the work of the FDA is extremely crucial as it ensures that consumers are protected from the sale of harmful products. The Federal bureaucracy is another regulator that serves the needs of American citizens (Burgess, 2011).
References
Givel, Michael. (2005). Philip Morris’ FDA Gambit: Good for Public Health? Journal of Public Health Policy, 26, 450-468.
Burgess, Shelly. (2011). FDA Announces changes to Better Inform Consumers about Sunscreen.FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Retrieved from HYPERLINK “http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm258940.htm” http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm258940.htm
Shmoop. (2011) Federal Bureaucracy: Shmoop Civics Guide. New York: Shmoop University Press.