You Have Just Been Appointed as Leader of a New

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Essay

You have just been appointed as leader of a new shipping and receiving unit in your organization. You have been given considerable latitude to select team members from among the existing workforce throughout the organization. However, you are aware of a deeply embedded practice in many areas of the organization where employees engage in horseplay by racing the forklifts. This practice is costly (some forklifts and shipped goods have been damaged). Moreover, there is a safety risk where the forklifts could overturn or run over another employee. Based on your knowledge of preventing or changing dysfunctional team norms, describe four (4) actions to minimize the likelihood that this practice would occur in your new team. Your answer will also explain why each action might be effective.

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Definitions:

Causal Forecasting Methods

Forecasting techniques that assume relationships between the item being forecasted and other variables, such as promotional campaigns or economic conditions, to predict future trends.

Environment Factors

External elements, such as regulatory, social, economic, and ecological conditions, that can influence a company's operations and strategic decisions.

Demand Forecast

The method of predicting the amount of a product or service that customers will buy in the future.

Correlated

When two or more variables are related in some way, meaning that a change in one variable is associated with a change in another.