Week 6 Assignment

Please see attached assignment for week 6. Must be completed by 08 January 2018.

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6

Assignment

“

Whole

Foods

Case

Study

Questions

”

Review the Whole Foods Case Study (pp. 1

–

6) and answer the question

s connected to Chapters 8, 9, 10,

11, and 12 as listed below.

 

Responses to each question should range from 100

–

200 words.

 

Your paper

should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards (12 point Times New Roman font, double

–

spacing, 1″ margins, ti

tle and reference pages).

 

Be sure to use the text and/or other sources to support

your responses and properly cite the use of such.

1.

Is John Mackey a transformational leader?

 

Why or why not?

(Ch 8)

2.

Whole Foods’ open

–

boo

k policy allows all associates to have full access to all information about

the company and its executives.

 

(a) Would this degree of open communication work as well in

other companies?

 Why or why not?  

(b) What impact do you think this degree of transpar

ency

has on the attitudes and behaviors of Whole Foods associates? (Ch 9)

3.

What group

decision

–

making pitfalls appear most likely within Whole Foods teams and which

decision-

making techniques would you recommend to counter those pitfalls? (Ch 10)

4.

What polic

ies and procedures does Whole Foods enact that allows it to develop successful

associate teams? (Ch 11)

5.

Whole Foods has been opposed to unionization of it associates.

 

However, associates in a

Madison, Wisconsin store recently voted to become unionized.

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hat type of conflicts or power

struggles may have led this to occur? (Ch 12)

W6

Assignment

“Whole

Foods

Case

Study

Questions
”

Review the Whole Foods Case Study (pp. 1
–
6) and answer the question
s connected to Chapters 8, 9, 10,
11, and 12 as listed below.

Responses to each question should range from 100
–
200 words.

Your paper
should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards (12 point Times New Roman font, double
–
spacing, 1″ margins, ti
tle and reference pages).

Be sure to use the text and/or other sources to support
your responses and properly cite the use of such.

1.

Is John Mackey a transformational leader?

Why or why not? (Ch 8)

2.

Whole Foods’ open
–
boo
k policy allows all associates to have full access to all information about
the company and its executives.

(a) Would this degree of open communication work as well in
other companies?

Why or why not?

(b) What impact do you think this degree of transpar
ency
has on the attitudes and behaviors of Whole Foods associates? (Ch 9)

3.

What group decision
–
making pitfalls appear most likely within Whole Foods teams and which
decision
–
making techniques would you recommend to counter those pitfalls? (Ch 10)

4.

What polic
ies and procedures does Whole Foods enact that allows it to develop successful
associate teams? (Ch 11)

5.

Whole Foods has been opposed to unionization of it associates.

However, associates in a
Madison, Wisconsin store recently voted to become unionized.

W
hat type of conflicts or power
struggles may have led this to occur? (Ch 12)

W6 Assignment “Whole Foods Case Study Questions”

Review the Whole Foods Case Study (pp. 1-6) and answer the questions connected to Chapters 8, 9, 10,

11, and 12 as listed below. Responses to each question should range from 100-200 words. Your paper

should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards (12 point Times New Roman font, double-

spacing, 1″ margins, title and reference pages). Be sure to use the text and/or other sources to support

your responses and properly cite the use of such.

1. Is John Mackey a transformational leader? Why or why not? (Ch 8)

2. Whole Foods’ open-book policy allows all associates to have full access to all information about

the company and its executives. (a) Would this degree of open communication work as well in

other companies? Why or why not? (b) What impact do you think this degree of transparency

has on the attitudes and behaviors of Whole Foods associates? (Ch 9)

3. What group decision-making pitfalls appear most likely within Whole Foods teams and which

decision-making techniques would you recommend to counter those pitfalls? (Ch 10)

4. What policies and procedures does Whole Foods enact that allows it to develop successful

associate teams? (Ch 11)

5. Whole Foods has been opposed to unionization of it associates. However, associates in a

Madison, Wisconsin store recently voted to become unionized. What type of conflicts or power

struggles may have led this to occur? (Ch 12)