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1 Running head: ALL IN A DAY’S WORK CASE STUDY

All in A Day’s Work Case Study Joseph L Hudson MGT517 Organizational Behavior Instructor: Mr. Bryan Oxley 16 March 2021

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Whol eFoodssour cesut i l i z eshumanr esour cesasacour seofupperhandsbygi vi ngt he r epr es ent at i v essensat i onofv oi ceandhavi ngt heopt i ont ohav eani ncr edi bl ecl i mat ef ort hei r wor k er st oneedt owor kandbecheer f ul .anot herwayt heyk eept hes er i ousedgei st hateach pai nst ak i ngl yc hosenwor k eri shandchos enanddeci dedon,andt heygetamul t iweekt i mef or t est i ngandt owar dt hefini shoft hatt heyar eext endedt ot heempl oymentoppor t uni t y .i nanycas e, t hatnotj us tt ak esi nt ocons i der at i ont hes t or est ok eepr epr esent at i v est hatneedt owor kt her ey et al l owst hem t owor kcl osewi t hdi r ect or sandheadsoft hegr oupt heyar eon.however ,t hataswel las t heent i r et yoft hechoi cesoft hest or ehass ayorsomebodyi nt hes t or ehashadcont r i but i ont ot he assi s t ancegetcol l abor at i onandur gesal lwor k er st ot ak epar tal l ar oundoft hebusi ness. Theadmi ni s t r at i onoft heor gani z at i onhasconfidencei noffer i ngchar act ert oal lcol l eagues . Theyi nc l udet hecol l eaguesi nchoi cesandempowert hei rcooper at i onatdi ffer entdegr eesof busi ness.Theyappr ov ewor k er st ot akechoi cei nr egar dt ot headv ant ageal t er nat i v esl i k edent al , vi si on,i nabi l i t yanddi sas t erpr ot ect i on.Fori ns t anc e,f ul l t i mepar t nerhav ef ul lcl i ni calser vi ceand al ongsi det hatt heyc ansel ectsomeot heradv ant ageal t er nat i v e.Al l t hecol l eaguesappr oacht hef ul l dat aoft heor gani z at i on.Theas soc i at i onk eepsupf ul ls t r ai ght f or war dnes samongt hepar t ner s , consequent l ydr awi ngi nt hehugenumberofi ndi vi dual s .Thecompensat i onoft opheadsi s addi t i onal l yr est r i c t edbyt headmi ni st r at i on;t heycan' thav ei nex ces sofmul t i pl et i mesoft hemos t mi ni mal pai dpar t ner .I ndeed,ev ent heCEO get sj us t$1ev er yy earasacompensat i onandno s t ocks .Thi ssel ect sar r angementofdeal i ngwi t ht hepar t ner shasr esul t anti nal oweri nt ent i onal t ur nov er . Pot ent i alnewaccompl i cesmayappl yf oranyof13gr oupsoft hesor tt hatwor ki nmost Whol eFoodsst or es .Gr oupsbyt hendeci si onont hepos si bi l i t y ,andagai n,af t erani deal oppor t uni t y f ort est i ng.Thi si sokaywi t ht heex cept i onofi fgr oupsr oti nt oat r anscendentget t oget hert endenc y t hatdi sconnect st heat t r i but esoft heper s onasaper f or merf r om char ac t er i st i cspas tt heper s on' s

3 ALL IN A DAY’S WORK CASE STUDY cont r ol ,f ori ns t ance,age,s exualdi r ect i on,ornat i onal i t y .Ev asi onr es t si ngr oupscons ent i ngt ok eep upst andar dsandpr i nc i pl esofac qui r i ngandupk eepl ead.Si nc et hecapaci t yt ocont r acti ss har ed bychi ef swi t ht hosegr oups ,sooughtt obedut yandcommi t menti nr egar dt ot heev ent ualout comes oft hei rt ot al ex er ci sest owar dnewaccompl i ces .Mos tac compl i cesar eenr ol l edi nt hes t or ear eas.I n l i k eway ,Whol eFoodsshoul dgetr eadyf ornor mal orpar ochi al vi ewpoi nt shar deni ngi ngr oups. Accompl i c esshoul dbet ol di nt heasses smentofext ensi v el yv ar i ousgr ouppar t i ci pat i ont ak i ngal l t hi ngst oget herpi ec esofst or eaccompl i shment .I ft heydon' tseet her el at i onshi pwi t hov er al l ex ecut i on,t heymayf ol l owt oocl os et ocont r ac t i ngpeopl egener al l yl i k et hemsel v es . Var i et yi sasoci al affai rbr andname,notani ndi vi dualone.Whol eFoodsi scr eat edar ound l i t t l es oci alev ent sfil l i ngi nasgr oupsal t oget hert heoper at i onal component soft hebus i ness.I ti sn' t adequat ef oranassoc i at i onwi t hi ti sr ecogni z edvi t al besoci al l yski l l edt ohi ghl i ghti ndi v i dual swho ar enotex act l yequi v al entt oot herpeopl e.Thei rt es ti sf oral lgr oupst ohav epeopl enotexact l y equi v al entt oeachot hert ak i ngal lt hi ngst oget hert hecr i t i calpoi nt sexpect edofabusi nessheadand pi oneer .Gi v ent hev ar i et yoft hei rt hi ngsandr eactt omeet i ngcl os ebyt hi ngt endenc i es,havi nga mul t i cul t ur all aborf or cei suns ur pr i si ngwi t ht hi spoi nt .Whol eFoodshassethi ghgoodandmor al gui del i nes;t husl y ,ex actcar ewi t hr espec tt oexpandi ngt hei raccompl i cebas ei sneededf r om t op chi ef st ot hest or efloor s.Obl i gat i onofr ai sedl ev eladmi ni st r at i v epi oneer st oal lv ar i et yt r i esi s defini t el ynothar dt owat chandas ses s,gi v ent hest r ai ght f or war dnesspr omi sedt oal laccompl i ces byt heCEO.Li por gani z at i onwi l lnotwor katWhol eFoods . Whol eFoodssour cesi sagr ocer ys t or ewhi chi sbot hont hewebanddi sconnect ed.I ti s Amer i canbased,andi t sc ent r alcommandar ei nAus t i n,Texas .Wi t ht hecomi ngofgl obal i z at i on, Whol eFoodsshoul ddev el opi t si t em offer i ngj us tasobl i gecl i ent sar oundt hewor l d.Theywoul d basi cal l yneedt oz er oi nonpr ovi di ngqual i t yi t emst ocus t omer sar r angedi ndi ffer entnat i ons.Thi s cal l sf ori mpr ovedst or enet wor kt heex ec ut i v es .Li k ewi se,coor di nat i on’ sshoul dbei mpr ovedt o guar ant eek eepi ngupnat ur eofi t emsanddec r easeorki l lwas t aget hr oughdet er i or at i onorhar m.

4 ALL IN A DAY’S WORK CASE STUDY Thet r anspor t at i ons houl dut i l i z ef undament al gearl i k ef r i dgesandc ool er st oguar ant eepr ot ect i onof f oodsour cesf orl ongert er m.

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