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1	Apply Organizational behavior knowledge and skills to manage diversified culture in the organizational settings (Lo 2.2).

Assignment 2

Reference Source:

Textbook:-

Colquitt, J. A., LePine, J. A., & Wesson, M. J. (2019). Organizational behaviour: Improving performance and commitment in the workplace (6th ed). Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill Irwin.

Case Study: -

Case: Whole Foods

Please read the case Whole Foods from Chapter 11 Team Characteristics And Diversity

Page: - 362 given in your textbook Organizational behaviour: Improving performance and commitment in the workplace (6th ed). by Colquitt, J. A., LePine, J. A., & Wesson, M. J. (2019) and Answer the following Questions:

Assignment Question(s):

1. What label would best describe the type of team that Whole Foods uses in its stores? Explain.

(1.25 Marks )

2. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of Whole Foods hiring process with respect to managing team composition. (1.25 Marks )

3. What steps could Whole Foods take to mitigate potential disadvantages of their hiring process?

(1.25 Marks )

Part:-2

Discussion Question: Please read Chapter 11 Team Characteristics and Diversity carefully and then give your answers on the basis of your understanding.

4. In which types of teams have you worked? Were these teams consistent with the taxonomy of team types discussed in this chapter, or were they a combination of types? (1.25 Marks )

CASE: WHOLE FOODS Teams are takent very seriously at Whole Foods. Not only are company employees referred to as "lean pembers," but leums ire given in great deal of freedom to make important decisions. For example, teams help decide what items to order and sell, and how to price and promote them Although it might not seem all that unusual for a company to give teams the liberty to make deci- sions so they can carry out their core functional responsibilitics, Whole Foods goes much further in providing autononly to their teams. Perhaps there is no better example of this than how new team members are hired at the company. In most organizations, individuals secking employment fill out an application form or submit a rsume. Those with qualifications that are judged to match a job description are interviewed hy human resource personnel or a manager to make sure the applicant fits with the job and orga nization. At Whole Foods, the process is quite different and much more involved. Applicants not only fill out an application and have one on one interviews with managers, but they also have interviews with pinels composed of recruiters, mundgers, and select team members. Bul that's not all. An applicant who makes it through this process is placed on a team for a 30-day trial period, after which the team votes for whether or not to accept the applicant on their team Applicants who don't get a two-thirds vote are out of that team. They may be placed on a new team, where the trial process begins ancw, or they leave the company. This hiring process typically takes about 60 days and is applicd at all levels of the organization, "from cashiers on checkout teams to financial analysts in the home office. Whole Foods believes 362 CHAPTER 11 Teams: Characteristics and Diversty that hiring decisions should be made by the team members, in part, because they're the ones who are most directly affected by the choices that are made. A new hire who ends up hurting a tcam's performance will reduce bonuses paid to team members, whereas the opposite would be truc of a hire that ends up promoting a team's performance. Whole Foods also believes that the team members themselves are the best judges of who might fit within their team. Finally, involving team members in the hiring process promotes a sense of ownership for the decisiott, and following from this, team members may he more inclined to help a few hire who is struggling to catch on 11.1 What label would best describe the type of leam that Whole Foods uses in its stores? Explain 11.2 Describe the advantages and disadvantages of Whole Foods" hiring process with respect to managing team composition 11.3 What steps could Whole Foods take to mitigate potential disadvantages of their hiring process? Sources D. Hurkus, "Why Whole Foods Huild Its Encine Business en Teoms." Anter, June 2016, https://www.forte.com sitesididhurkus/201606/08/wy whole fonds huild therentire bustessencem'e 155304;C.Fishman, "Whole Foods Is All Teams." Fan April 30, 196, hrwww.fastcampany.com/76671/whaledalheit Whole Foods, Whole Fonda Market History" hr/www.wholefoderare comicamariwelekedneket-Hisyamesed 3.31, 2017). CASE: WHOLE FOODS Teams are takent very seriously at Whole Foods. Not only are company employees referred to as "lean pembers," but leums ire given in great deal of freedom to make important decisions. For example, teams help decide what items to order and sell, and how to price and promote them Although it might not seem all that unusual for a company to give teams the liberty to make deci- sions so they can carry out their core functional responsibilitics, Whole Foods goes much further in providing autononly to their teams. Perhaps there is no better example of this than how new team members are hired at the company. In most organizations, individuals secking employment fill out an application form or submit a rsume. Those with qualifications that are judged to match a job description are interviewed hy human resource personnel or a manager to make sure the applicant fits with the job and orga nization. At Whole Foods, the process is quite different and much more involved. Applicants not only fill out an application and have one on one interviews with managers, but they also have interviews with pinels composed of recruiters, mundgers, and select team members. Bul that's not all. An applicant who makes it through this process is placed on a team for a 30-day trial period, after which the team votes for whether or not to accept the applicant on their team Applicants who don't get a two-thirds vote are out of that team. They may be placed on a new team, where the trial process begins ancw, or they leave the company. This hiring process typically takes about 60 days and is applicd at all levels of the organization, "from cashiers on checkout teams to financial analysts in the home office. Whole Foods believes 362 CHAPTER 11 Teams: Characteristics and Diversty that hiring decisions should be made by the team members, in part, because they're the ones who are most directly affected by the choices that are made. A new hire who ends up hurting a tcam's performance will reduce bonuses paid to team members, whereas the opposite would be truc of a hire that ends up promoting a team's performance. Whole Foods also believes that the team members themselves are the best judges of who might fit within their team. Finally, involving team members in the hiring process promotes a sense of ownership for the decisiott, and following from this, team members may he more inclined to help a few hire who is struggling to catch on 11.1 What label would best describe the type of leam that Whole Foods uses in its stores? Explain 11.2 Describe the advantages and disadvantages of Whole Foods" hiring process with respect to managing team composition 11.3 What steps could Whole Foods take to mitigate potential disadvantages of their hiring process? Sources D. Hurkus, "Why Whole Foods Huild Its Encine Business en Teoms." Anter, June 2016, https://www.forte.com sitesididhurkus/201606/08/wy whole fonds huild therentire bustessencem'e 155304;C.Fishman, "Whole Foods Is All Teams." Fan April 30, 196, hrwww.fastcampany.com/76671/whaledalheit Whole Foods, Whole Fonda Market History" hr/www.wholefoderare comicamariwelekedneket-Hisyamesed 3.31, 2017)