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The strength and weakness of an organizational culture
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For the interview assignment in Team Dynamics, I chose to speak with Dan Kidd. He is a self-employed Certified Public Accountant (CPA), who lives in Cullowhee, NC. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting in 1972 from the University of South Carolina. For the next five years, he earned his CPA and increasing management positions in a CPA firm. Except for a couple of years, he has held a private practice since 1977. Due to recent changes in professional standards, Kidd has also received the credential of Chartered Global Management Accountant, (CGMA) which shows he “achieved proficiency and leadership in management” (“AICPA CIMA Joint”, 2011) Mr. Kidd stated that his workplace has evolved throughout the years, foremost dependent upon the amount of clients’ work he had. From there, he said building a team is a constant process of matching his employees and their abilities to work that reflects suitable pay with appropriate charges for the clients. If a college age worker could enter data the same way a CPA could, then it would be best for the client if the less experienced and hence lesser fee be charged for that portion of the work. When asked about the makeup of his team of workers, Mr. Kidd said there are many factors to be taken into consideration. All weaknesses and strengths need to be taken into consideration when deciding if, where and how a person can work at the office. Workers need to have a concept of a client’s business if they interact with them, as well as social skills that put them at ease. Attention has to be placed on how the personalities in an office create one organism. If someone does a task well, but lacks important social skills, then it can be co... ... middle of paper ... ...ICPA, CIMA Joint Venture Would Offer New Management Accounting Designation. (2011, March 3). Journal of Accountancy. Retrieved December 8, 2013, from http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/Web/20113959.htm MindTools.com. (2013). Resolving Team Conflict: Building Stronger Teams by Facing Your Differences. [Online]. Available from: www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMM_79.htm. [Accessed: December 7, 2013]. Sirgy, M. J., Efraty, D., Siegel, P., & Dong-Jin, L. (2001). A new measure of quality of work life (QWL) based on need satisfaction and spillover theories. Social Indicators Research, 55(3), 241-302. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/197620843?accountid=12381 Wageman, R., Gardner, H., & Mortensen, M. (2012). The changing ecology of teams: New directions for teams research. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33, 301–315. doi:10.1002/job.1775