Developments In Goal Task Performance In Hairdressing Salon Management

Principles of Management

Discuss about the Developments in Goal Task Performance.

Management consulting is the way to help the organizations for its improvement of performances, which is operated primarily by analyzing the current organizational problems and therefore developing improvement plans by minimizing the problems. Management consultant in an organization is the person, who provides professional advices, which helps the organization to run it effectively and successfully (Laudon & Laudon, 2016). Management consultant is an important designation that a company hires to work more effectively efficiently.

The aim of this report is to analyze about how a hairdressing salon called Rock Paper Scissors could be managed successfully in the contemporary Australian Environment. A management consultant hired by the owner of the salon Rock Paper Scissors to help them and give advices about how to better manage the salon. The report will focus on the principle, model and theory of management, which would be required to plan, organize, lead and control the organizational structure of the salon. The report will also discuss the external environmental factors in the context of Australia and contemporary management challenges that the salon is going through. Then, the report will search recommendations that a management consultant can provide. 

Henri Fayol has described the fourteen important essential management principles in his book General and Industrial Management. These principles are the key to the successful management and many organizations across the globe follow it (Morden, 2017). The hairdressing salon Rock Paper and Scissors should follow the necessary management principles and the management consultant should analyze the values this principles and apply it accordingly in the organizational structure.

The salon should follow the division of work or labor principle of management. There should be small distribution of the whole workforce of the salon Rock Paper and Scissors into subdivision of the tasks, which should be based on the expertise and specialization (Morden, 2017). The small division of the whole work would help the organization to handle the work. This type of work division will lead the organization into individual development too.

The salon should maintain the principle of one boss. There should be the one highest authority who will take all the important decisions in the organization. However, he or she should consult with his or her sub-ordinates and take decisions for the purpose of betterment. Thus, this will help the organization to maintain an overall unity as if the employees are receiving information from only one person and it will help them to avoid conflicts and confusions. This is also related to good leadership theory (Quinn et al., 2014).

Model and Theory of Management

The salon management should pay fairly and reasonably to all its employees, as this is the primary motivation for the employees to stick to the work. There should be reward-giving opportunity for its employees as this influences the productivity (Rudani, 2013). The managers should treat kindly to all the employees and develop morale in the workforce of the organization.

The management of the organization should organize first the above-mentioned ideas and execute a proper planning of those ideas. The leader or manager should command over the ideas to all level of employees and co-ordinate it accordingly in the organizational structure.

The management model in this case could be Competing Values Framework. This model is applicable in the salon Rock Paper Scissors to achieve more flexibility and adaptability, however, to maintain the stability and control over its organizational structure. The Quinn and Rohrbaugh propose this management model in 1983. This model is based on the work effectiveness in an organization. There are two dimension of this organizational effectiveness. The first dimension focuses on the organization, the focus centers around its people, which is an internal emphasis. The external focus is on the organization itself (Cameron et al., 2014).

Due to application of the model on the salon’s workforce, the first dimension will help to bring the stability, control in the organization as it is based on hierarchy of the organization, and the second dimension will help in repairing the organizational gap. This dimension focuses on the managerial tasks. However, this model can be used as a strategic tool to improve management programs and supervision. This model could be used as a teaching tool for the managers to analyze and understand the organizational process and functions (Quinn et al., 2014).

The salon could follow the management theory like Goal-setting Theory. The management consultant of the salon proposes the theory and its application. This theory works on the setting goal and its effect on the workforce. Edwin Locke who has proposed this theory found that individual with difficult goal performs better than those with easy or general goal (Locke& Latham, 2013). However, the managing consultant should give responsibility for difficult task on an individual worker in the salon. The goal should be defined clearly and have specific timeline to complete. The organization and its employees should put effective commitment about the goal. The management of the organization, in this case, the salon Rock Paper Scissors should set up a feedback method to receive information about the progress of the goal. The goal-setting theory helps the workers and management to work together effectively and produce best efforts towards a work (Locke& Latham, 2013). However, the management should apply this theory to motivate its people.

Environmental Effect on the Salon

The organization, Rock Paper Scissors needs an effective strategic planning to execute its strategies about the workforce. The strategic management should incorporate defining the organization’s goal and its direction, decision-making procedure and allocating the resources to achieve the goal (Cassidy, 2016).

The hairdressing salon Rock Paper Scissors is situated in Australia. In the Australian context, the management should aware about the staffs’control, as this is very important issue for the stakeholders. Stuff control is how effectively a manger managing its stuffs. The stakeholders are those people who are interested in business only. As the stakeholders demand is large in Australia, it is important to manage the stuffs of the salon Rock Paper Scissors (Medlin, 2013). The management should promote and advertise the salon’s services and goods, as this is also important in Australian context. Advertising is very important in the Australian context as there are many entrepreneurs now days in Australia who is doing business. However, to stand out among them, advertising is an effective tool to sustain.

The management should ensure the occupational health and safety regulations for all its workers. Australia is very strict about the worker’s occupational health and safety measures (Zanko& Dawson, 2012). In Australia, there are various rules and regulations about occupational health and safety measures. The salon management should ensure all the rules and regulations about the occupational health and safety management.

The management of the salon Rock Paper Scissors is facing a number of challenges. However, if the challenges are being removed, the company will flourish. The salon is facing challenges like demand for managing consultant. The managing consultant has identified that the company needs the strategies of division of the work into appropriate labors. The work distribution should be subdivided from an overall goal of the organization. The workers should get fair remuneration for their workload and in this way; the management could motivate its workers. The manager should a person who will provide instructions to all its employees. The manager’s instruction will help to build a unity in the organizational workforce. The manager should communicate effectively with all its employees and treat them with kindness. It is recommended to apply a motivational outlook on the organizational workforce.

Conclusion

It can be concluded by stating that the managing consultant is necessary for the Australian Salon Rock Paper Scissors. The managing consultant is giving suggesting in this report for the improvement of the workforce. The management is facing number of challenges in the organizational structure. The recommendations are based on the management principles, models and the theories. There is also environmental effect on the salon as this salon is situated in Australia. however, the salon’s manager should think about this factor as context affects largely on an institution. Based on the above condition the consulting manager would provide recommendations.

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