The Marketing department of Luminus group holds five employees, one supervisor and one middle manager who is the department manager. Riyad One of the five employees and has been working in the company for 15 years, he is an expert in his work and is loyal to the company. While Razan is a new employee, who was hired two weeks ago and still learning her tasks and has high loyalty to the company as well. Their supervisor (Omar) cannot decide how to treat these two employees. Explain how he can do the managerial functions differently between the two employees, then explain what leadership style can he uses. Omar do three managerial functions: Riyad (15 years of experience ) Razan (new employee) Planning Organizing Controlling Leadership Theory name Riyad (15 years) Razan (new employee)

The Marketing department of Luminus group holds five employees, one supervisor and one middle manager who is the department manager. Riyad One of the five employees and has been working in the company for 15 years, he is an expert in his work and is loyal to the company. While Razan is a new employee, who was hired two weeks ago and still learning her tasks and has high loyalty to the company as well. Their supervisor (Omar) cannot decide how to treat these two employees. Explain how he can do the managerial functions differently between the two employees, then explain what leadership style can he uses. Omar do three managerial functions: Riyad (15 years of experience ) Razan (new employee) Planning Organizing Controlling Leadership Theory name Riyad (15 years) Razan (new employee)

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Chapter19: Managing Quality And Performance

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