Philanthropic Team Building case study 8.

2 ACA 1: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is composed of organizational activities intended to benefit society and the environment outside the firms interest or legal obligations. Of course an organizations target market is the society, giving back to the communities where they do business is their aim, which adopts the triple bottom line philosophy: economic survive and be profitable in the marketplace in which organizations try to support or earn positive return. social intended to improve or maintain conditions for the society(developing leadership skills in young boys, educate for healthier lifestyle, commitment for health and wellness). and environmental wellness of the physical environment ( building gardens, clean up campaign among beaches and river banks, restoring buildings, improving trails, environment and community revitalization earth day). ACA 1 : Corporate Social Responsibility ACA 2 : Team Building and Team Cohesion This case study gives us another point of view in life. Not just focusing on how to be productive inside the organization, but also extending our support to the outside world like the communities where we do business. This is very applicable to our relevant life, wherein we have to be practical we have to be productive in working as a team and at the same time giving back to the community which is also our second stakeholders and customers. ACA 2: Team building accelerates team development as well as functioning of the work team. Having involved with the triple bottom line philosophy (economic, social, and environmental) brings good reputation to the organization by earning positive feedbacks. Also, it enhances their self-concepts of employees and makes them proud to be involved with a highly-reputable company that makes them feel good. It concludes to produces higher work motivation employees, organizational citizenship, and job satisfaction. The emotional bond will be developing through team building, this is called team cohesion, which involves their sense of motivation and commitment to teams goals and tasks. When these people go back to their normal work pace, they cant help but to join forces to make things done well just like what they did outside the organization during their team building activities. How volunteering activities improve organizations? Dozens of companies now are involved with accelerating team development through team building, and they have discovered that volunteering is an effective way to build team while giving back to the community. Cited some organizations whom practice this: Discussion Questions Viewpoint Analysis of ACA Alternative Course of Action (ACA) Problem This case study is intended in the point of view of each individual in a team, claims him/herself that he/she belongs to a team, and functions as a team. Significant Case Facts Devon Country Council employees in southern England, work after hours on various community projects such as building garden for a local childrens center. Sheriffs Department deputies in Virginia, volunteer a program that develops leadership skills for young boys Belfast Telegraph Ireland, clean-up campaign which includes removing debris along beaches ARAMARK worlds largest food and professional services provider, launched Building Community program to educate families on how to live a healthier lifestyle. Timberland Co., 5,000 employees around the world participate in more than 150 projects focusing on environment and community projects, like Earth Day, restoring buildings, improving trails, and cleaning river banks New Hampshire football and apparel company, granted employees 40 hours of paid leave each year to work on community project. One capital of an organization is about relationship capital, which is the value derived from an organizations relationship with customers, suppliers, and others who provide added mutual value for the organizations. It includes the organizations goodwill, brand image, and combination of relationship that organizational members have with people outside the organization. Recommendation Q1 : What type of team building best describes these volunteering activities? A: The four types of team building is best to describe the volunteering activities in the case study scenario. 1)Task-focused team has clear performance goal, their focus is to accomplish their taks to achieve goals like maintaining or improving the condition of the society.

2)Problem-solving team improves their problem-solving skills, for example when they unload trucks of cement roof tiles and figure out how to handle every heavy tile from one person to another. Indeed volunteering act exceeds everyones expectation that is why their problem-solving skills will be enhanced. 3)Role Perception team develop their sense of role definition. Team processes and performance depend on how well the team member share common role perception on how they should work together. 4)Team Relationship the most common aim of team building is to build trust among team members, learn more about them, and develop ways to manage conflicts within the team. Quoted in the case study: People who care so much about their communities tend to care about their teammates and coworkers. Q2 :Explain how the corporate social responsibility element of volunteering contributes to team building? A : Usual team building like camping or games is just so common, whereas having team building activities involving the community and the environment which is much interesting and at the same time giving back public service to the communities that they do business with. And in return will have positive feedback, which enhances their self-concepts and makes them proud to be involved with a highly-reputable environment-friendly company that makes them feel good. Q3 :Along with team building, in what other ways do these volunteering activities improve organization? A: These volunteering activities improve organizations by increasing the organizational commitment, emotional attachment, identification, and involvement in a particular organization and loyalty. Also, produces higher work motivation, organizational citizenship, and job satisfaction. In terms of power and influence you can forget about the church, forget politics. There is no more powerful institution in the society than business...