Chapter 13 - “Analyzing Managerial Decisions: Bagby Copy Company MBA 540 Michelle Wilson August 9, 2015 There are many advantages and disadvantages to specific vs. broad task assignment. Assigning specific tasks to workers allows the company to hire specifically based on the ability of the worker to do a very specific job. In this way efficiency can be increased as a worker should be performing the job that he is comparatively best suited to perform and nothing else. Competition amongst workers can also be increased as there is a specific metric to judge by. The cost of training a worker is also reduced as the worker does not have to be trained in every aspect of the company only what he is going to be doing.
The legal forced cooperation is a direct way for an organisation to cooperate with its employees. If Tesco wanted to directly go ahead to cooperate with their employees then they will have to look at the employer and employee’s contract and agreements to come to a term. As being a market leading organisation Tesco have many employees working for them who are based on different contracts. The reason being is because Tesco usually focus on suiting their employee’s needs and so keeping them satisfied is one of their main goals. For this reason the turnover rate for Tesco is really good as not many staff gets fired or leaves the organisation.
For a company to retain talent it must offer more incentives for the employees than that of its competitors. Your company encourages the decisions and ideas of the employees but more programs could be put in place to help retain employees. Implementing a program that offers rewards for time and cost savings not only benefits the employee but also the company by projecting a positive image of employee worth to the company. Keeping the companies hiring practice on the national level is required for all employees that work in the retail stores but if there is a need for technology or manufacturing of a particular product I would recommend global labor. The ability to tap into the global labor market will make the company more competitive by being able to offer competitive prices on products due to lower overhead cost associated with the offset in the labor cost.
| Trade union | Unions mainly focus on the treatment and pay of the employees. John Lewis has employees who are members of the unions. Therefore the unions may be able to influence the company. | Suppliers | Suppliers are very important to john Lewis aims of quality and innovation. Therefore the company needs to have secure and reliable suppliers in place.
Week 8 Assignment Shannon Parks Marilyn Fitzpatrick BUS 409 May 27, 2012 1. Describe the differences between job analysis and job evaluation and how these practices help establish internally consistent job structures. Job analysis is a way for a company to gather, document and analyze different information so that the company can describe the different jobs that are within the company. A job analysis will tell the content of the job duties the requirement of the workers and what the conditions that the worker will be in. Job evaluation is what a company uses to recognize the differences in the relative worth between jobs and by using this it will help establish pay differentials.
To: CEO From: HR Re: Memorandum Regarding Constructive Discharge Question presented: How the company should respond to claim regarding constructive discharge in new policy. 1. Whether the doctrine of constructive discharge is relevant Constructive discharge is “a termination of employment by making working conditions so intolerable that an employee feels compelled to leave.” Garner, Bryan A. Blacks Law Dictionary (West Group 2009). Although courts may differ throughout the states, there are generally two main elements to any constructive discharge case: 1) an employer makes a change in working conditions and 2) the change is so intolerable that any reasonable employee would leave.
Wal-Mart mainly focuses on the role that the retail plays in the employment dynamics, especially wages, job error. Wal-Mart wage concern for new exiting workers and developments of jobs turnovers are affecting by each Wal-Mart store. The different things led to the control of other factors that led to decline retail business. The second variable for Wal-Mart the treatment of entirely absent in work performed through the 1990s. Hicks and Wilburn (2001) evaluated Wal-Mart entrance decision by testing on a contemporaneous and lagged growth variables.
Contingency Theory has various styles of leadership and no two workers are motivated the same way (Lewis, Packard, & Lewis, 2007, p. 278). Based on the interaction on how the supervisor and the employee’s role intertwined with each other it was clear to see that the supervisor assumed and expected certain expectations in the workplace and assumed that along with that the client’s needs would also be met. As we seen the situation play out we also noticed the lack of motivation to practice the token system with the clients coming from the employees’ point of view. The challenge there was that competency and practice of the method were not being held to the same standard as the supervisors’ vision. If the supervisor has a strong sense of that method and knowledge of it, the employees were not reflexing the same in this example.
Some people see the use of technology as a useful tool, that enhances productivity and serves as a complement to human tasks while others believe that technology can make processes more complicated or that eventually in the worst case scenario, it can replace a person's job. Even though both sides have supporters and detractors, the truth is that every day we are surrounded by more and more technologies and we must adapt to make the best out of the situation if we want to remain competitive within our organizations. Whether the case is if we will actually incorporate its use, or that we will continue to be as manual and handy as possible while recognizing that even the most simple forms of technology can help us to achieve better results and make our lives easier (e.g. the possibility of using a mobile phone anywhere vs. only being able to communicate through a land
According to George and Jones, (2009), personality is the pattern relatively enduring ways that a person feels, thinks and behaves. Personality is an important factor in accounting for why employees act the way they do in organisations and why they have favourable or unfavourable attitudes towards their jobs in organisations. Personality is a set of enduring traits and characteristics that relate to a person’s emotions, motivations interpersonalinteractions and attitudes. It is meaningful to management because employees’ personalities detect how well they will perform their job. (www.referenceforbusiness,com) personality has been shown to influence career choice, job satisfaction, stress, leadership and some aspects of job performance.