Taylor's first plan was to purchase a computer numeric controlled(CNC) router, however, he was not sure whether to purchase a new or used machine. If purchased, he would need to decide on changes to the cabinet manufacturing line. ANALYSIS The quality of workers' handcraft is inconsistent. And there are some extra workers for the production line that causes the unnecessary salary expense. There has two kind of machines an old one and a new one.
In order to elicit the desired change he went to the engineers with true concern for their personal welfare. After listening to their challenges, he created a clear sense of purpose that both the leader and follower wanted. The goal was to reduce the administrative paperwork that was consuming the engineers time, the engineers saw this as a time waster, as did John Terrill. As their leader, he took personal responsibility to influence executive management of the inefficiencies of all the extra paperwork. Terrill demonstrated “an important aspect of leadership…influencing others to come together around a common vision” (Daft, 2008, p. 6).
Together, policies and procedures ensure that a point of view held by the governing body of an organization is translated into steps that result in an outcome compatible with that view. Policies and procedures, involve Legislations, which are protected by law. If law is violated, then prosecution procedures take place, it is a nonstop circle. Grievance- procedure Is a written complaint about work conditions, that doesn’t satisfy, upset worker. They can make a formal grievance complaint if they’ve tried solving a problem by talking to manager but they’re not satisfied.
In most instances, an organization’s main objective is to generate revenue. Managers are hired and held accountable to ensure the organizations vision and goals are met. Managers are required to find ways in keeping expenses low and increasing revenue but when all of the focus is put into making money, employees may suffer due to poor treatment and little or no raise for increasing workloads, etc. Therefore we do agree with the statement, “ Unions do not happen, they are caused by management.” According to the textbook “Canadian Human Resource Management”, the definition of a union is, “an organization with the legal authority to represent workers, negotiate the terms and condition of employment with the employer, and administer the collective agreement.” (Schwind, Das, Wagar, 2010, p. 493) Therefore, the union acts as the employees bargaining agent. It listens and considers the needs, suggestions, and rights of employees that managers are so often, unequipped to do.
He made several controversial decisions with respect to compensating AIG’s executives. The case is related to multiple motivational concepts. Internal needs reflect the reasons for which the employees chose to remain employed with AIG during the process of winding down the Financial Products business. External incentives reflect the retention bonus payments. In addition, needs theories of motivation can be invoked to provide perspective on what seem to be important motivational factors for the Financial Products employees.
The first negotiator,Tim Wilder-CEO of Canada Timber, As a business owner, negotiations with other businessmen are inevitable. He wanted to establish a corporate partnership with another business. One of the most exciting times in the life of a business owner is when an opportunity arises to enter into an agreement that will take the business to another level. (http://www.startupbizhub.com/how-can-you-become-a-good-negotiator.htm) CEO are the highest ranking executive in a company whose main responsibilities include developing and implementing high-level strategies, making major corporate decisions, managing the overall operations and resources of a company, and acting as the main point of communication between the board of directors and the corporate operations. The CEO will often have a position on the board, and in some cases is even the chair.So the selection of Tim Wilder,CEO from Canada Timber as a negotiator was a correct decision.
Employee Portfolio: Management Plan Jackie Clayton University of Phoenix MGT/311 November 19, 2012 Kevin P. McCoyd Employee Portfolio This paper will discuss how employee’s characteristics affect the organization and recommendations for additional assessments. With any employee, different personalities and characteristics can be beneficial or damaging to an organization. At Riordan Manufacturing, our goal is to provide a superior service to our customers. To accomplish our mission, employee satisfaction is the key to providing superior customer service. Another issue is the relationship between employee and employer.
Ethical considerations must be given by managers as to how the strategic plan will influence the stakeholders. The business organization’s management follows the mainstream behaviors of the society to justify their decisions on choosing their role as being ethically and socially responsible business. Many businesses in a depressed economy have to lay off their employees and close plants, these decisions are difficult to carry out because socially, it will cause hardships for employees or the community. A good example of being ethical and socially responsible business when encountering this situation is when Cisco Systems decided to lay off 6,000 full-time employees, that it acted ethically in providing a unique severance package where these employees it who agreed to work for a local nonprofit organization for a year would receive one-third of their salaries plus benefits and stock options and be the first to be rehired (Wheelen & Hunger, 2010). When investors or shareholders are demanding the business to produce profit, managers must consider how to devise steps for transparency in their strategic plans to report factual business dealings.
A business uses this moral theory to guide and assess their choices about what should be done for the good of the company by considering the consequences generated by their decision. By applying this theory, business’ base their decisions on the platforms of many categories such as honesty, promise keeping, fairness, and loyalty (Trevino & Nelson, 2007). A recent experience of this theory occurred when the staff department was notified of layoffs two weeks before they were to begin. While working alongside employees that were part of the labor reduction, one would find it extremely difficult in releasing specific information involving the company’s plan to those employees. As a loyal employee of Jabil Circuit, the member of the staff team kept his promise by not releasing the
- The HRM manager could have done the following: a) Resolve the issue on unwritten code of ethics and rules by providing a legal written code and contract of work for employees. b) There must be proper and formal dissemination of information and/or consultation in every decision made upon by the administration. c) Make evaluation tools to assess the factors on labor-management relations of the company through behavior and performance of both working and administrative personnel. d) There must be transparency on promotion or movement of employees and provide opportunities for each employee to be promoted. e) Motivate workers for better productivity by letting them involve in decision-making, providing them opportunities for personal and professional growth and greater job freedom and discretion.