A presentation should be held outlining the present state of the organization. The executives need to see the severe state they are in and how fast they will continue to decline if they do not take action soon. The present state presentation would present honest information informing the audience of where they realistically are. An outline of the amount of business the company has lost out on would be the concluding factor in the presentation letting the company know continuing in this direction will take them completely out of the competitive market. The management team needs to understand that “change is an ongoing and never-ending process of organizational life” (Van de Ven & Sun, 2011, p. 58).
Lack of clarity of purpose can be a risk and a legal issue leading to disputes. The major legal principle here is that, companies should always endeavor to clarify and understand each and every clause of the contract so that they know what they are committing themselves too. It lessens on the misery caused during times of disputes. No matter how easy and simple it may appear during the contract signing process, it becomes totally complicated to understand and agree upon a common interpretation of ambiguous clauses when disputes come up. For instance, in the simulation given, there were ambiguous clauses like “ordinary requirements change” which became a source of conflict because the software user and system requirements changed over time which were had to just incorporate into the contract because of the big effect they had on the project costs and
The legal issues this union might face would be the backlash of law suits for American Airlines because of strikes and no shows of the pilots. 2. Supporting Ideas a. Calling in sick when they are not reference) b. Going on strike without any actual grounds to do so (reference) B.
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.
These cuts the company has to make resulted in employee dissatisfaction. The cabin crew staff has been addressing their demands through these strikes several times. This could means that employees and management do not have strong relationships. The “Front face” of BA is heavily unionised. Thus resulting in employees being unsatisfied with the management of the business which later could impact the businesses relationship with its stakeholder through the recession, however this strategy in the long run could result in employees not losing their jobs as BA are benchmarking their competition who significantly seceding in the recession without tarnishing its relationship with its employees.
Corporate has to establish a sense of urgency letting employees know what the company current weakness is and what the goals that they are trying to achieve are. Corporate will need to put the associates in direct contact with the unhappy customers as well as having the associate effectively trained to assist customers once this new technology is installed. Secondly, Sandwich Blitz has to create a guiding coalition by putting together their managers and supervisors to work as a team with the power to lead the change that the company is about to face. At this point the company will need leaders to motivate the sales associate to adopt the changes with a positive attitude. It will also be a smart practice to assure employees that the changes in technology will not replace the human resources.
| Customers | Customers can stop buying products displaying the john Lewis logo, word of mouth means that john Lewis can be seriously damaged by customer shifts. They have a huge influence on the aims and objectives of john Lewis. However john Lewis may feel that it has sufficiently strong, brand loyalty to ignore customer input. | Employees | Employee can make john Lewis alter their aims and objectives to include staff needs and wants, john Lewis altered their company objectives to include the working conditions of its staff, however a set time when unemployment is high, employers are in a position of greater power as employment is harder to find. | Trade union | Unions mainly focus on the treatment and pay of the employees.
There is lack of innovation coming out from these industries. By providing time and | |tested engineering solutions to customers the firms operating in this industry has matured and implemented efficient work processes to | |improve on quality and service. From my perspective, these firms must also form externally oriented teams who continuously interact with| |their customers and ‘live a day’ in their work to understand the needs and issues they run into. This approach using the concept of | |forming external teams will facilitate organizations to come out with innovative solutions for their customers and facilitate the | |process of innovation. | | | |Managers avoid implementing the ‘real’ concept of external teams as it increases costs in their operations and indulge in ‘eye wash’ | |approaches where people are encouraged to look beyond their organization or industry by following the Internet Search & Research
Melissa Day HRM 587 Professor Stone Week 2 Images of Change November 8, 2013 Change frequently occurs in a company. That change can manifest itself in a change in leadership-like a new CEO, downsizing due to structural reordering, or acquiring new companies to improve business output and diversifying ones product line. From an employee (and for some members of management) standpoint change can cause fear and stress, because change shakes people from where they were comfortable and it asks them to do something different, something they may be uncomfortable with-however, the only constant in life (both personal and professional) is change. For my project, I have selected two companies that have undergone changes throughout the past year:
The labors demand to better salary, insurance, and good working environment. Otherwise, the most management people’s goal is making more revenue and reducing the cost of production. The workers of Washington worried that they may lose their job at the same time it will be risk losing their skilled worker for the Boeing. Finally, the labor and the management sat at the negotiation table and the NLRB announced that they dropped the litigation to the Boeing Company that they violate federal labor law by opening the new production plant in South Carolina (Greenhouse, 2011). According to Greenhouse, the Boeing workers in Washington changed their mind and urged the NLRB to withdraw the litigation, after striking a deal with Boeing to raise wages and expand jet production in Washington (2011).