They were unsupervised during these overtime hours and reportedly were very productive. Paul, the production manager, began to enact policies to improve production efficiency and decrease cost. He called his supervisors together and told them to maintain stricter discipline from their employees, and if they failed to do so they would likely be replaced. This fostered antagonism toward the supervisors from employees. I (Pat) then called a meeting to announce that the plant you be moving to a 10 hour a day 4 day work week and that all overtime would now need to be preapproved by Paul.
She spends the night with him. Weeks go by and she is overcome by the guilt she feels for her cheating. She has seen her husband only twice since that night and he sensed something was wrong. She calls him as he is on a business trip and explains what she had done. He is calm, but she can sense the hurt in his voice.
There is an old saying “it not what you say but how you say it”that is a very true statement and in all phases in our lives personal,professional,young or old have all experience when someone has said something just has been said that has had a lasting impression could have be negative or positive on your life. Most of us spend more time at the workplace then at home in lot of cases,Having a boss that has poor communication skills can create a hostile workplace and wreak total havoc I a workplace,but on the hand good communication skills fro a boss can create a positive and calm workplace. Communication skills are huge in our daily life not just personal but in the workplace,must of spend more time with our co worker then we do with our families. Because we do spend a lot of time together in the workplace communication skills are a must. Good communication skills can be a be that kind word spoke to fellow co worker that is having a terrible day or it or it may that kind spoke to a worker that has self esteem issues or it just might be that motivating word that may make that employee may want to move to that next level within the company.
Tracy is doing well in her school work, but has temper tantrums at home when things do not go her way. Harold was recently laid off from a job he held for over 10 years and is feeling very discouraged. His mother has loaned him money until he can find another job, but he worries about his ability to take care of his family. Shirley returned home from duty three weeks ago. She was initially very happy to see her family, but is having trouble adjusting to being back home.
Work specialization is very important for Jack’s job. It is very beneficial, but it also has its cons. Boredom, fatigue, stress, low productivity, poor quality, high turnover are all negative things that can come with work specialization. Jack needs to motivate his employees, make sure that they are happy and have no problems. A good way to do this is to make them feel like the boss of their job, he needs to show that he trusts them and they can make good decisions.
In a corporate work environment similar to this one, where a person’s performance is supposed to be always supervised by the persons ‘upper,’ issues arise ethically all the time, because in most cases, with this many people to regulate, it becomes difficult let alone impossible at all to carry out the job. At this location specifically I have seen an array of different ethical issues that have been crossed. At one point the general manager made the decision to try and fire one of the servers that was consistently missing their schedule shifts, having a bad attitude, and refusing to carry out the duties for their job. However, due to the Human Resources department and the regulations for documentation procedures of incidents allowing a legal
However, there are always circumstances where a policy may need to be bent in order to make the best possible outcome. A lame example would be a sick employee who used up all their sick time already and comes into work sick because they need their full pay check. While this is understandable from the employees perspective (everyone counts on their paycheck), a good manager would look at the schedule, see where it can be bent or another person can cover and send that person home (hopefully with pay) because he is being human and understands life’s circumstances and wants to help someone out. This is at least what I would do because the person is not faking it and they need help. Always help people out is my opinion, they will work that much harder for you and respect you that much more in the
336). It is up to the leader of a virtual team to choose the correct communication medium or combination of communication mediums to quickly and effectively resolve issues that are causing low morale amongst the team members. The team has been successful but James Dion is sowing disharmony by complaining about work related issues and issues that are not related to work. The manager should send James an email and let him know that he is doing an amazing job on team projects. He must find out what is going on and ask him why he is complaining about work related issues and issues not related to work.
(The American Institute of Stress, n.d.) So you see stress is a common part of any job. It really isn’t a matter of if stress becomes a problem, but when. So it’s important to know what to do in the event work related stress attacks. How can this be done? Taking care of yourself, communicating effectively, and working on time management will ultimately allow individuals to beat the stress at work.
Poor decision making in the workplace can be contributed to several factors to include; not realizing when and why one needs to make a decision; failure to remember goals. According to Business Law, “while confidence is a personal trait essential to success, overconfidence or over optimism is one of the most common reasons for bad decisions.” Failure to understand an issue and failure to commit resources and act on the decision that was made is also a common characteristic of a poor decision maker. Within the workplace most managers are paid to make decisions that will have a great effect on the company and the employees, but most managers are Decision Making and Ethical Behavior 2 unable to make those decisions that are ethical and sound decisions