1.1 Identify causes of conflict at work (12) According to a study by Bell and Hart in 2000 and 2002, there are 8 causes of conflict. Conflicting resources, conflicting styles, expectations, goals, pressures and roles, different personal values, and unpredictable policies. Poor management can cause conflict in the workplace. If the team don’t know the boundaries and goals, or if they are unclear of what job they are supposed to be doing, they will start to clash. I think this was the case in my workplace, due to naivety and lack of confidence.
ATLANTIC STORE FURNITURE CASE ANALYSIS Organization Behavior 530 October 8, 2013 Words: 1684 The Atlantic Store Furniture case depicts a hostile work environment composed of woodworking and metalworking employees. The former entity is belittling the other by means of intimidation and harassment. The relationship between the two groups of the company Atlantic Store Furniture (ASF) has plummeted. The employee’s negative and non-constructive behaviors have escalated to a level uncontrollable by management. Previous efforts by management to find a solution to these issues were unsuccessful.
Families worked in terrible conditions, and were struggling to make ends meet. This called for organized labor, or labor unions. However, these labor unions proved to be rather unsuccessful in improving the position of workers. The unsuccessfulness of the labor unions occurred because of the initial failure
Management’s implementation of the movement sheet and strict leave policy, denying leaves even for some serious and emergency situation, as well favoritism and constant threat of termination when requesting shift changes contributed to the collapse of industrial relations. The attitude of the vice president was a great factor too. The Japanese Vice President behaved like a dictator and did not handle situations well (for instance kicking employee for being two minutes late or knocking cap off for being the wrong color). 2. Discuss the failures on the part of the Japanese and Indian managers that contributed to the present situation.
The staff included both Porter’s as well as nurses and doctors. Following were the reasons for the di-satisfaction among the employees: Uneven task distribution. The factors were (i) Afternoon shift being heavier, (ii) Senior porter’s performing desirable tasks Malfunctioning of tube system: This leads to frustration among all the staff members including the Porters who now have to perform more task and other staff members because they kept waiting for their work to be performed. Uncertainty in the outcomes after installing the decision support system: After reviewing the software based on the representatives of the other 2 hospitals, it still wasn’t clear that it had
The 6 people chosen for this particular team are not compatible, personality wise. There is an overwhelming sense of “backstabbing” between all the group members This is seen when Bret O’Brien asks to meet with Jack alone about some issues on the project because he “can’t afford the time to deal with Valerie’s [Merz] predictable drama.” The pressure that Merz is placing on the group to meet the deadline for the project and incorporate the modular design has created tension within the team as they see her as pushy and intrusive. There is a lack of communication and information sharing within the team, which has challenged the decision-making ability of the team. 3) How does the functional structure at MediSys impact the success of the team dynamics? c. The key point of a functional structure is having employees with a specialization in one of the key tasks or areas for the specified project.
Hull House’s leadership was not supportive of staff at that time. Decisions were consistently being made without any input of employees or alternatives discussed with the employees. The problems identified effects case management and clients’ agency wide. The team is not being provided with the tools needed to effectively do their jobs. The clients’ well-being is primary and their ability to receive the appropriate services is also essential to the agency.
Without the knowledge about how specific industry works, it is very hard to manage and lead the team to progress and be successful. To make things even worse, Peterson had to report to Jeff Hardy, who was Director of Budgets and Plans and also had no experience in systems operations. This was the first sign of miscommunication in the company. One of the biggest problems for Erik Peterson was bad communication and lack of expertise from the chief engineer Curt Anderson. Peterson showed decent managerial skills by giving specific instructions on how to improve Curt’s ability to plan and organize.
* Assembly Lines Faults Poor design of assembly floor line is causing manufacturing delays as inter related task are done separately. * Poor Market Reputation Due to ineffective order deliveries to customers and problems with suppliers is causing Zing PC its market reputation. * Excessive Lead Time Excessive Lead time causing delays in decision making of the firm creating operational delays. 2. How could ZingPC benefit from outsourcing?
The committee composition is not in line with Shell's corporate culture. The employees of Shell are beginning to show signs of dissatisfaction, distrust, anger and disbelief. This situation has to be carefully handled and managed by Voser to prevent it from worsening. It can easily become much worse if not handled properly and promptly. Voser's commitment to D&I has now been questioned.