Since the mid 1990’s Nike has been learning the hard way what it means to be ethical. In the aftermath of the sweatshop scandal Nike is still hard at work to improve its image and be a company that is ethically responsible. Nike learned the hard way that it should have been more responsible about its production. Its motives as a company were egotistical when they should have been more considerate of the people working there. Though there could be arguments that Nike’s actions improved the lives of its poorly treated workers because no matter the conditions, it provided jobs that otherwise would not have existed, this is hardly the case.
“If you can sell your employees on the company's future and the importance of their role in it there are numerous advantages people are more likely to generate their own ideas, to contribute with enthusiasm, to keep slogging when it becomes unpleasant, and also to experience a sense of camaraderie and togetherness” (Spiro 2010) Another significant error that was made was in the HP story in which the vision was never communicated, step four. From the very start of the merger Walter Hewlett was not on board with it and therefore Fiorina also had a problem with step one. Although it seemed like she did try to implement change, and
Self-actualization is when someone can see the potential for them to learn something new or even grow in their job to do better things. When someone is trying to satisfy each level of the pyramid they will start at the lowest level. Once they are satisfied at that level they will move to the next, but if they don’t get satisfied at the level they are at they will not move to the next level until they are satisfied. With workers at Wheelworks starting at the lowest level they are automatically satisfied with the base pay because they are not in it for the money.
Having an environment where everyone is treated fairly will result in employees of H&M feel more valued, happy and more willing to give a better service. They are not like physical or technological resources; humans need to be dealt in certain ways, as they are protected by legislations and laws. • Training: In H&M there will be a invariable change of different order of products that the customers wish to purchase, for this reason the staff will have to be trained for any of these occasions. H&M manage their training system by making sure they give relevant teaching for employees to develop key skills and move up in the hierarchy. This will help bring knowledge to employees and give them the
While these individuals focused on the science of creating specialized work processes and workforce skills to complete production tasks efficiently, critics began to scrutinize classical management theory for its potentially harmful effects on workers. It was not so much the methodology of finding the most efficient way to complete a task that concerned critics, but the underlying assumption of classical management theorists that managers and workers would meet halfway on their attitudes towards standardization. However, many believed that placing too much emphasis on standardization of jobs and workers had not created this 'mental revolution' that Taylor and his associates had hoped for, but rather had inadvertently created an attitude among managers at the time that employees were nothing more than an appendage to a machine. While machines and processes could be standardized, critics argued that it was unrealistic to expect that standardization among emotional beings; the two needed to be looked at individually. So, as Taylor and other classical
They need to be multi-talented so they will be able to understand discussions about a wide range of issues affecting the business. They need to have a clear and sharp mind so they will be able to find the main cause of an issue rather than unnecessary details. A good leader will have to motivate employees, especially in an autocratic style of leadership. This is because workers will have to carry out the task and to carry it out efficiently they will have to be motivated. Workers are also motivated in a democratic style of leadership as there is two way communication and worker's opinions are considered.
c. Personal achievement. The significance of role of uncertainty, can affect the performance of a team, it can lead to lack of collaboration among the team members, which will resulted in individualism operation and that can not guide the team to achieve their tasks. 4. Why is it important that the team’s purpose and role be collaboratively developed? To assure the members that their ideas are valued, it raise their moral to contribute more in the Organization which will result in increasing productivity.
Then they can be motivated. We should motivate the employees by giving rewards for their performance. The foremen should get rewards based on their work and relationship with their managers and salary employees. They should be given training the importance of industrial engineering as it is very important when they get promoted to area manager. Next the relationship between managers and foremen should be better.
Being relevant is motivating because it is human nature to want to be known and recognized for something. Proving other wrong is motivation for the younger generations because the younger generation likes to prove that they can do work just as good as the older generation. Career advancement motivates people to do the best they can do at their job so they can get at a
Review/Analysis of the Case /Answer to question #1 Xcel’s decision to change from paying the employees for their suggestions to a merit pay is a better strategy. Focusing on the job and getting the work done in a quick professional manner is a far better way for the company to spend money. This is not to say employees should not contribute their ideas to the success of the company, but there needs to be an overall focus to meet job performance as well as customer service. Answer to question #2 As not to discourage employees from making suggestions on ways to help or improve the company, Xcel may want to offer employees other incentives or rewards when certain number of suggestion are implemented per employee. Incentives could include a number of paid days