Fairisle Poly
Issues
Inappropriate use of coercive power:
Paul Kost exercised coercive power which is the ability to punish if employees failed to conform or prevent someone from obtaining desirable rewards. This source of power could make things difficult for employees due to the implied force or disciplinary action that relates to threats and punishments and so employees working under such a coercive director are unlikely to be committed that leads to low productivity. Furthermore, punishment strategy could result in undesirable side effects such as anxiety, resentment, reducing employees’ loyalty and work performance in the workplace. To add on, the distinct outcome that might result from the use of coercive power is that it often generates resistance when use excessively. This indicates that resistant employees do not wish to comply with the request such it might lead workers to deliberately avoid carrying out instructions or might even sabotage goal attainment. Thus, the issue of depending too much on such coercive power could cause a ruthless and impoverished style of leadership as well as the coercive behaviour could violate the concept of empowerment that lead to hostility, aggression and high absenteeism on the part of subordinates.
Inappropriate Organizational structure
Fairisle Polytechnic has an inappropriate organizational structure and so there was a lack of proper formal arrangement of jobs within the institution which is important in running the campus effectively and attaining its objectives. Hence, the result of an improper organizational structure in the Fairisle Polytechnic would cause low motivation, unequal workload and communication breakdown. * Unequal workload as inappropriate organizational structure could cause unequal work distribution between departments in which some sectors of the school are usually understaffed and need to work intensely to complete the workload whereas other areas need to keep themselves occupied by finding work to
Inappropriate use of coercive power:
Paul Kost exercised coercive power which is the ability to punish if employees failed to conform or prevent someone from obtaining desirable rewards. This source of power could make things difficult for employees due to the implied force or disciplinary action that relates to threats and punishments and so employees working under such a coercive director are unlikely to be committed that leads to low productivity. Furthermore, punishment strategy could result in undesirable side effects such as anxiety, resentment, reducing employees’ loyalty and work performance in the workplace. To add on, the distinct outcome that might result from the use of coercive power is that it often generates resistance when use excessively. This indicates that resistant employees do not wish to comply with the request such it might lead workers to deliberately avoid carrying out instructions or might even sabotage goal attainment. Thus, the issue of depending too much on such coercive power could cause a ruthless and impoverished style of leadership as well as the coercive behaviour could violate the concept of empowerment that lead to hostility, aggression and high absenteeism on the part of subordinates.
Inappropriate Organizational structure
Fairisle Polytechnic has an inappropriate organizational structure and so there was a lack of proper formal arrangement of jobs within the institution which is important in running the campus effectively and attaining its objectives. Hence, the result of an improper organizational structure in the Fairisle Polytechnic would cause low motivation, unequal workload and communication breakdown. * Unequal workload as inappropriate organizational structure could cause unequal work distribution between departments in which some sectors of the school are usually understaffed and need to work intensely to complete the workload whereas other areas need to keep themselves occupied by finding work to