Gaining a Deeper Understanding of the Problem at the Treadway Tire Company
S04a2 Gaining a Deeper Understanding of the Problem – Evelyn Sanders 1
In the video Ashley and John identified the issues at Treadway Tire Company as being low morale among workers, the rising cost of raw materials and line foremen turnover rate.
I did identify the same issues as Ashley and John did in the Treadway case, however, I did identify to other issues not identified by Ashley and John.
One organization issue is that one plant manager is not enough personnel to properly oversee a plant of 9000 hourly workers.
I also see a 12 hour shift and the calling in sick by workers as an indication of burnout by workers. It was a mistake not to identify the long worker hours of employees as a possible issue.
Ashley is on track with identifying the three main issues at Treadway. These are obvious and stated issues (Howard Business Review 2008).
Ashley is also on the right track because she had done some research using Good to Great as a bases for ideas on confronting the issues before her. She is also confronting the brutal facts about the issues Treadway is facing no matter how difficult they are to face.
The key aspects of the situation at Treadway have been included in Ashley’s conversation with John, with additional thoughts about what other data needs to be gathered to help analyze the issues she is facing.
To analyze the key issues at Treadway, and come up with an action plan, Ashley should use employee exit interviews as a data collection means, face-to-face employee interviews, or employee surveys, look at job description of line foremen and line workers to see if they are in conflict with what each group see as their job. Ashley might consider contacting former line foremen who would not fear any repercussions from what they say about the company, to get their input.
The rationale for the stated data collection means is to get information from those who know what and what have not gone on at the plant. The workers in the situation are the
In the video Ashley and John identified the issues at Treadway Tire Company as being low morale among workers, the rising cost of raw materials and line foremen turnover rate.
I did identify the same issues as Ashley and John did in the Treadway case, however, I did identify to other issues not identified by Ashley and John.
One organization issue is that one plant manager is not enough personnel to properly oversee a plant of 9000 hourly workers.
I also see a 12 hour shift and the calling in sick by workers as an indication of burnout by workers. It was a mistake not to identify the long worker hours of employees as a possible issue.
Ashley is on track with identifying the three main issues at Treadway. These are obvious and stated issues (Howard Business Review 2008).
Ashley is also on the right track because she had done some research using Good to Great as a bases for ideas on confronting the issues before her. She is also confronting the brutal facts about the issues Treadway is facing no matter how difficult they are to face.
The key aspects of the situation at Treadway have been included in Ashley’s conversation with John, with additional thoughts about what other data needs to be gathered to help analyze the issues she is facing.
To analyze the key issues at Treadway, and come up with an action plan, Ashley should use employee exit interviews as a data collection means, face-to-face employee interviews, or employee surveys, look at job description of line foremen and line workers to see if they are in conflict with what each group see as their job. Ashley might consider contacting former line foremen who would not fear any repercussions from what they say about the company, to get their input.
The rationale for the stated data collection means is to get information from those who know what and what have not gone on at the plant. The workers in the situation are the