Red Spot Markets Case Study
Abstract
The background of this case is presented at a grocery store called Red Spot Markets that is primarily focused on the immediate situation of how Mr. Fosdick should respond to his employee Bigelow. Mr. Fosdick should not take the sandwich, he should tell all employees the free lunch program is over with and that this constitutes as theft. Within this case this will tell the reader the immediate advice and steps Mr. Fosdick should take in his position at Red Spot Markets. Red Spot markets should eliminate by the hiring process, constitute what theft is to all employees, and have more supervision with the distribution center. Knemeyer and Murphy suggests some ways of how to improve management skills within a workplace. There are two ways …show more content…
Fosdick needs to first, gather all his evidence in the café by video recording or voice recording on his phone to let the company’s lawyer Mr. Ed Meyers know that pilferage is happening within the work place. Then after recording the video without the employees realizing what Mr. Fosdick is doing, he should then voice record the employees while approaching the situation, by turning down the sandwich. If Mr. Fosdick did not have a phone or felt comfortable to do this at the time of the incident or had time to do this to record anything, then he needs to politely turn down the sandwich and document the facts in writing. If Mr. Fosdick does not turn down the sandwich in this situation he would then be a pilferage as well. This is Mr. Fosdick’s opportunity to let all employees and Bigelow know that the free lunch program is over with. Mr. Fosdick needs the evidence and facts before representing this additional information being found in the company taken place at the café. He needs this information documented that will back him up 100% if he was to ever go to court. Mr. Fosdick needs to formally document the facts, everything he witnessed that day, anything he recorded from that day, and the timing of the situation that took place at the café. Then Mr. Fosdick should set up a time to counsel all employees on the consequences, policies, procedures of how this constitutes as theft within a
The background of this case is presented at a grocery store called Red Spot Markets that is primarily focused on the immediate situation of how Mr. Fosdick should respond to his employee Bigelow. Mr. Fosdick should not take the sandwich, he should tell all employees the free lunch program is over with and that this constitutes as theft. Within this case this will tell the reader the immediate advice and steps Mr. Fosdick should take in his position at Red Spot Markets. Red Spot markets should eliminate by the hiring process, constitute what theft is to all employees, and have more supervision with the distribution center. Knemeyer and Murphy suggests some ways of how to improve management skills within a workplace. There are two ways …show more content…
Fosdick needs to first, gather all his evidence in the café by video recording or voice recording on his phone to let the company’s lawyer Mr. Ed Meyers know that pilferage is happening within the work place. Then after recording the video without the employees realizing what Mr. Fosdick is doing, he should then voice record the employees while approaching the situation, by turning down the sandwich. If Mr. Fosdick did not have a phone or felt comfortable to do this at the time of the incident or had time to do this to record anything, then he needs to politely turn down the sandwich and document the facts in writing. If Mr. Fosdick does not turn down the sandwich in this situation he would then be a pilferage as well. This is Mr. Fosdick’s opportunity to let all employees and Bigelow know that the free lunch program is over with. Mr. Fosdick needs the evidence and facts before representing this additional information being found in the company taken place at the café. He needs this information documented that will back him up 100% if he was to ever go to court. Mr. Fosdick needs to formally document the facts, everything he witnessed that day, anything he recorded from that day, and the timing of the situation that took place at the café. Then Mr. Fosdick should set up a time to counsel all employees on the consequences, policies, procedures of how this constitutes as theft within a