Slade Plating Case Summary

Slade Plating Case Analysis After reading the Slade Plating case our group sat down to discuss how we felt about the whole situation. We analyzed the case as a whole and then split it up into different sections. We were guided into finding two emerging systems that were present in the Plating Room. We found that the two emerging systems were the card punching system and the obvious subgroups. Furthermore we were asked to try and analyze the situation and give Ralph Porter some advice on how to handle the situation. We analyzed the situation as best we could and came to some progressive conclusions.
In the Slade Plating case, there are two obvious emergent systems within the company. The first one is the time card system that Tony Sarto’s
Each member of the Sarto group would take a turn staying late, usually just once a week, and punch the time cards of the remaining group members allowing them to leave early but still receive the extra pay. In addition, if a group member was going to be late to work, the group would punch their time card so it appeared as if they had been there on time. With this emergent system, the Sarto group established several norms. Primarily, each member understood that they would all take a turn staying late to punch the time cards. Secondly, group members were aware that they must give prior notice if they expected to be late to work and that they must be in before 8:00 a.m. in order for someone to punch them in.
The second emergent system at Slade is the formation of
He has to decide whether or not he should take action against the Sarto group as he has become aware of this violation of company policy. However, before he makes this decision there are several critical factors that he must first take into consideration. First, Ralph should consider the fact that all of the workers in the Plating Room are content with their jobs and most have been with the company for many years and are not planning on leaving. Second, most of the jobs that these workers are performing are not easily taught to a new hire and therefore, these workers would be extremely hard to replace as they all excel at what they do. If they were to be replaced, not only would this waste time by having to train them but the company would also severely drop in sales and output and thus, lose money. Additionally, the members of the Sarto group, despite the punching in and out dilemma, all contribute to a positive work environment. They all get the job done in an efficient manner and produce quality work at high quantities. The Sarto group members are also very willing to help each other out when work is building up or a problem arose in a certain section of the