week8 final case study

Finding of Fact #1: The main issue the company needs to address would be the lack of communication throughout the workplace. When Dr. Jerrold hired Simon Fester no handoff ever took place for the new employee, Simon and Simon’s new supervisor, Bob. Simon was given instructions that Bob Knowlton would be in the lab. When Simon arrived in the lab he discussed that Dr. Gerald had told him about the current research as well as Bob; however, he did not give Bob the same considerations with an overview of Simon’s background. When Simon arrived for the first time inside the lab, Bob was not sure who Simon was. The first conversation that took place between Dr. Jerrold and Bob concerning Simon was the next morning when Bob was informed that Simon would be working in the lab with Dr. Jerrold. During Simon’s first days at the lab he spent several days locked inside an office reading past reports about the progress of the project. Simon never conversed with any of the other coworkers about his findings until after he’d figured out the issue. The final communication failure was when Bob finally decided to leave the lab. Bob sent a personal letter to Dr. Jerrold’s home explaining that he would be leaving the company. Bob did not fully address the issues that he had with Simon. Bob did make a statement that he would be “Glad to come back if there were any problems with his past work.” Dr. Jerrold also did not communicate to Bob that Simon’s assignment with the project was only temporary as he was going to be heading up a separate project. Recommendation #1: Dr. Jerrold needs to reach out to Bob and first workout the issues of him still working at the lab, by explaining to him what his intentions were to begin with. All three employees need to sit down together and work out the communication issue between coworkers. The management should maintain effective communication with their employees to ensure that they develop a positive mindset towards other

Cited: Hellriegel, D. & Slocum J. Organizational Behavior. 13th ed. Mason, OH: South- Western Cengage Learning, 2011. Print.