Institute of Business Administration University of Dhaka Course: Human Resource Management (H 501) CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT On Jack Nelson’s Problem Human Resource Management by Gary Dessler 11th Edition Date of Submission- 01 March‚ 2015 Jack Nelson’s Problem Human Resource Management by Gary Dessler 11th Edition 1. What do you think is causing some of the problems in the bank’s home office and branches? ANSWER: Attrition or employee turnover was high during past eight years‚ as a result
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Solutions for Jack Nelson’s Problem Question 1: What do you think is causing some of the problems in the bank’s home office and branches? Answer: There are some problems in bank’s home office and branches. These problems have some cause. From what I noticed from the case above‚ there are mainly three problems that caused the problem in the bank’s home office and branches. Firstly‚ the home office does not provide any training for employees. That’s why when Jack Nelson was introduced to the entire
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QUESTIONS: 1. What do you think is causing some of the problems in the bank’s home office and branches? As we can read in the first three paragraphs‚ the problems are: A) Some employees (like Ruth Johnson) don’t know what their job consist on. That’s due to a lack of orientation and training of employees‚ as we can also notice from the supervisor statements. B) The Company is experience high turnover. This problem may occur because new employees are not motivated enough to their jobs or because compensation
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As a new member of the board of directors for a local bank‚ Jack Nelson was being introduced to all employees in the home office. When he was introduced to Ruth Johnson‚ he was curious about her work and asked her what the machine she was using did. Johnson replied that she really did not know what the machine was called or what it did. She explained that she had only been working there for two months. She did‚ however know precisely how to operate the machine. According to her supervisor‚ she was
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Case Incident: Jack Nelson’s Problem Summary: Jack nelson‚ a new member of the board of directors for a local bank. While introducing with the employees‚ nelson found some problem in the home and branch offices of the bank. There are various kinds of problems. And most of the problems are caused for the absent of HR unit in the bank. 1. What do you think was causing some of the problems in the savings and loan home office and branches? Yes. There is clearly a problem with communication
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Jack Nelson ’s Problem What do you think is causing some of the problems in the bank’s home office and branches? First of all‚ there is a lack of communication between branches‚ management‚ and the home office. The supervisors lead their own employees without any guidance or exchange with the home office. There is a high rate of employee turnover‚ which can have a variety of causes. According to the text‚ the problem in this situation is that whenever a new employee was hired‚ one would also
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Assignment 1: Case Study‚ Jack Nelson’s Problem 1. a) What do you think is causing some of the problems in the bank’s home office? 1. Ruth Johnson who has been working at the bank’s head office for last two months did not know what the machine she is using is called or what is does. That shows that the bank did not give her sufficient training to familiarize herself with the name and the function of the machine. However‚ she did know how the machine works‚ but this doesn’t mean that she has been
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Jack Nelsons Problem Following has been noted as few problems faced by the bank’s home office and branches. - High employee turnover: The major issue was that employee turnover was quite high within the office‚ as a matter of fact every time an employee would be hired ‚ their would be another employee resigning. We understand that employee turnover is a costly expense especially in lower paying job roles‚ for which the employee turnover rate is highest. Many factors play a role in the employee
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