BSG 302 – Organizational Behavior Repairing Jobs That Fail to Satisfy (Case Study) PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To help students become aware of the complexity of human behavior in organizations. To help students deepen their understanding of group dynamics and organizational culture. To help students understand the importance of job satisfaction and incentive systems. To improve the students’ group and teamwork skills. To improve the students’ written and oral presentation skills. PROCESS:
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Case 2 Repairing Jobs That Fail to Satisfy Learning Goals Companies often divide up work as a way to improve efficiency‚ but specialization can lead to negative consequences. DrainFlow is a company that has effectively used specialization to reduce costs relative to its competitors’ costs for years‚ but rising customer complaints suggest the firm’s strong position may be slipping. After reading the case‚ you will suggest some ways it can create more interesting work for employees.
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Q1 Evaluating and rewarding employees for their individual contributions‚ management should modify the traditional‚ individually oriented evaluation and reward system to reflect team performance and focus on hybrid systems that recognize individual members for their exceptional contributions and reward the entire group for positive outcomes. Management should consider group-based appraisals‚ profit sharing‚ gain sharing‚ small-group incentives‚ and other system modifications that will reinforce
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understanding of the Repairing Jobs That fail to Satisfy. The report focuses on how DrainFlow can improve in three areas: job structure‚ incentive structure‚ and hiring practices. The main contents include an introduction to the problems DrainFlow is encountering‚ analyses of the current business‚ and recommendations on how DrainFlow can overcome these issues to foster a long-term competitive advantage. Goal and Recommendations The goal of this proposal is to provide recommendations for a new job structure
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a plumbing maintenance firm in the USA‚ has been losing its customers to competitors due to poor services. Job motivation and satisfaction among employees is declining across various job categories within the firm. This dissatisfaction has been attributed to the overspecialization of some job functions in the company. The report attempts to assist DrainFlow improve in three key areas: job structure and design‚ incentive policies‚ and recruitment practices. It will go further to analyze the causes
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Running head: CARL ROBBINS CASE STUDY Carl Robbins Case Study Casey Higgins University of Phoenix Essentials of College Writing COMM 215 Nalin Pant June 1‚ 2009 At the start of April‚ Carl Robbins was hired at ABC‚ INC. as a new recruiter; He eventually hired many employees‚ even though he was fairly new at his job. This was his first recruitment effort that turned out quite well. After this‚ the Operations Supervisor‚ Monica Carrolls‚ tasked Carl to recruit 15 new employees to begin
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Carl Robins Case Study Julie Rucker COMM 215 March 31‚ 2010 Carl Robins Case Study Introduction Carl Robins is a new campus recruiter who is on the fast track to success. However‚ as a new employee‚ he is not fully informed on processes of the company. From my analysis‚ I conclude that Carl Robbins is not organized and did not assemble training plan for the new recruits. New employees can acquire a situation too deep and too fast. It takes at least six months to a year for someone in
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Case study #1 Susana Rocamora Florida National University Dr James Bullen In 1995‚ Katie Rodan and Kathy Fields launched Proactiv® Solution; the first-ever comprehensive three-step system to treat marks and help prevent new ones. Today‚ this product is America ’s bestselling acne and it is trusted by millions of women‚ men and teens. With more than 25 years in private clinical practice
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Robbins & Cotran Basis of Disease – 9th Edition Pg. 370-377 Mycobacteria Bacteria in the genus Mycobacterium are slender‚ aerobic rods that grow in straight or branching chains. Mycobacteria have a unique waxy cell wall composed of unusual glycolipids and lipids including mycolic acid‚ which makes them acid-fast‚ meaning they will retain stains even on treatment with a mixture of acid and alcohol. They are weakly gram positive. Tuberculosis Tuberculosis is a serious chronic pulmonary and systemic
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Why do we fail? It is a difficult question to answer. As Tony Robbins said‚ “I have come to believe that all my past failures and frustrations were laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.” Success is not earned easily but requires hard work. The only other option is failure‚ where shortcuts are taken to be successful without the application of work. Growth occurs through periods of downfall and reconstruction which can lead to one’s success
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