Question

CASE ANALYSIS # 1 -THE LAYOFF Two years ago, your organization experienced a sudden Increase in its volume of work. At about the same time, it was threatened with an equal employment opportunity suit that resulted in an affirmative action plan. Under this plan, additional women and minority members have been recruited and hired. Presently, the top level of management in your organization is anticipating a drecrease in volume of work. You have been asked to rank the clerical employees of your section in the event a layoff is necessary Below you will find biographical data for the seven clerical people in your section. Rank the seven people according to the order in which they should be laid off, that is, the person ranked first is to be laid off first, etc. Burt Green - White male, aged 45. Married, four children, five years with the organization. Reputed to be an alcoholic; poor work record. Nan Nushka White female, aged 26. Married, no children, husband has a steady job; six months with the organization. Hired after the affirmative action plan went into effect; average worth record to date. Saving to buy a house. Johnny Jones Black male, aged 20. Unmarried; one year with organization. High performance ratings. Refuted to be shy- a "loner"; wants to start his own business someday. Joe Jefferson White male, aged 24. Married, no children but wife is pregnant; three years with organization. Going to college at night; erratic performance attributed to work/study conflicts Livonia Long Black female, aged 49. Widow, three grown children; two years with the organization. Steady worker whose performance is average. Ward Watt- White male, aged 30. Recently divorced, one child, three years with the organization. Good worker. Rosa Sanchez Hispanic female, aged 45. Six children, husband disabled one year ago; trying to help support her family three months in the organization. No performance appraisal data available. What criteria dis you use for ranking the employees? 2. What implications does your ranking have in the area of afffirmative action? 1. CASE ANALYSIS # 2-THE SECURE EMPLOYEE Archle Banks is 53 years old and has been with Allgo Products for paid machine operator. Archie is quite active in community affairs, and he takes an interest in most employee activities He is very friendly and well liked by all the employees, especially the younger ones, who often come to him for advice. He is extremely helpful to these younger employees and never hesitates to help them when called upon. When talking with younger employees, Archie never talks negatively about the company. years. For the last seven years, he has been a top- Archie's one shortcoming, as Tom Williams, his supervisor, sees it, is his tendency to spend too much time talking with other employees. This causes Archie's work to suffer, and perhaps more important, it hinders the output of others. Whenever Tom confronts Archie with the problem, Archie improves for a day or two and then he slips back to his old habit. Tom considered trying to have Archie transferred to an area where he would have less opportunity to interrupt the work of other employees. However, Tom concluded that he needed Archie's experience, especially since he had no available replacement for Archle's job. Archle is secure in his personal life. He owns a nice house and lives well. His wife is a librarian, and their two children are grown and married. Although he has never specifically said so, Archie feels that he is as high as he'll ever go in the company. This doesn't seem to bother him since he likes his present job and feels comfortable in it 1. What would you do to motivate Archie if you were Tom Williams? 2 Suppose Archle liked his job so much that he didn't want to be promoted even if offered a higher joh. What would you do to motivate Archie in this situation?

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Answer 1

Case 1 :

1) The Criteria that I am using is Experience and Work performance on the basis of this following is the rank 1 being the foremost to laid off while the 7th being the last to be laid off :

1.Nan Nushka

2.Rosa Sanchez

3.Burt Green

4.Livonia Long

5.Joe Jefferson  

6.Johnny Jones

7.Ward Watt

Case 2:

1. To motivate Archie as Tom William after talking to the management I can engage Archie into a time-bound task and can provide him incentives for the same on a monthly, tri-monthly basis since the task would be time-bound he won't be having enough time to spend on talking to others and affect their productivity too. Also providing him with motivational training and effective working classes could result in a change in his behavior.

2. If Archie would not want to get promoted I will offer him Volunteer Retirement Solution and Since he is very much into his work and is a loyal employee of the company he will accept the offer and promotion can be granted to him.