Situation Analysis: Ottawa Valley Food Products (OVFP) is a company which manufactures and distributes low calorie and diet food items. The employees at OVFP consist of 100 production workers and 18 management and support staff. R J Jennings is amongst these individuals and has worked for OVFP for 31 years. Even though he is able to retire, Jennings does not wish to do so any time in the near future. Jennings had a previous administrative assistant, Ella Arnold, who worked with him for 10 years. Ella, aged 58, decided to take early retirement due to deterioration in her eyesight. As Jennings’ assistant, Ella would work over time sometimes without pay, go above and beyond to make sure her job was done well including breaking previous …show more content…
▪Jennings asks too much of his employees sometimes. He will ask them to do things that are not in their job descriptions; such as get him coffee and pick up his dry cleaning. ▪Jennings may be too comfortable at his job. He is taking his employees for granted and using them to do personal favours. Problem Statement: The senior director of Ottawa Valley Food Products, R.J. Jennings, is having issues with his replacement administrative assistant. His former assistant was very outgoing and willing to work long hours in order to please her boss and to get the work done in a timely manner. When she took an early retirement, the company hired a replacement assistant for Mr. Jennings. Over her time with the company the new assistant, Mary Gregory, was at times incapable of the workload she had been given, which her predecessor had no trouble with. Not only was Mary incompetent at times, she also seemed to have no sense of proper business etiquette. On the day of an important meeting Mary decided to entertain the client with stories of her weekend while Jennings was running late. When Jennings arrived in his office he found a less than impressed client and his assistant chatting him up. After Jennings had told her to leave the office so they could commence their meeting, which was
National Foods Limited (NFL), founded in 1970, is Pakistan’s leading multi category foods company with over 250 different products in 12 categories. NFL holds ISO 9001, ISO 18001, ISO 22000 and HACCP certifications along with SAP Business Technology to drive its strong commitment to quality and management excellence.
Motivation is also a problem. The managers do not seemed to be engaged in the performance or needs of the employees. Marge is dismissed or ignored when trying to leave at her agreed upon time.
One day mid September, Lola and Jack got called down to the office. They exchanged frightened looks, but held each other's hands for support and made their way down the hall. As they walked into the office, they were surprised to find Mayor Crosby standing there. Everyone exchanged g’days and took their seats as instructed. Mayor Crosby explained he was there to ask for their help painting
321). The decision by Ashley to involve the current line foremen as key persons in the decision making process is a good idea at the executive level. However, they are not thought of as “true company men and may be a part of the problem and resistant to the inclusion” (Lapinski, Anderson, Greunke, 2012). In addition, they are not trusted by the workers and are bitter which may influence the inquiry and expected outcome.
Howdy Folks, it’s been a while since my previous post. Happily, I just arrived back from the Minneapolis-St. Paul weekend from a very well deserved 3-day vacation. Instead of going into great detail from previous blogs, here’s another food selfie perspective and a brief description of each meal. Enjoy and try not to salivate too much.
Canada’s food guide is a great tool that can be used to gauge what the average person’s diet should consist of; though it is not mandatory, it is recommended that your diet should emulate the guidelines set in place. Due to the fact that in most scenarios, sufferers of heart disease are mainly grown adults and the elderly, all servings, caloric intakes and diet references will be made to that specific age group. On that note, four servings of a Roasted Tomato and Cauliflower Pasta Bake supports the recommendations on Canada’s food guide in the following ways. Preparing this dish in compliance with a four serving recipe, the consumer would strongly benefit as from this dish they would be receiving eating foods from three different food groups, which with is beneficial as it provides
After her job with Dr. Orell, she then met Ed Grewach, a local attorney of Troy. He gave her a job at his law firm which was struggling at the time. When Mary took over managing the law firm, they had a 48% collection rate. The new billing system that they had acquired just wasn’t working out. She worked with the program specialist and bought a new printer launching the billing system increasing accounts receivable to 94%
good? Are his employees happy? The owners of this company are very concerned about these
his staffs's behaviour and contribute to mutual need satisfaction. In the other hand, in the
6). Cindy, in the past, has depended on referrals for staffing. Consequently, she has no formal policy or hiring practices in place to adequately equip her for recruitment needed for expansion. Cindy even states her incompetencies, “There is no employee handbook, little formal policy structure, no employee complaint procedure, and very little supervisor training” (Gusdorf, 2013, p. 6).
Mark young is a head of the painting department in hospital. When he took the job, the job was newly created because change was needed in painting services. As soon as Mark started his job, he basically restructures and reorganizes the whole department. He designed new scheduling procedure and redefined expected standards of performance. He emphasized that even thought he was leader in his department, when he started the job, job was basically task oriented , he didn’t needed any input from his subordinates . He was also initially strict about his expectation from painter due to hospital environment. As time passed, Mark delegated his responsibilities to two new employees that he hired, and he became less demanding. He would take small group of workers on weekly basis to the sports bar for burgers on house. This way he became very close with each his employee. He is people oriented person, he enjoys working with people. He made people realize their good work is being notice. Under his leadership, his department improved substantially and has seen as most productive department in hospital maintenance.
Mark young is a head of the painting department in the hospital. When he took the job, the job was newly created because change was needed in painting services. As soon as Mark started his job, he basically restructures and reorganizes the whole department. He designed new scheduling procedure and redefined expected standards of performance. He emphasized that even thought he was a leader in his department, when he started the job, job was basically task oriented , he didn’t need any input from his subordinates . He was also initially strict about his expectation from painter due to the hospital environment. As time passed, Mark delegated his responsibilities to two new employees that he hired, and he became less demanding. He would take a small group of workers on a weekly basis to the sports bar for burgers on the house. This way he became very close with each his employee. He is a people oriented person, he enjoys working with people. He made people realize their good work is being noticed. Under his leadership, his department improved substantially and has seen as a most productive department in the hospital maintenance.
In my opinion, the company President Jim Rawls doesn’t have proper control over the employee’s functions and activities due to the lack of properly designed structure and communication network. They communicate information by direct meeting which is not good all the time especially during the rush time. Not only this, but also, the president spent too much time on listening to suggestion rather than having his own clear cut idea.
More so, the management of Honey Glaze Cakes pays their employees wage above minimum and oftentimes, they would also give them commissions for a job well done. This just exemplifies that they do value their people’s hard work and dedication. However, despite the management’s good relationship with their people, they still can’t avoid having disobedient and uncooperative employees. Thus, in a labor-intensive work like this, firing deviant employees seems
Dick Hubbard is the well-know business personality in New Zealand and is the owner at Hubbard Foods Ltd. During his early stage he started the company by the name of Winner Foods in 1998 and 2 years later renamed it to Hubbard’s Food. Before setting up his own company, he started his career by working as a food technologist at tropical fruit factory. He also went on teamwork and confidence building course called Outward Bound, which he feels has made enormous contribution in his life. During early years the company experienced financial crunch but the turnaround came when an oat bran muesli product was launched as an in-house supermarket brand and was very successful leading Hubbards to focus solely on breakfast cereal market. Within no time the business started growing rapidly; Dick hired more employees and outgrew its premises and factory in Mangere, Auckland. Throughout this growth period and drawing from his own experiences, Dick maintained a socially responsible perspective of the business. He believed in the philosophy of creating employment and not replacing people with machinery unless it was absolutely necessary. For him staff members are the vital stakeholders in the business and are treated with respect and dignity. He was also successful in fostering the camaraderie atmosphere among employees and management. Being, a democratic leader he let on his employees to take a more participative role in the decision-making process. Everyone in the company is given the opportunity to participate, ideas are exchanged freely, and discussion is encouraged.