Frank is a manager for the North Woods company's Minessota plant. Here Somali workers are hired for assembly line. They have their customs and rituals and currently they are allowed to break the assembly line to offer their prayers. However the company plans to increase the work and hire 40 more workers. This could cause a hindrance to the smooth assembly flow, especially during the sunset time where the muslims have to offer sunset prayers. Characters in the case: Frank, Halima Adan, Somali workers are the characters in the case. North Woods is the organization. Adequate information: The company has allowed several changes to accommodate the muslim customs. A separate clean room is set aside for the workers to pray. To determine: If hiring as few Muslim workers as possible would help in efficient working of the work line on the second shift.

Question

Want to see the full answer?

Answer 1

Question

Chapter 13, Problem 2ED

Summary Introduction

Case summary:

Frank is a manager for the North Woods company's Minessota plant. Here Somali workers are hired for assembly line. They have their customs and rituals and currently they are allowed to break the assembly line to offer their prayers. However the company plans to increase the work and hire 40 more workers. This could cause a hindrance to the smooth assembly flow, especially during the sunset time where the muslims have to offer sunset prayers.

Characters in the case:

Frank, Halima Adan, Somali workers are the characters in the case.

North Woods is the organization.

Adequate information:

The company has allowed several changes to accommodate the muslim customs. A separate clean room is set aside for the workers to pray.

To determine:

If hiring as few Muslim workers as possible would help in efficient working of the work line on the second shift.

Expert Solution & Answer

Want to see the full answer?

Check out a sample textbook solution

See solution

Students have asked these similar questions

Nawal had just graduated from I.I.M., Bangalore and joined his father's small business, which employed 28 semi-skilled workers. After a week, his father, a retired government officer, called him and said, "Nawal, I have had a chance to observe your working with the men and women for the past few days. Although I hate to, I must say something. You are just too nice to people. I know they taught you human relations stuff at the I.I.M., but it just does not work here. I remember when the Hawthorne studies were first reported, everyone in the academic field got excited about them. But, believe me, there is more to managing people than just being nice to them." Questions: Do you think Nawal's father understood and interpreted the Hawthorne studies correctly? If you were Nawal what would your reaction be to your father's comments?

Loralee and Teddy are new employees at an upscale grocery store on Hennepin Ave. in Minneapolis. Both worked in the deli—they were among the 20 people who worked on the first shift. First shifters were a hearty group—they arrived at 5 am to prepare, then sell, the foods that stock the deli. Teddy made daily food orders from local vendors, while Loralee was in charge of take-out orders at the deli and arranged for their delivery. Their manager, Fatima, noticed that there were a lot of mistakes and misunderstandings among the group; Teddy often ordered the wrong food in wrong amounts, while Loralee missed deliveries because of back-ups and missing ingredients. All of this was wearing on relationships and there was fighting among the group; Fatima needed to work on improving group dynamics. Name five activities that Fatima could organize to improve the group dynamics among the deli’s first shift and name the concept or theory that Fatima would be demonstrating for each.

Barry has little tolerance for people from the South because he thinks all Southerners are slow-witted. Ann is a new employee at his firm, who recently moved to New York City from the South. Barry assumes he and Ann won’t be friends because she’s likely not very smart since she’s from the South. Which term best reflects Barry’s view toward Ann?