Chapter 2.1, Problem II.1E

The case introduces three companies of very different sizes with three different onboarding approaches. What differences do you see in their approaches? What similarities? New employees at Sun Microsystems begin their orientation sessions after being hired with a computer game. It is part of an attempt to integrate new people, improve the image of the company, get feedback, and start training. Looking over the shoulder of a new employee, one would see the person playing a computer game called “Dawn of the Shadow Spectors,” battling evil forces that are trying to destroy Sun’s network.Before Sun changed its orientation program, an employee’s first day at work consisted mostly of filling out paperwork, as in most companies. Some new employees waited 2 weeks to get e-mail, and people who worked remotely sometimes waited weeks or months before meeting their managers.The chief learning officer at Sun said, “We wanted to make a better first impression,” unlike that made on an employee’s…

5-28. What do you think are the sources of the information Jim and his team collected? How do you think they collected all of that information?

Write a memo to all HODs about the institution’s dress rules and the observation of the registrar. Ask them to ensure strict compliance. Please read the text below to write the memo.     Situation: You work in a reputed academic institution called Brilliant University as an assistant to the registrar, Mr Asghar Bhatti. The Institution has rules about what the students should wear, and a copy of the rules is given to everyone at the time of admission. All students must follow these rules, regardless of their academic year and department. The dress rules say that all students should wear grey trousers with a white shirt. Mr Asghar Bhatti says to you: I'd like you to send a memo to all the heads of departments informing them about violation of dress rules. For example, I've seen some of the students with unusually long hair. This looks very untidy. I've even seen one or two of the students wearing joggers. They need to remind students to look back over the rules they received. They should…

1. How do you think Praveen would handle the problem now? 2. What kind of human relations approach should Praveen take to rectify and prevent such problems?

What are the latest trends in remote work and how are businesses adapting to distributed teams?

Reward folly is a concept that refers to how organisations expect or hope for a certain kind of behaviour while reward for a different type of behavior. An example from my organization to better understand this would be- Our company divided us into groups and then formed teams by assigning different projects to different teams. The company expected us to work as a team and help each other by sharing ideas and collaborating witj each other. But at the end of the project term, the company management decided to pick the best team members in order to reward them for their exceptional contributions. This right here is an example of reward folly because on one hand our company expected us to move forwards as a team and on the other hand the company itself was creating a division between us by choosing the best performers rather than rewarding the whole team for the effort. Final answer Final answer - Reward folly is a very common concept that has been practiced by organisations for a very…

Jerry did not feel like going to work today, he was feeling exhausted and fed up. Jerry was appointed team leader of the morning shift in Greasy Jo's Café eight weeks ago. Some of the team members were causing conflict within the group by attacking Jerry personally, behind his back and blatantly refusing to follow company rules. They felt that as they had worked there longer one of them should have been given the position of team leader. Jerry did not feel he had been there long enough to be able to assert himself successtully. He knew that if action was not taken quickly the situation would deteriorate and he would have no control over the team's work effort. He had tried telling the team members what to do and how to do the work. He was constantly checking their work and had even had several arguments with different team members. With a loud sigh Jerry left for work, wondering what they had in Store for him today. 1. How would you resolve this conflict situation?

How have other airlines handled similar situations?

How can you make a contribution in a situation in which you were working as part of a team?