FMC Green River: focus on employee motivation
Not what you're looking for?
Continuing my analysis for Kenneth Dailey of FMC Green River by focusing on employee motivation, using the Step by Step Analysis.
The steps of analysis are the same as those explained in Unit 1:
Step #1 Introduction and Background
Step #2 Organizational Analysis
Step #3 Alternatives and Recommendations
Step #4 Implementation with a Contingency Plan
The topics to analyze for this unit are the following:
a. Job Design and Goal Setting
b. Performance Appraisal
c. Pay
d. Career Development
Keeping in mind the differences that exist between FMC Green River and FMC Aberdeen. Think in terms of the job design/goal setting in both facilities. What about differences in pay, performance appraisals, and developing a career path?
Will need to develop the recommendations to be considered as to what would work at the Green River facility and why? How will my changes be implemented?
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary
This is a continuation of the comparative analysis between two companies within the same parent corporation. FMC Green River, located in Wyoming, is a large chemical mining and production facility with its own unique method of management. FMC Aberdeen which is in South Dakota will be observed in depth to consider if the current management style could be applicable to the FMC Green River plant.
Solution Preview
This is a continuation of the comparative analysis between two companies within the same parent corporation. FMC Green River, located in Wyoming, is a large chemical mining and production facility with its own unique method of management. FMC Aberdeen which is in South Dakota will be observed in depth to consider if the current management style could be applicable to the FMC Green River plant.
I. BACKGROUND:
FMC Aberdeen states within its plant philosophy and policies its interest in participative management, quality circles union management circles, work teams and quality of work life programs. These themes dictate the direction of the plant's job design, goal setting initiatives, performance appraisal system, pay structure and career development planning. In addition, keeping within a simple system structure, all processes are applied equitably among all employees within the organization.
The system of personnel management is based upon different criteria at the FMC Green River plant. Since the workforce is unionized, pay scales, evaluation standards, job descriptions, and career development are subject to union review and approval prior to company implementation. Since the union has been in place for a number of years, these processes are already well established within the plant's organizational structure.
II. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS:
A. Job Design and Goal Setting
FMC Aberdeen designs the organization's jobs utilizing job enrichment procedures where the employees are allowed to plan their work schedules, decided upon the procedures utilized to complete the work assigned, check the work and productivity within their group, and allow each member of the group to learn new skills. This method of employee management provides increased intrinsic motivation to the employees and ...
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Situational Leadership
This quiz will help you better understand Situational Leadership and its theories.
Production and cost theory
Understanding production and cost phenomena will permit firms to make wise decisions concerning output volume.
Academic Reading and Writing: Critical Thinking
Importance of Critical Thinking
Understanding the Accounting Equation
These 10 questions help a new student of accounting to understand the basic premise of accounting and how it is applied to the business world.
Income Streams
In our ever changing world, developing secondary income streams is becoming more important. This quiz provides a brief overview of income sources.