Management style<\/p>\n
Manny Flavors CC, Inc. is a family owned company now in its fourth generation. The company began in 1889 making only one standard sugar cookie. Over the years it has prospered, and now it produces over 50 flavors of cookies. The company\u2019s motto is \u201ccookies for any occasion.\u201d Rising sales revenues have brought in a lot of dough, so now money can be allocated to increasing line personnel and managerial staff. Manny, who is addressed as \u201cMr. Flavors\u201d by employees, has finally added an HR specialist (you) to help with personnel and organizational behavior problems.<\/p>\n
He has asked you to help with what he feels is a problem of worker morale in the operations division. Willie Keepum, VP of operations, has complained to Manny that most of his workers have bad attitudes and don\u2019t seem to want to work. He says he\u2019s prepared to fire them all if they don\u2019t shape up. Willie has informed Manny of his intentions, and believes he (Willie) needs to \u201cclean house\u201d to show them who\u2019s boss. Besides, he thinks a lot of them have become complacent and don\u2019t care about quality.<\/p>\n
Manny knows that Willie can be heavy-handed in his management style and that he believes workers come to work either motivated or not. Willie has told him \u201cthere\u2019s nothing you can do to make them work if they don\u2019t want to.\u201d Knowing everything about cookies, but nothing about people, Manny isn\u2019t sure whether it\u2019s the workers or Willie that\u2019s creating the problem. He wants to know that if it is Willie, can he be changed? Or is it hopeless? He wants you to tell him if you think Willie or the workers should go. If you think neither should, then what are the ingredients needed to cook up a solution? This thing\u2019s getting on his nerves. He wants to get it behind him and get back to his cookies. Therefore, Manny asks you to analyze the situation using your knowledge of leadership theories, and recommend a possible solution so he can decide what to do.<\/p>\n
1. Decide if either the workers or Willie should go
\n2. Analyze Willie\u2019s management style and compare it to others that might be better
\n3. Consider whether the workers or Willie can be changed and if so, how to do it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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