Tom Mendela Case
In class we discussed whether it would be appropriate to fire an employee if he consistently was shown to get bored with his job. As is the case in most situations, the answer lies in the detail. For instance, is it unreasonable that Tom became bored after performing a simple, repetitive task day after day for a month? Possibly yes, if other employees go through a similar process of growing bored with their work. If, however, the other employees have no problem staying interested with their work, then there is definitely a problem with Tom, and he may need to be fired. The important point, is to not lose an opportunity to improve productivity by considering the fact that your workers are human and thus vulnerable to human problems such as boredom. It is possible that you might find a productivity increase by relieving boredom.
Comments
Posted by: Mateusz Sladewski
Posted on: December 10, 2005 07:55 PM
Couldn't agree more on two points. One, most of these case due lack details that make decisions process alot easier. But the thing we have to realize, these case or incidents are suppose to facilitate discussion among a groups, and see the different view points we all posses. Secondly, more and more labor jobs are low skill level jobs. Should managemnt always look at labor for cutting expenses.? The headaches that arise from incidents like Tom's due to bordom on the job nuasans to take care of. The gap between labor and management continues to grow.