In this case, there were many problems within the Treadway Tire Lima factory plant. All of the problems were caused by the inefficient system that was in place. Most of the lower level leaders within the company were either under trained or not trained at all. Three things that could have been done to fix the system would be an organized training system within Treadway Tire, less pressure on the foreman and supervisors for immediate results on things that were outside their control, and shorter shifts.
If Treadway Tire implements an organized training program, the supervisors and managers won’t have to come up with everything on their own. It will eliminate the sink or swim mentality forced on the foreman and supervisors. The training should have the following important aspects:
1. Plant operations
2. Interactions between Treadway Tire employees and Union Workers
3. Proper disciplinary actions for employees
4. Areas for personal management education and advancement
In starting an organized training program, the initial training would have to happen right away for all management from foreman to managers. The initial training would help all of the leaders to be on the same page. After the initial training, it would be important to have a refresher training course every six months to a year so that the leaders would know what they could and couldn’t do. As the training program continued, the foreman and supervisors would be asked for feedback and the training program could be further developed to meet the needs of the organization. The training would help to empower the leaders to be able to make the proper decisions.
In addition to the training, it would be important to put less pressure on the foreman and supervisors for things that are outside their control. They were seeing an increase in pressure each year and the increase in pressure was reducing the