Slade Plating Department

In the case of the Slade Plating department there are a number of problems that occur within the company. The main problem is that most of the employees within the department punch fellow co-workers timecards out when the employees are not there. A lot of these problems can be linked to the business’ organizational behavior.
There are many employees within the firm that have organized into teams. The most organized being the Sarto and Clark groups. Employees in these groups and some within smaller groups have developed a system where one person in the group stays after the manager leaves at 5:00pm. The alternating individual staying late punches out the other employee’s timecards at 7:00pm allowing most of the staff to go home early without losing pay.
This problem occurs because the manager arrives later and leaves earlier than any other employee. The workers are unsupervised for many hours per day and are often not supervised at all on weekends. Proper supervision and coordination of authority is paramount to improving the existing problem at the Slade Plating Department.
These practices also occur because the hourly wage offered is low and the system being used is fairly easy to manipulate. There is no reason that in this modern age of technology employees are so easily able to steal from the Slade Company. Many options exist to this agency that are both inexpensive and cost effective. Modernization or implementation of new video monitoring and/or clock-in/out systems could eliminate the temptation and ability to steal.
Within the Slade Plating Department there are some employee conflicts that currently cause tension and decrease productivity. Members of both the Sarto and Clark groups work hard to keep up with high productivity demands. They produce high quality products and are very creative in solving problems.
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