Employee Self – Actualization Problem at Redgrove Axial Workshop Case Study
ISM UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAMME
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR COURSE
“EMPLOYEE SELF – ACTUALIZATION PROBLEM AT REDGROVE AXIAL WORKSHOP”
CASE OF “THE REDGROVE AXIAL WORKSHOP”
Kaunas, 2013
Table of Contents Introduction 3 Relevance of the topic from OB aspect 3 Analysis aim and tasks 3 Situation analysis 4 Problem identification 5 Theoretical survey 6 A Review of Employee Motivation Theories and their Implications for Employee Retention within Organizations 6 Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Theory 6 The Motivator-Hygiene Theory 7 Evaluation of the alternatives 8 Suggested solution 10
Introduction “Redgrove Axial Workshop” case talks about the self – actualization problems of employees belonging to the most effective workshop of the whole Redgrove plant, which is owned by the ITE corporation – a North American - based manufacturer of equipment ranging from axial compressors for aircrafts to highly sophisticated aeronautic and defense systems. The Redgrove plant, where the action takes place in this case, is the main U.S. manufacturing facility for aircraft engine parts belonging to the aeronautics business unit. The plant is situated in a small town, only one hour away from a large metropolitan area. The problems of self actualization are alive at the axial compressor workshop, which activities contributed nearly 20 per cent of the Redgrove’s plant annual revenues. The numbers talk for themselves and without no doubt this workshop is most effective in the plant. Actually, members of the axial workshop had a great reputation for being very hard workers and employee turnover was a very rare phenomenon there. Most of the best workers at the manufacturing workshop are the ones, which were moved here from prototype workshop, since the engineers started using a more sophisticated software. The axial workshop production manager Fontaine
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAMME
UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR COURSE
“EMPLOYEE SELF – ACTUALIZATION PROBLEM AT REDGROVE AXIAL WORKSHOP”
CASE OF “THE REDGROVE AXIAL WORKSHOP”
Kaunas, 2013
Table of Contents Introduction 3 Relevance of the topic from OB aspect 3 Analysis aim and tasks 3 Situation analysis 4 Problem identification 5 Theoretical survey 6 A Review of Employee Motivation Theories and their Implications for Employee Retention within Organizations 6 Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Theory 6 The Motivator-Hygiene Theory 7 Evaluation of the alternatives 8 Suggested solution 10
Introduction “Redgrove Axial Workshop” case talks about the self – actualization problems of employees belonging to the most effective workshop of the whole Redgrove plant, which is owned by the ITE corporation – a North American - based manufacturer of equipment ranging from axial compressors for aircrafts to highly sophisticated aeronautic and defense systems. The Redgrove plant, where the action takes place in this case, is the main U.S. manufacturing facility for aircraft engine parts belonging to the aeronautics business unit. The plant is situated in a small town, only one hour away from a large metropolitan area. The problems of self actualization are alive at the axial compressor workshop, which activities contributed nearly 20 per cent of the Redgrove’s plant annual revenues. The numbers talk for themselves and without no doubt this workshop is most effective in the plant. Actually, members of the axial workshop had a great reputation for being very hard workers and employee turnover was a very rare phenomenon there. Most of the best workers at the manufacturing workshop are the ones, which were moved here from prototype workshop, since the engineers started using a more sophisticated software. The axial workshop production manager Fontaine
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