Professional Workplace Dilemma Paper
Professional Workplace Dilemma Paper
Alicia Huff
GEN 480
June 19, 2012
Alexander Dunham
Professional Workplace Dilemma Paper Although everyone experiences a dilemma in the workplace at least once in their life, the most important aspect of the dilemma is to learn from it and gain some knowledge and wisdom that can be used the next time you are faced with dilemma within the workplace. Furthermore, while experiencing these dilemmas in the workplace we have to ensure that it is not a repeat deal. Meaning that you are a confrontational person and always have issues with other employees, because you gossip too much or your just plain old not doing your job and causing other people to get in trouble because they have to pick up your slack. Or maybe there is a fellow employee who is looking to get a promotion as a manager soon. Currently he or she is doing some shift leading from time to time. However, you notice that sometimes while he or she is shift leading he or she takes advantage of the little bit of authority that they have been granted for his or her eight hour shift. Now you have brought the change in the shift leader’s attitude to the attention of your managers. You have explained that there is a little abuse of authority with, yelling, name calling, snatching things from other employees hands, not giving lunch breaks, gossiping about other employees to their employee friends who happen to work there, and so forth. The managers state that they will look into it and handle it, not to worry. This is where it all begins. I worked for Lowes Home Improvement Store for about a year. I enjoyed working there. I liked working with the public, making customers happy, giving them my input on their home improvement needs and them actually taking my advice. It made me feel really good. Some customers were so happy with some of my suggestions and advice, they would bring me pictures of the new changes that they had made to their home on the
Alicia Huff
GEN 480
June 19, 2012
Alexander Dunham
Professional Workplace Dilemma Paper Although everyone experiences a dilemma in the workplace at least once in their life, the most important aspect of the dilemma is to learn from it and gain some knowledge and wisdom that can be used the next time you are faced with dilemma within the workplace. Furthermore, while experiencing these dilemmas in the workplace we have to ensure that it is not a repeat deal. Meaning that you are a confrontational person and always have issues with other employees, because you gossip too much or your just plain old not doing your job and causing other people to get in trouble because they have to pick up your slack. Or maybe there is a fellow employee who is looking to get a promotion as a manager soon. Currently he or she is doing some shift leading from time to time. However, you notice that sometimes while he or she is shift leading he or she takes advantage of the little bit of authority that they have been granted for his or her eight hour shift. Now you have brought the change in the shift leader’s attitude to the attention of your managers. You have explained that there is a little abuse of authority with, yelling, name calling, snatching things from other employees hands, not giving lunch breaks, gossiping about other employees to their employee friends who happen to work there, and so forth. The managers state that they will look into it and handle it, not to worry. This is where it all begins. I worked for Lowes Home Improvement Store for about a year. I enjoyed working there. I liked working with the public, making customers happy, giving them my input on their home improvement needs and them actually taking my advice. It made me feel really good. Some customers were so happy with some of my suggestions and advice, they would bring me pictures of the new changes that they had made to their home on the