Introduction: John Amasi was the Director of RL Wolfe’s of production and Engineering. This case study was about the introduction of the concept of self-directed teams into a newly rehabbed plant in Corpus Christi‚ Texas in 2004. The analysis took place after 4 years of initial implementation of the SDT structure. Amasi expected after the implementation of SDT’s the Corpus Christi plant would achieve high productivity. Self –directed teams are small groups of employees responsible for an entire
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Upon reviewing the implementation of Self-Directed Teams (SDT) at the newly acquired plant in Corpus Christi‚ Texas I have come to a conclusion that we need to redefine each team and revamp the roles and responsibilities of the team members that comprise each team. Facts that contributed to the lack of cohesiveness amongst the teams are as follows; 1) Is the size of the team too large? Should it be broken down into smaller teams? 2) Should teams rotate through all jobs in order have a better
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Case Study: R.L. Wolfe Introduction: The case study is of RL Wolfe‚ a Plastic Plant manufacturing company which emphasizes on implementing self-directed teams. Background: Wolfe plastic Company runs 24 hour a day‚ dividing into three shifts with 27 floor workers (Garvin &Collins‚ 1997).They purchased Moon plastics in 2003. Amasi‚ the director of production at RL Wolfe and the plant manager Winslow started implementing SDT’s at this new plant located at Corpus Christi in 2004. Problem:
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MGT 510 ASSIGNMENT RL WOLFE: IMPLEMENTING SELF-DIRECTED TEAMS. A CASE REVIEW RL WOLFE: IMPLEMENTING SELF-DIRECTED TEAMS. INTRODUCTION: The self-directed work team is an autonomous work unit capable of self-management. Such team has little need for direct supervision from managers; rather‚ the manager’s role is to meet the need of the team through the provision of resources‚ training and encouragement (Douglas & Gardner‚ 2004). The team is typically comprised of 5 to 15 members who are responsible
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established self-directed teams [SDT] at his Corpus Christi plant to allow for the betterment of the product and allow for employee decision making. The use of SDT’s has been used throughout different industries with great success. John hoped to use this same approach in his plastic pipe manufacturing plant‚ while hoping to achieve the same results as the other industries. Problems with the self-directed teams begin to arise and John‚ along with plant manager Jay Winslow‚ knew that things needed to change
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While Amasi’s Corpus Christi experiment is experiencing success (having higher productivity than his other plants)‚ the SDTs at the new plant have not been able to achieve the stated goal of 95% design capacity. In the inception of his experiment‚ Amasi envisions a “committed work force with a high level of satisfaction in their work”. In reading the case‚ it is clear to me that they have not been able to achieve this level of satisfaction. In my assessment of the employee complaints and the feedback
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2009 DAVID A. GARVIN ELIZABETH COLLINS RL Wolfe: Implementing Self-Directed Teams On a clear day in May 2007‚ John Amasi looked down on the city of Corpus Christi‚ Texas‚ as his plane approached the airport. As director of Production and Engineering at RL Wolfe—a $350M privately held plastic pipe manufacturer headquartered in Houston‚ Texas—he was looking forward to visiting the company’s plant in the city. Four years previously‚ in 2003‚ when RL Wolfe had purchased Moon Plastics—a small‚ familyowned
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and Engineering wanted to implement SDTs to the Corpus Christi plant to reap 30 to 40% increase in productivity and three times the industry average on returns with the help of a motivated workforce (Garvin & Collins‚ 2009). RL Wolfe acquired Moon Plastics in the year 2003. Amasi had studied the benefits of SDTs in terms of productivity and returns in an organization. He developed a team to implement the SDTs in the Corpus Christi plant and was hoping to get up to 95% or more on design capacity (Garvin
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Background John Amasi is the Director of Production and Engineering at RL Wolfe‚ “a $350M privately held plastic pipe manufacturer headquartered in Houston‚ Texas” (Gavin & Collins‚ 2009). John is Director of two companies soon to be three and is looking to implement Self-Directed Teams‚ (SDTs) into RL Wolfe’s third company which will be called Corpus Christy. RL Wolfe’s other two companies are unionized and are facing many issues. Amasi has done much research and has learned that Self-Directed Teams
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Tom Wolfe is one of the great american authors of this century. He has published a wide variety of works throughout his career including nonfiction and fiction pieces.Wolfe is probably best known for his association with the New Journalism literary movement in which literary techniques are used in an objective‚ even-handed journalism. His work is mostly non-fiction but it has captured the attention of readers by his amazing ability to make nonfiction interesting and controversial. His writing skills
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