Patel Mills manufactures woolen clothes. Over the years, it has earned an envious reputation in the market.
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Human Resource Management
CASE STUDY (20 Marks)
Patel Mills manufactures woolen
clothes. Over the years, it has earned an envious reputation in the market.
People associate Patel Mills with high quality woolen garments. Most of the
existing employees had joined the company long back and are nearing retirement
stage. The process of replacing these old employees with younger ones, drawn
from the nearby arrears, has already begun. Recently, the quality of the
garments has deteriorated considerably. Though the company employs the best
material that is available, the workmanship has gone down. Consequently, the
company stands, in the surrounding areas to a great extent. The company stands,
in the eyes of general public, depreciated and devalued. The production
manager, in a frantic bid to recover lost ground, held several meetings with
his staff but all in vain. The problem of course, has its roots in the
production department itself. The young workers have started resisting the
bureaucratic rules and regulations vehemently. The hatred against regimentation
vehemently. The hatred against regimentation and tight control is total. The
old workers, on the verge of retirement, say that conditions have changed
considerably in recent years. In the days gone by, they say, they were guided
by a process of self-control in place of bureaucratic control. Each worker did
his work diligently and honestly under the old set up. In an attempt to
restructure the organizational set up, the managers who have the new contract,
had very little freedom in the workplace. They are expected to bend their will
to rules and regulations. Witnessing the difference between the two ‘cultures’,
the young workers, naturally, began to oppose the regulatory mechanism devised
by top management. The pent up feelings of frustration and resentment against management,
like a gathering storm, have resulted in volcanic eruptions leading to violent
arguments between young workers and
foremen on the shop-floor. In the
process, production has suffered, both quantitatively and qualitatively. The
production manager in an attempt to weather out the storm is seriously thinking
of bringing about a radical change in the control process that is prevailing now,
in the organization.
Answer
the following question.
Q1.
How do you evaluate the worker’s appraisal in the case?
Q2.
Do you suggest any techniques to avert politics / subjectivity creeping in the
Process of performance?
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