SEMESTER SPRING 2012
Introduction to Business (MGT211)
Due Date: 07 June, 2012 Marks: 30
Assignment:
The case
Company ‘R’ and Company ‘S’ are being managed differently. The managerial practices followed in
each company are given below:
Company ‘R’:
Each office has at least one supervisor to check the staff working.
Work target for each employee is set on daily basis.
Record of completed work is also kept daily.
Each process is broken down into different tasks and then these tasks are assi
gned to individual
employees to complete.
Company ‘S’:
There are few group supervisors whose job is to help the other staff in case the work builds up.
The employees are encouraged to complete what they can.
If a task needs more time than anticipated,
the employee is encouraged to take the time
required to do a good job.
Employees are given a whole task to complete and they can choose how it is completed.
Required:
1.
Which company employs managers who believe in Theory X and which company has Theory
Y managers? Explain your choice with sound/valid logics. (Marks 15)
2. Considering the company ‘S’ for following employees which financial and non-financial
reward would be suitable and why? (Marks 15)
a) production line worker in a car assembly section
b) receptionist
c) director
Hint: Remember to consider whether it is easy to measure their output.
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