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Assignment #4THE RELUCTANT WORKERS

Homework Assignment #4THE RELUCTANT WORKERSInstructions: Please read the Case Study and answer the following questions and turn in the assignment atthe beginning of the next class. Maximum of two pages.Tim Aston had changed employers three months ago. His new position was project manager. At first he had stars inhis eyes about becoming the best project manager that his company had ever seen. Now, he wasn’t sure if projectmanagement was worth the effort. He made an appointment to see Phil Davies, director of project management.Tim Aston: “Phil, I’m a little unhappy about the way things are going. I just can’t seem to motivate my people.Every day, at 4:30 P.M., all of my people clean off their desks and go home. I’ve had people walk out of lateafternoon team meetings because they were afraid that they’d miss their car pool. I have to schedule morning teammeetings.”Phil Davies: “Look, Tim. You’re going to have to realize that in a project environment, people think that they comefirst and that the project is second. This is a way of life in our organizational form.”Tim Aston: “I’ve continually asked my people to come to me if they have problems. I find that the people do notthink that they need help and, therefore, do not want it. I just can’t get my people to communicate more.”Phil Davies: “The average age of our employees is about forty-six. Most of our people have been here for twentyyears. They’re set in their ways. You’re the first person that we’ve hired in the past three years. Some of our peoplemay just resent seeing a thirty-year-old project manager.”Tim Aston: “I found one guy in the accounting department who has an excellent head on his shoulders. He’s veryinterested in project management. I asked his boss if he’d release him for a position in project management, and hisboss just laughed at me, saying something to the effect that as long as that guy is doing a good job for him, he’llnever be released for an assignment elsewhere in the company. His boss seems more worried about his personalempire than he does in what’s best for the company. “We had a test scheduled for last week. The customer’s topmanagement was planning on flying in for firsthand observations. Two of my people said that they had programmedvacation days coming, and that they would not change, under any conditions. One guy was going fishing and theother guy was planning to spend a few days working with fatherless children in our community. Surely, these guyscould change their plans for the test.”Phil Davies: “Many of our people have social responsibilities and outside interests. We encourage socialresponsibilities and only hope that the outside interests do not interfere with their jobs. “There’s one thing youshould understand about our people. With an average age of forty-six, many of our people are at the top of their paygrades and have no place to go. They must look elsewhere for interests. These are the people you have to work withand motivate. Perhaps you should do some reading on human behavior.InstructionsThe class will divide into groups of four teams. Each team will meet and discuss for 10 minutes and answer each ofthe following questions.1. How has Tim Ashton handled these situations?2. Can the company help him?3. What are your suggested solutions?

 

Homework Assignment #4THE RELUCTANT WORKERSInstructions:Please read the Case Study and answer the following questions and turn in the assignment atthe beginning of the next class. Maximum of two pages.Tim Aston had changed employers three months ago. His new position was project manager. At first he had stars inhis eyes about becoming the best project manager that his company had ever seen. Now, he wasn’t sure if projectmanagement was worth the effort. He made an appointment to see Phil Davies, director of project management.Tim Aston:“Phil, I’m a little unhappy about the way things are going. I just can’t seem to motivate my people.Every day, at 4:30 P.M., all of my people clean off their desks and go home. I’ve had people walk out of lateafternoon team meetings because they were afraid that they’d miss their car pool. I have to schedule morning teammeetings.”Phil Davies:“Look, Tim. You’re going to have to realize that in a project environment, people think that they comefirst and that the project is second. This is a way of life in our organizational form.”Tim Aston:“I’ve continually asked my people to come to me if they have problems. I find that the people do notthink that they need help and, therefore, do not want it. I just can’t get my people to communicate more.”Phil Davies:“The average age of our employees is about forty-six. Most of our people have been here for twentyyears. They’re set in their ways. You’re the first person that we’ve hired in the past three years. Some of our peoplemay just resent seeing a thirty-year-old project manager.”Tim Aston:“I found one guy in the accounting department who has an excellent head on his shoulders. He’s veryinterested in project management. I asked his boss if he’d release him for a position in project management, and hisboss just laughed at me, saying something to the effect that as long as that guy is doing a good job for him, he’llnever be released for an assignment elsewhere in the company. His boss seems more worried about his personalempire than he does in what’s best for the company. “We had a test scheduled for last week. The customer’s topmanagement was planning on flying in for firsthand observations. Two of my people said that they had programmedvacation days coming, and that they would not change, under any conditions. One guy was going fishing and theother guy was planning to spend a few days working with fatherless children in our community. Surely, these guyscould change their plans for the test.”Phil Davies:“Many of our people have social responsibilities and outside interests. We encourage socialresponsibilities and only hope that the outside interests do not interfere with their jobs. “There’s one thing youshould understand about our people. With an average age of forty-six, many of our people are at the top of their paygrades and have no place to go. They must look elsewhere for interests. These are the people you have to work withand motivate. Perhaps you should do some reading on human behavior.InstructionsThe class will divide into groups of four teams. Each team will meet and discuss for 10 minutes and answer each ofthe following questions.1. How has Tim Ashton handled these situations?2. Can the company help him?3. What are your suggested solutions?

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