Nick Roy November 7th, 2007
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Nick Roy November 3rd, 2007
While doing my research for one of my classes, I found the following study by Ashley Dawn Johnston of Liberty University. The study addresses Douglas McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y management paradigm as applied toward carnival executives’ (CEs) communication to employees. Fifteen CEs were interviewed and elicited narratives that held either Theory X or Theory Y paradigm. From the narratives it was discovered that most CEs held a Theory Y paradigm toward employees. However, it was also discovered that the Theory Y paradigm may be a result of increased use of foreign labor or a swing in the carnival industry itself.
Ashley Dawn Johnston is a graduate student at Liberty University. She is currently finishing up her Master of Arts in Communication degree.
Download the full paper by Ashley Dawn Johnston, Contradiction And The Carnival: A Study Of McGregor’s Theory X And Theory Y Framework Applied To Communication Within A Carnival Setting
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Nick Roy October 27th, 2007
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Nick Roy August 5th, 2007
When deciding to close a facility, what are ways to ensure that key personnel remain with a company to the end of its transition. What tools would be suggested to ensure that a company have their servces for the complete time period?
For most employee’s, the instinct from hearing about the closure will be to immediately begin seeking other employment. If they wait until the actual closure to start looking, they could, depending on the local market for their skill sets, find themselves without an income. By the way, this only works if a company announces that they will be closing at some future date. If you were with a company that decided to close its doors right away, then that will create a negative image amongst the employees as well as customers. A typical severance package is one week of pay for each year of service; some may have a specific upper limit (say, 12 or 15 weeks). For example, if you were with a company for five years, then severence pay would be five weeks. If you were with the company for twenty five years, then it would be twenty five weeks of severance pay. Have your key employees been with the organization long enough for such a package to be worth staying for? What do you plan to offer to other staff who are still with you when the facility is closed? You could also offer something like an additional month’s pay. Also outplacement assistance (interviewing skills, drawing up sums, etc). Do you plan to offer your employees outplacement services? It is considered goodwill for a company to assist the departing employees with finding other employment.
Before you do that you should give some thought to how you define “key” employee, and whether there are any demographic differences between “key” and “non-key” employees. Last thing you need is “so-and-so is getting x because he’s such-and-so, and I’m only getting y because I’m not such-and-so.” Also you should have some written agreement that in exchange for x we are giving you y. This agreement should be reviewed by an attorney with expertise in your state/locality.
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Nick Roy August 5th, 2007
Sital Ruparelia, a Recruitment & Retention Expert who works with small and mid-sized businesses that struggle with recruitment and retention issues and helps them implement strategies proven to find and keep the right people quickly and cost effectively. She came up with 7 ways that you can improve the well-being of your team and further enhance your ability to retain great people.
1. Set up subsidised membership for staff at the local gym. Competition for new members is fierce in the fitness industry so it should be easy to secure a good deal. Of course it also becomes a great pull when you are hiring staff as well.
2. Let your team leave work 1-2 hours early once a week. So they can get to the gym or spend more time with their families. They will be back the next day more motivated and refreshed.
3. Provide free fruit and bottles of water for the team
4. Set up arrangements locally for the team to have free or subsidised eye test or dental check ups. Ensure you set it up in a way that it costs you nothing (or close to nothing).
5. Fire your worst customers / clients. Clients who are rude, don’t pay on time, are dead beats or bounce checks, and don’t refer you new business are simply not worth the stress they cause you and your team.
6. Give away a weeks worth of smokers patches or chewing gum for those trying to kick their nicotine habit.
7. Encourage people to get out, get fresh air and take a walk 2-3 times a week.
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