Case Study Ashville

Aside from implementing an employee disciplinary system at Ashville, Joe Fouts must also create an outline of additional and necessary changes to improve operational performance, product quality, and employee productivity. The progressive employee disciplinary system that was recommended to Joe Fouts will help to enhance the operational performance of the firm by fostering the productivity of the employees and be a reminder to act professionally and exercise due professional care in the workplace. However, due to the most recent product quality test that showed a product grade below the industry averages, Joe Fouts has a lot more work to do in order to revamp the firm’s operational performance measures. Joe Fouts must anticipate that with change, comes challenges, so an eager effort and effective human resource practices are necessary. Therefore, with the potential challenges in mind and the right attitude, Joe Fouts, his management team, and the human resources department should be able to successfully implement a change effort within the firm. Firstly, before discussing the plan to implement a change effort, Joe Fouts must be aware of the possible key challenges. Due to that fact that Ashville is a fairly large firm with employees …show more content…
Since the main goal is to initiate a change effort that is designed to improve operations and product quality, the human resources department is needed. The performance of operations and product quality comes down to the competency and productivity of the employees. Therefore, careful recruiting, hiring, and training must be implemented to retain highly qualified workers, who are willing to learn and improve. The termination of current employees might also be necessary because the first-line supervisors are not contributing enough input to the production workforce, and some production workers might be unwilling to