Rubbermaid: An Unbelievable Disappointment

Organizational Behavior Issues in Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant Organizational issues Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant faces multiple quandaries associated with human behavior. Workers feel unappreciated as an integral part of the company, disposable and insignificant. Suspicion about bonus calculations, lack of transparency, job insecurity, and perceptions of inequitableness in the payment scheme have instigated uncertainty and open rebellion against the company. One of the core problems at the organization is low productivity.

During his time, Canada was going into a recession, and to make situations worse, he started wasting money. Diefenbaker cancelled the expensive Avro Arrow project claiming that it was not worth the money because no one wanted to buy it. However, by the time the Arrow project was done, the U.S sent the first man-made object into orbit attracting many people’s attention. Thus, the project’s unpopularity was probably because of its bad timing, and by time, it could have become more sellable. The cancellation not only devastated a Canadian future-promising company, but it also left many people unemployed and reduced production.

1. Abercrombie & Fitch If Abercrombie & Fitch fails as a brand, a lot of freaks and geeks might just be happy. As it is, the struggling retailer this year stripped CEO Michael S. Jeffries from his chairman duties — a sign that the company acknowledges Jeffries’ part in the retailer’s tanking sales. Jeffries has made ugly comments about the brand being only for cool kids, good-looking kids, and not for fat kids.

In Anna Quindlen’s essay, Stuff is Not Salvation, she argues that one cannot determine how “better off” they are, by the amount of belongings they possess. Quindlen states that Americans have, “an addiction to consumption, so out of control that it qualifies as a sickness.” However, she is not just referring to an addiction to buying meaningless items, but the idea that people are purchasing items when they have no money. Quindlen validates her argument with the tragedy of a walmart employee that as trampled to death on Black Friday, and the concept that many people have lost their sense of appreciation and gratefulness. She also argues that there are indeed things we need, however, a large majority of people’s perception of want and need are obscured.

Detrimental effects on the culture small towns. 5. Breaking the labor laws, inequitable treatment to workers. However, in the past as well as present Walmart is being

Sales employees were faced with unrealistic quotas and enormous pressure from management. In podcast episode “The Wells Fargo Hustle” by Chris Arnold and Robert Smith, former Wells Fargo employee Ashley describes the poor working conditions and illegal activities

They have markdown stores, supercenters, and neighborhood markets, club stores, money n-convey stores, alongside different varieties of the stores. (andrewfanno.wordpress.com) Weaknesses Walmart's shortcoming is their poor open picture. Buyers feel like Walmart as a hoarding power that is gradually closing down nearby organizations. They are viewed as a staggering organization that isn't ecologically benevolent and regularly does not treat their workers with the regard that they merit.

Toys “R” Us Loses the Leverage Game The recent painful demise of the iconic Toys “R” Us empire was no surprise to many in the world of corporate finance. The toy wonderland that nurtured baby boomers had become stale and obsolete in the eyes of millennial buyers more interested in technological playthings than Geoffrey the Giraffe. Mega toy manufacturers like Mattel and Hasbro realized that Toys “R” Us could no longer serve as their paradigm for new product testing and marketing data. Wal-Mart dethroned Toys “R” Us in 1998, usurping their status as the biggest toy seller, and Amazon – who reneged on an exclusivity contract with Toys “R” Us – now took their place as the darling for market testing and research.

The reason Blockbuster failed because of two reasons. One: Blockbusters was a too successful business that could not adapt to the market changes and technological development. And two: Blockbuster change in CEO 's that eventually lost sight of the company's purpose which lead to a serious of bad decisions that killed the company. Bad decisions such as pulling Blockbuster’s internet effort which made them loss 85% of the company's capital value within 18 months .Blockbuster

Let me tell you one thing, losing one customer with unsatisfactory make any larger or smaller shop suffer badly. So, after way I felt bad from your glasses, I don 't want remake or any replace neither I am returning for 50% refund or 100% store

The whole manager team of Engstrom was too focus on improving productivity meanwhile ignore other factors such as marketing strategy, financial management that may contribute to success. In addition, the industry crisis came in 2005, but they made no changes till 2007 which showed the manager team was lacking of the ability to adjust timely. Also, employee complains lasted two years and the managers did not appease the mood of their angry employees. Their reactions showed that a lack of the knowledge of conflict management and how to be “side by

A stock price this low had some investors concerned that a hostile takeover of the retailer might become a possibility. The new CEO, Frank Blake, recognizing that the corporate culture would not sustain a profitable company, started to make changes within the organization after his hire in January of 2007. Nardelli had taken The Home Depot from 1,134 stores in 2000 to 2,000 stores in 2005, with a plan on opening another 400-500 additional stores from 2005 to 2010 (The Home Depot, 2005). Frank Blake recognized The Home Depot had become too stretched and needed to focus on rebuilding the customer service that once had made The Home Depot a strong contender among retail stores and the number one home improvement retailer. This caused Blake to stop the expansive store growth, close 15 underperforming stores, sell the newly acquired supply, and close the EXPO design centers.

When I was seventeen I worked at a fast food restaurant called Tim Hortons. It was my second job and I surprisingly didn’t hate it. Actually, I really quite enjoyed the people that I worked with. During school days I would work the evening shift, which was from 2 P.M. to 10 P.M. Then on the weekends I would work in the morning from 6 A.M. to 2 P.M..

Organizational behavior is the study and application of knowledge about how people, as individuals and as groups, act with in organizations. An organization’s behavior will correlate their effectiveness with task achievement and it’s understanding of organization behavior is crucial in determining how to improve productivity. The human behavior can influence a company either negatively or positively depending on the company and the way they interact with employees and how the employees feel they are treated. At Engstrom Auto Mirror plant they had a decline in productivity plus production of low-quality mirrors, after being very successful for a period of time.