Students may work individually or in groups, and they are to assume the role of CEO of a large electronics manufacturer. The company has 150 employees – of which 75 are manufacturing, 30 are support staff (accounting, administrative), 30 are sales representatives and account managers, and 15 are high - level executives. The company is 50% males, average age of 35. The shareholders recently decided they want the organization to become more family friendly, and wishes to implement a family - friendly policy, but they can’t decide on the best one, how it should be implemented, and who should be allowed to use it (i.e. should everyone in the company be able to use the policy, or a select group of employees?). As CEO, he/she must come to decisions on several points:

◆ Which policy or policies will you be implementing (e.g. flextime, compressed workweeks, job sharing)?

◆ Who should be allowed to use the particular policy/policies? Will it cause problems if everyone is not treated the same?

◆ Finally, how can you ensure the organizational culture is going to support the policy?