Question: 1 ) . 1 . Experience 1 ) . 1 . Experienced below average profitability. 2 . Managers getting lower bonuses 3 . Deliberate wastage

1).
1. Experience1).
1. Experienced below average profitability.
2. Managers getting lower bonuses
3. Deliberate wastage is up.
4. Employees feel underpaid.
5.20% of the experienced staff left
6. Morale declined
7. Accidental food waste increased
8. Difficult to hire new staff
As I was reading this case study, I noticed a few areas where issues were. In the beginning it mentioned that employees were helping them selves to the food, that wastage was high. So, the managers tried to cut food wastage by stating that employees that worked a certain number of hours would be able to have meals free. Which in turn cut moral down and 20 percent of staff quit their jobs. Which caused the managers to spend more time on the production floor and work directly with the food, but managers are discouraged from working directly with the food.
Also, in training new staff due to the staff shortage, the managers were not focused on their level of work details and caused accidental wastage to increase. But as soon as the managers went back to their daily routine, it caused deliberate wastage to increase again. Then the managers had to threaten the employees with job loss.
2).Barrie Super Subs is having a problem with profitability due to high food waste. A lack of morale from the employees is leading to the deliberate food waste and it would seem there is no real team atmosphere or rewards system in place. The management have only looked at band aid fixes and have not looked too hard at themselves and their management styles. One of the causes that has led to the high food wastage is that there is no reward system in place measure employee efficiency and keep them accountable for the work they preform or the food loss. Another of the causes of food wastage is that the employees feel underappreciated and underpaid for the work that they do which has dropped morale and caused them to start eating the food and giving it away to their friends rather than respecting the costs it takes to run the business.
3).
The company could help this by going through the meaning of money to the business and at the same time hear what the employees have to say about what it means to them, if all parties have a better understanding of what the money means to them, it will give all parties a better respect for each othd below average profitability.
2. Managers getting lower bonuses
3. Deliberate wastage is up.
4. Employees feel underpaid.
5.20% of the experienced staff left
6. Morale declined
7. Accidental food waste increased
8. Difficult to hire new staff
As I was reading this case study, I noticed a few areas where issues were. In the beginning it mentioned that employees were helping them selves to the food, that wastage was high. So, the managers tried to cut food wastage by stating that employees that worked a certain number of hours would be able to have meals free. Which in turn cut moral down and 20 percent of staff quit their jobs. Which caused the managers to spend more time on the production floor and work directly with the food, but managers are discouraged from working directly with the food.
Also, in training new staff due to the staff shortage, the managers were not focused on their level of work details and caused accidental wastage to increase. But as soon as the managers went back to their daily routine, it caused deliberate wastage to increase again. Then the managers had to threaten the employees with job loss.
2).Barrie Super Subs is having a problem with profitability due to high food waste. A lack of morale from the employees is leading to the deliberate food waste and it would seem there is no real team atmosphere or rewards system in place. The management have only looked at band aid fixes and have not looked too hard at themselves and their management styles. One of the causes that has led to the high food wastage is that there is no reward system in place measure employee efficiency and keep them accountable for the work they preform or the food loss. Another of the causes of food wastage is that the employees feel underappreciated and underpaid for the work that they do which has dropped morale and caused them to start eating the food and giving it away to their friends rather than respecting the costs it takes to run the business.
3).
The company could help this by going through the meaning of money to the business and at the same time hear what the employees have to say about what it means to them, if all parties have a better understanding of what the money means to them, it will give all parties a better respect for each other. Things seem to be somewhat better when the management staff is out front as it keeps the staff more accountable but it takes them away from doing their management duties and it is short lived as the employees only perform better because they are being watched and not because they receive any type of fulfillment take any pride in their work.

Step by Step Solution

There are 3 Steps involved in it

1 Expert Approved Answer
Step: 1 Unlock blur-text-image
Question Has Been Solved by an Expert!

Get step-by-step solutions from verified subject matter experts

Step: 2 Unlock
Step: 3 Unlock

Students Have Also Explored These Related General Management Questions!