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Case Study: Ramifications of reassigning a Purchasing employee to Production and service

Allie is an emerging star at Town and Country Restaurant. She knows the operation of the restaurant well, particularly the purchasing function. Allie developed an effective purchasing system that reduced the time by one-half. She always has excellent ideas for improvement. Unfortunately, upper-management has now decided to outsource the purchasing function and assign Allie to production. Since the change, Allie has noticeably changed. She is capable of handling the new responsibilities of production, but does not wish to perform them. She is very unhappy. She says that she feels her assigned work responsibilities are irrelevant and she is no longer needed. As a result, she comes to work later and leaves earlier. Upper-management has noticed the change. As Allies manager you have been instructed by your immediate supervisor to fire Allie, unless she can turn things around.

What is the problem with Allie?

What would you do as her immediate supervisor?

What behavior is Allie displaying?

What steps might you take to motivate Allie to pursue the new job with her usual enthusiasm?

How might you leverage a delegated task to Allie to improve her behavior?

What might the positive and negative ramifications be if you were to move Allie into a wait