Q18
ou supervise a team of six employees in a large company. Last week, your manager has announced some substantial changes in the department’s work regulations. The new regulations are part of a program which is meant to make work more automated in order to simplify work and make work processes more convenient. You were present in the meetings in which these changes had been discussed and have offered some of them yourself. You felt pleased with the result. However, today your team members approach you and complain that the new regulations are causing a lot of problems, with the result ofslower work rates. They feel that this new program was not thought through and that their needs were not taken into consideration. What would you do? Explain. [1 Mark]
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This is a common and popular issue where employees feel that impact analysis was not done in a proper manner before implementing the policies and regulations which is causing a lot of issues. I would like to investigate the scenario and comment in the findings although will be sympathetic towards the employees and the situation they are facing. I would like to mention that change is something that possess certain limitations and needs to be handled and managed accordingly.
Q18 ou supervise a team of six employees in a large company. Last week, your manager...
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