Direction: Read the following scenario and answer the TWO questions that follow.
The CEO of the Jamshedpur Tea Factory (JTF) was in a quandary over employees skipping work. It was becoming increasingly difficult for him to identify employees who faked illness to skip work. The work of the employees was complex and intricate, and they had to report to eight supervisors. “Faking illness” made it difficult for JTF to judiciously decide on “Promotion” and “Training” of employees. An employee could only be promoted on the completion of a multi-skilling training program. Further, to be nominated for the training program, an employee must be recommended by a minimum of six supervisors. JTF wanted to promote only sincere and deserving employees.
The CEO was thinking of changing the policy regarding leave, training & promotion.
Which of the following will be the MOST efficient course of action for JTF and yet be fair to the employees?
The CEO of the Jamshedpur Tea Factory (JTF) was in a quandary over employees skipping work. It was becoming increasingly difficult for him to identify employees who faked illness to skip work. The work of the employees was complex and intricate, and they had to report to eight supervisors. “Faking illness” made it difficult for JTF to judiciously decide on “Promotion” and “Training” of employees. An employee could only be promoted on the completion of a multi-skilling training program. Further, to be nominated for the training program, an employee must be recommended by a minimum of six supervisors. JTF wanted to promote only sincere and deserving employees.
The CEO was thinking of changing the policy regarding leave, training & promotion.
Which of the following will be the MOST efficient course of action for JTF and yet be fair to the employees?
- Let the CEO office decide on the leave as well as promotions.
- Let status quo continue
- Let the CEO office decide on leave but supervisors will recommend promotions.
- Let the CEO office decide on promotion but each supervisor will decide on the leave.
- Let supervisors decide on the leave of an employee.
The Correct Option is C
Approach Solution - 1
To address the scenario presented at the Jamshedpur Tea Factory (JTF), we need to evaluate the best course of action that optimizes leadership decision-making while balancing fairness and efficiency in promotions and leave management.
The problem highlights two key issues:
- Employees faking illness to skip work.
- The challenges in making judicious promotion and training decisions due to the above problem.
Understanding that the promotion is reliant on being recommended by a minimum of six supervisors, and also keeping in mind the goal is to only promote sincere and deserving employees, we should analyze the options:
- Let the CEO office decide on the leave as well as promotions.
Centralizing control might not be efficient because the CEO cannot directly monitor or understand ground-level sincere employee behaviors. This could overload the CEO's office and might affect timely decision-making.
- Let status quo continue.
The existing issue of employees faking illness will persist if no changes are implemented, thus further complicating fair promotion assessments.
- Let the CEO office decide on leave but supervisors will recommend promotions.
This option allows the CEO's office to address abuse of leave policies directly while allowing supervisors, who are closer to the employees' daily performances, to recommend promotions. This strikes a balance between authority and operational insight.
- Let the CEO office decide on promotion but each supervisor will decide on the leave.
Allowing each supervisor to decide on leave could lead to inconsistent application of leave policies. Plus, promotions are more effectively decided with holistic insight, which supervisors collectively can offer more readily than the CEO's office, which might lack individual employee interaction.
- Let supervisors decide on the leave of an employee.
With multiple supervisors per employee, this could lead to inconsistency and potential bias in allowing leaves, thus not solving the core problem.
Conclusion: The most efficient course of action is the third option: Let the CEO office decide on leave but supervisors will recommend promotions. This approach ensures leaves are judiciously managed directly by the CEO, possibly reducing fake leave instances, while allowing those who interact daily with employees, supervisors, to evaluate them for promotions based on merit and daily performance.
Approach Solution -2
Let’s look at all the options.
A. The CEO office can’t take a call on promotions as they might not be aware of the ground reality, which is a person’s performance.
B. This is invalid because the problem needs to be addressed
C. If the CEO office decides on leaves, people would be more careful while faking illness because the consequences are gonna be more serious. Supervisors should recommend promotions because they are aware of the ground reality, which is a person’s performance.
D. The CEO office can’t take a call on promotions as they might not be aware of the ground reality, which is a person’s performance.
E. This doesn’t solve the whole problem.
Hence, C is the correct answer.
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