Briefly state what you identify as the critical organizational/people management issue (This should be based on what you have learned about employee rights and management rights) Determine if there are laws in place to guide your decision-making about this issue(s) From the reading, determine if BMW has policies in place to guide your decision-making about this issue (s) Provide your evaluation to include the recommended course of action based on what you discovered from the first three bulleted items (recommendations should adequately address the issue of both the employee and employer)
For this assignment, you will need to read the article entitled, Facebook Folly at Northeast BMW, in the Harvard Business Publishing required packet for this course. This organization is facing an issue of addressing the appropriateness of employee behavior when using their personal Facebook account but addressing the workplace. A short synopsis of this scenario is that one employee is addressing their concerns about their employer's strategy for attracting customers to enhance sales. In one post, an employee addresses his disagreement with the company's approach. This same employee also uses his Facebook account to poke fun at an incident occurring at a nearby competitor.
Your evaluations here concern employee rights vs. employee discipline. To be clear, it is every employee's right to address concerns about matters in the workplace that impact them (e.g., working conditions, strategy that would impact their sales performance, safety, fairness, etc.) and they cannot be disciplined for expressing their concerns. Expressing concern is distinct from engaging in conduct that can be detrimental to the organization. The question to be addressed here is what is the most appropriate action to take with this employee's behavior. Discipline can range from verbal warnings to termination (see your notes on progressive discipline) depending on the severity of the behavior.
Write your response to this scenario to include the following (maximum of one page, single-spaced):
- Briefly state what you identify as the critical organizational/people management issue (This should be based on what you have learned about employee rights and management rights)
- Determine if there are laws in place to guide your decision-making about this issue(s)
- From the reading, determine if BMW has policies in place to guide your decision-making about this issue (s)
- Provide your evaluation to include the recommended course of action based on what you discovered from the first three bulleted items (recommendations should adequately address the issue of both the employee and employer)
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