How has the behaviour of the staff been influenced by the ethical behaviour of the company? Is Susan’s behaviour acceptable or excusable in any way?
Critical Path Method
The critical path is the longest succession of tasks that has to be successfully completed to conclude a project entirely. The tasks involved in the sequence are called critical activities, as any task getting delayed will result in the whole project getting delayed. To determine the time duration of a project, the critical path has to be identified. The critical path method or CPM is used by project managers to evaluate the least amount of time required to finish each task with the least amount of delay.
Cost Analysis
The entire idea of cost of production or definition of production cost is applied corresponding or we can say that it is related to investment or money cost. Money cost or investment refers to any money expenditure which the firm or supplier or producer undertakes in purchasing or hiring factor of production or factor services.
Inventory Management
Inventory management is the process or system of handling all the goods that an organization owns. In simpler terms, inventory management deals with how a company orders, stores, and uses its goods.
Project Management
Project Management is all about management and optimum utilization of the resources in the best possible manner to develop the software as per the requirement of the client. Here the Project refers to the development of software to meet the end objective of the client by providing the required product or service within a specified Period of time and ensuring high quality. This can be done by managing all the available resources. In short, it can be defined as an application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to meet the objective of the Project. It is the duty of a Project Manager to achieve the objective of the Project as per the specifications given by the client.
Susan has worked at Suspenders Ltd for six months and has been appointed a team leader. In the time she has been there, out of the eight members of her team who were there when she joined three have left and one is on long-term sick after having a breakdown.
She has to attend meetings of other team leaders and supervisors. At one of the meetings she was told that certain suppliers were to be given ‘special payments’ providing certain delivery and quality targets were met. These were to be paid directly to named individuals and arrangements would be made to pay them in cash. In the records these were to be described as ‘advisory fees’. Susan and her colleagues were told only to deal with these named individuals and no one else.
After work her friend Maureen asked Susan if she would like some electrical goods that had been ‘damaged’ in the stores. Maureen revealed that stores staff regularly siphoned off consumer electrical goods and sold them cheaply to staff – suppliers simply replaced any damaged goods and didn’t ask for them to be returned so this practice was simple and effective. Maureen had bought a 42 inch plasma television for K100,000 from one of the stores staff. Susan declined.
At home Susan’s daughter asked her if she could have some paper and pens for school. Susan said she would bring home a packet of paper and a box of pens the next day from the stationery store. Next day Susan finished her work, messaged a friend in J’orburg on Facebook and bought some new outfits for work from some online shopping websites. She then went home, remembering to take with her the pens and paper her daughter wanted.
Discuss
- How has the behaviour of the staff been influenced by the ethical behaviour of the company?
- Is Susan’s behaviour acceptable or excusable in any way?
- How should management deal with incidences of such behaviour by staff?
- What processes and procedures could be put in place to reduce incidences of this type of behaviour by staff and what should management do to make them effective?
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