ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR-I

(TERM-I SESSION-2012-2014)

An Analysis Of The case study on

Julia Staschs Dilemma

Submitted To:
Dr. Saleena Khan

Submitted By:
GROUP -6 SECTION-A

Asst. Professor (OB) IMT Nagpur

Aditya Kapoor (2012020) Aman Tyagi (2012033) Amit Gupta (2012037) Anirudh Singhal (2012044) Ankit Chaudhary (2012047) Anuj Job Mathew (2012057) Anuradha Chatterjee (2012058) Anusha Lakshmi (2012060)

INTRODUCTION:

OUTLINE OF THE CASE:

OBJECTIVES OF THE CASE ANALYSIS: ISSUES:

Mentality of people(male dominated society) Bad working environment for minorities and women. Low employment rate in construction industry of women and minorities.

IMPACT OF THE ISSUES:

Contractors or businesses unable to accept women in their work environment citing low physical strength and low speed to perform a task as a reason. Due to bad working condition productivity as a whole is getting hampered. Workers are unable to perform to their full extent. Low workforce diversity leading to reduction in creativity.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
The solutions are two folds: 1.internal solutions/Actions to be taken within the organization. 2. External solutions/ Actions with the affect to external environment of organization.

Internal solutions
Grievance redressal cell- the company should open a grievance redressal cell to sort out problems minorities and women are facing. Stein &

companys grievance cell should comprise of equal number of men and women hired specifically for redressals answerable directly to the management. Pros Women will not have to silently face the wrong doing of opposite sex. Proper action ground for complaints. Increase in Productivity due to feeling of security. Co-workers will not misbehave fearing repercussion. Cons Company being unable to convey the right message to the contractors. Increase in cost

Workplace culture and environment

The roles of each type of worker should be defined according to the skills they possess. Women should be given less physically taxing work. Division of work should be done in such a manner so as to have an efficient and effective control. Pros With well defined roles each worker will perform his/her task efficiently. Involvement of women will increase. Increased morale of women. Cons It might lead to work discrimination. Contractor might not be willing to accept this condition.

External solutions
Company Job work conditions defined to contractor
The company may float tenders inviting contractors who follow certain norms such as having more than 30% women and minorities in their workforce. Moreover the company might prefer more of women and minority contractors. Pros Contractors will be willing to hire more of women and minorities because Stein & Company is pioneer in real estate business. Promotion of women and minority contractors. Setting an example for the industry as a whole.

Cons Unable to get competitive contractors from the market. Unable to get sufficient labour from market.

Training to reduce skill barriers

The company can directly recruit labourers from the market or unions. Special Training can be provided to those reluctant women and minorities who are willing to join construction industry but do not because they lack the minimum required skill set. Pros Increase in women and minority participation. Increase in efficiency of the worker. Cons Increase in cost.

MANAGERIAL LEARNINGS FROM THE CASE:

1. Manager should inculcate an environment which is conducive for all workers under him or her. 2. How one socially conscious individual can make an effective difference in society. Julia Stasch represented and gave voice to the minority and women groups. 3. How the organization and Managers should develop strategies to reduce work place differentiation based on gender , race etc and encourage work force diversity 4. Developing a redressal forum that gives a platform for workers to express their inhibitions on discrimination

CONCLUSION: