MRW Case Analysis by Thanh Tran https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran en-us 2023-10-30 21:47:14 UTC 2023-10-31 02:58:18 UTC hello@padlet.com As Sonia announced her pregnancy to the company, it affected MRW to deal with multiple crises as employees were over-working to fill in the blank gaps in their computing system for Sonia's maternity leave. MRW must find solutions to approach Sonia to re-stabilize the computing system while satisfying employees with less workload without over-extending their budgets with costs. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769574827 2023-10-30 21:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769574827 Problems of employees having to over-work for computing systems caused productivity to decrease when Sonia announced her pregnancy to MRW. As the crisis continues, MRW's computing systems will remain unstable, negatively affecting the business. Moreover, employees also have to stay working overtime, which causes ineffective productivity in both the short and long run. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769575713 2023-10-30 21:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769575713 Suppose MRW has not addressed solutions for finding replacements for Sonia's jobs during maternity leave. In that case, the IT systems will face serious problems that affect its organizational business as it remains unstable. If MRW successfully enforces effective solutions to the crisis, the computing system would back to stabilize conditions; employees would get distributed reasonable workloads while stabilizing the computing system while Sonia is on her maternity leave. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769575903 2023-10-30 21:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769575903 Alternative 1: Enforce cross-training while temporarily demoting Sonia to work part-time as a "work-from-home" employee. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769576391 2023-10-30 21:50:40 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769576391 Pros 1: Enforcing the cross-training via meetings on Zoom and Skype would help the teams understand the essential tasks of stabilizing the systems when Sonia leaves for maternity. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769576606 2023-10-30 21:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769576606 Pros 2: Effective budget cost- the company doesn't have to make decisions about hiring new employees to replace Sonia while she is on her maternity break, as the teams would already get familiar with the tasks to stabilize the system. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769576698 2023-10-30 21:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769576698 Cons 1: Workload may remain heavy when Sonia is on maternity leave as the teams must complete her tasks, causing ineffective productivity. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769576834 2023-10-30 21:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769576834 Cons 2: Employees may be unable to reach the standard expectations of completing the tasks as Sonia did, causing the systems not to be effectively working. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769577007 2023-10-30 21:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769577007 Contact the financial department to calculate the amounts they can cut to specific funding or departments (investment). 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769577681 2023-10-30 21:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769577681 As the financial department transparency to the company of the amounts MRW can be shortened for funding, MRW could use the money to hire new employees with similar specialized skills as Sonia to replace her while on maternity leave. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769577882 2023-10-30 21:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769577882 Pros 1: MRW finally has enough funds to hire new employees to substitute Sonia on maternity leave. It would lead employees to get better work distributed more equally, with a lesser workload, causing an increase in productivity. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769577947 2023-10-30 21:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769577947 Pros 2: The IT systems will successfully be stabilized as the newly hired employees have similar specialized skills as Sonia in working with the system. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769578099 2023-10-30 21:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769578099 Cons 1: In an urgent situation, it may take a lot of time for the HR department to recruit new employees that reach the standard of Sonia's specialized skills. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769578236 2023-10-30 21:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769578236 Cons 2: Sonia may leave the company as she foresees the company has hired new employees to replace her, causing MRW to lose a skilled employee like Sonia. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769578357 2023-10-30 21:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769578357 The best solution to maintain and stabilize the company's computing system while reducing employees' workload to prevent ineffective productivity would be Solution 2 without firing Sonia, cutting amounts of funding and investing, then utilizing to hire an employee temporarily in charge of Sonia's tasks. It would prevent the computing systems from unstabilizing and also prevent Sonia from getting fired, then causing a lawsuit of discrimination from her side. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769578623 2023-10-30 21:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769578623 The first step was to contact Maria- the HR department, to discuss that now MRW finally has extra funds to fit with the budget of recruiting more employees possibly liable for Sonia's tasks, such as stabilizing the computing system while she is on maternity leave. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769579528 2023-10-30 21:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769579528 Once there are a few potential applicants, Maria will pick the most valued candidates through the job interview. Lastly, the newly hired employees would have job training sessions with Sonia to have them familiarize themselves with the tasks and substitute for her until she comes back from maternity leave. Once Sonia returns, MRW could promote and move the employees to work in a different position. 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769579578 2023-10-30 21:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769579578 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769581042 2023-10-30 21:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769581042 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769581189 2023-10-30 21:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769581189 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769581658 2023-10-30 21:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769581658 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769582402 2023-10-30 22:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769582402 0918977126thanh https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769582597 2023-10-30 22:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/0918977126thanh/thanhtran/wish/2769582597