case study on decisions final

1. Case study on decision making and delegation

Many Companies work in a professional manner and givesauthority to take decisions

But some Companies boasts about this and still have power with top boss and others should just follow what is told to do.

OR they take decision and this has to be implemented in all perspective

OR they would have already pre conceived ideas andforce you to implement what is in their mind.

In this presentation I am trying to project live examples which really happened in one of the organisation but with slight touch of humour

This also does not mean that HR guys can not make decision on their own.

What ever the decision given by the top, the HR guy has to weigh the pros and cons and implement.

Should feel the pulse of the people before implementing or suggesting new ideas.

Should be able to communicate to the top the practicality of any new idea or method

The Managing Director of a firm wanted to introduce Banana in the menu of canteen

He called the HR guy and told him to have Canteen committee meetingand discuss about this.

The HR guy called for a meeting and suggested this

But the question came when to give the banana During the Break fast time or during lunch ?. All were hesitating to take a decision.

HR guy told wait,wait I will ask MD and come back

He came back and said, MD has told us to give during Lunch time.

But again one more question Came up is it before lunch or after lunch ?

HR guy told wait,wait I will ask MD and come back

He came back and said, MD has told us to give after lunch as fruits are eaten after lunch

But again one more question came up whether to give green ripebananas or yellow ripe bananas ?

HR guy told wait, wait I will ask MD and come back

He came back and said, let us give yellow ripe banana as it is good for health.

But again one more question came up Whether the banana to be peeled and kept in the plate or the whole fruit to be kept ?

HR guy told wait, wait I will ask MD and come back

He came back and said MD has told us to peeland keep itso that it will save time and they can go back to work fast.

But again one more question came up- Whether to eat the banana or to eat the peel ?

This time the Committee took a bold decision and said let us not go back to MD. We shall eat the banana and throw the peel !!!

A major decision taken by the canteen committee!!!!

MD of the firm wanted to change the colour of the uniform issued to employees

He called the HR guy and asked him to get seven sample colour pieces and show it to him.

Promptly HR guy brought and displayed them to MD.

MD said, he liked thecream one . How ever he wanted to take a democratic decision.

He asked the HR guy to take an opinion pool by showing the colours to employees .

Promptly the HR guy circulated to 150 employees and took the opinion

In the opinion poolLight bluecolour got the maximum voting.

When the HR guy told this to MD , he said there is some thing wrong. Do one thing get all the colours stitched to uniform and take another round of opinion.

HR guy promptly did the same and took one more round of opinion.

Again the theBluecolour won.

But again MD said, some thing has gone wrong get it stitched in different styles and take one more round of opinion.

HR guy promptly got them stitched in different styles and took one more opinion.

Again theBluecolour won

But again MD said - something, some where we have gone wrong.

He instructed the HR guy to call 7 employees and make them wear the seven different colour uniforms and display the same to employees and take one more opinion

This time also theBluecolour won.

But MD said again - some thing has gone wrong. I thinkyou should bring all 7 employees wearing uniform in front of me, let me see it.

HR guy did the same.

After seeing all the employees wearing different colours, MD said I told you in the beginning itself, see theCream colourlooks so nice. I think we should issue cream uniform to all.

HR guy had to follow the decision given by MD and had to convince all employees !!!!

MD of the firm wanted to introduce Hand pound red rice, Vegetable oil for frying,and Brown bread as menu in the canteen, as they are good for health.

Against the wish of the employees the same was introduced and the employees had no option.

One day after the lunch one of the employee was having the BrownBread in his hand and chit chatting with his friends in a group out side the canteen .

At the same time MD of the firm was also nearby and talking to some one.

At that moment a dog came near thegroup of employees standing.

The employee who had the bread loaf gave it to the dog. The dog sniffed it, grabbed it and started walking.

The employee kept on watching the dog and told his friends not to disturb him

MD who was nearby also heard this and was curious and came to the employee and asked why are you staring at the dog for such a long.

The employee answered with out hesitation - Sir I want see how far the dog goes after eating this bread loafand conks dead.

MD understood the message and stopped issuing Brown bread, Hand poundred rice and vegetable oil fried items in canteen !!!!!

A corporate office was four storied building and had a lift.

MD of the firm got a bright idea and called the HR guy and instructed him

Please display on the notice board and near the lift, a placard EMPLOYEES BELOW30 YEARS OF AGE USE STAIRCASETO BURN THEIR CALORIES

HR guy did the same promptly

Some employees seeing this strictly followed

But some young employees especially who were directly selectedfrom Campus recruitments started commenting and murmuring and still used the staircase

But some how wanted to convey to MD that they are not happy about this.

They started commenting to HR. Why Management should tell us how to burn our calories. We know how to do it.

In one of the monthly meeting of freshers with MD this topic came up.

Intelligently the freshers calculated the time taken for them to climb up the stairs case and rest time needed for them after climbing

They pointed out with the statistics thewaste of office hours per day/per month/per year and how it can be better utilized.

After the meeting the HR guy was called by MD and asked to remove the placard near the lift.

He also commented You HR guys should apply your mind before doing something Dont follow the blind instructions given by MD

What is the Lesson learnt???????

In an organization there were many above the age group of 40 years.

The MD of the firm was health conscious.

He decided tointroduce low calorie diet in the canteen for above 40 years of age.

He called the HR guy and asked him to call a dietician and design a lunch with low caloriesdietfor above 40 years of age.

The HR guy promptly called a dietician and designed a lunch with low calories and introduced in the canteen.

Displayedthe contents of the lunch on the counter every day and instructed the above 40 group to have this lunch.

For few days it worked fine.

The above 40 employees after some days started taking this in addition some more dish from the regular counter to supplementthe short comings and also some food stuffs were tasty in the regular counter.

After some days people who took lunch from both the counters put on weight.

After some more days no body went to the counter above 40 lunch.

All started taking lunch from the regular counter by selecting what ever they felt like eating.

So what is the lesson learnt ????

You might have come across such decisions making in your organization

Please postthem in citeHR for benefit of other members.

Comment on lesson learnt ????

B N Nagaraj

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