Soapy Rides

Soapy Rides

Soapy Rides is a company that is built up of many different areas of employment ranging from owners/managers down to the manual labor. The employees that will be doing the manual labor are broken down into a more diverse group. For instance, certain workers will be concentrating on exterior washing of vehicles, while others will focus on interior cleaning, others doing the waxing detail, and so forth. The best company structure for this business is the divisional structure. This ensures employees are where they need to be at all times. This will also ensure that each employee knows the specific job that is required of them. I believe that if I were to group employees into similar jobs, it would have a negative impact on the customer for a couple of reasons. First, it may look as if employees are standing around because there would be too many at one area and not enough at another. Second, employees may become confused or forgetful on certain areas of a routine, resulting in an incomplete job. The famous saying Treat someone as you would like to be treated, would be my personal motto for Soapy Rides. To have a good culture within the company, starts with the person in charge. Since the owner of Soapy Rides has been in the car business for so long, Im sure he knows that it can become somewhat of a routine doing the same thing over and over every day, which is an easy way to break someones motivation. Incorporating Ceremonies and Rites culture into the business will keep employees motivated through their employment years. By having a party or a cook out when someone does a good deed, everybody wins. Better yet, throwing a party once a week, or once a month would boost everyones morale. This also encourages employees to

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communicate on another level. Communicating with fellow employees about things other than the job will build relationships, which will impact the company. Also holding Rites of Enhancement in which honor the employee for something he or she has accomplished. An example of this would be if an employee would be recognized by the company for something as simple as being at work every day for half a year, or a promotion. I think this strengthens the company because it gives the employee something to strive for. The business model or organizational structure of the company needs to be strong for any company to succeed. By having a well developed culture and structure make up the business model. The Divisional Structure and having Ceremonies and Rites will continue to strengthen and motivate the employees. Another example of what builds a business model is having strong company goals and objectives. One of those goals is to stay motivated. Always take pride in the work that you do and know that you are valued as an employee. Treat the fellow employees and customers as a second family. This benefits both you, by having fun and interacting with people while on the job, and the company, by customers seeing the well developed relationships of the employees will keep customers coming back.