IN BASKET EXERCISE: ANSWER SHEET
Name of Assessee:______Pavan kumar
Code of Assessee:___P3-A_______
Item No. Your Action/Decision
Item 1 Place the equipment replacement
order immediately
Immediately place the order for faulty
equipment and for rest, place the order
after 2 weeks
Item 2 Ensure that uniforms and safety
equipment of existing workers are in
proper condition and replace them if
not. Communicate to the workers that
uniform and equipment kit would be
changed when needed
Item 3 Implement Panthera production
technology
Item 4 Training and Development of the
workers and the management
Name of In Basket:________Goku_____
Rationale
Uncertainty in temporary overhauling
of equipment may lead to safety
incident
As the R&D report, some equipment
should be discontinued immediately
and the rest need not be replaced
immediately. We can place the order
for non-faulty equipment 2 weeks later
to avail festival discount
Let everyone understand that there is
no specific preference for any worker
and the decisions are purely objective
Sales of Panthera Is expected to rise as
demand is high. If new implement is
equipped with Panthera production
technology, it can be utilized for
production. Also, the efficiency of this
technology is high
Contractual workers involved in
production of Panthera should be
trained effectively to ensure the
smooth production. As the acquisition
impact impacts processes, culture and
people, managers should be skilled
enough to handle them
Item 5 Ask Amit to introspect the fluctuations
in manpower and bring up strategy for
full manpower utilization
Item 6 Immediately replace all faulty safety
equipment
Item 7 Invest in Training and Development
Item 8 Analyze why the achieved production
units of Goku SUV are falling drastically
since 25/07/2017
Item 9 Request for safety equipment from
other plants and allow the group to
work only with safety equipment
Due to the acquisition, company has to
operate at full capacity utilization to
achieve the production targets. In
order to cope with the demand, plant
has to achieve 100% production target
each day.
Any kind of safety incidents should be
avoided as they may lead to legal and
union troubles
As per the overall trend, investment in
T&D are leading to increase in
production
Achieved units of Goku SUV are less
than half of the target unit over last 1
week
As welding task involves safety hazard,
workers safety has to be ensured
Item 10 Get the reports showing discrepancies Organizational citizenship behavior has
and consult the operations team for to be ensured
clarification

Item 11 Request for safety equipment from Other plants may have required safety
other plants gear in store

Item 12 Get the required information from Involving all required teams gives the
operations and finance teams and send precise data and let the information
the required reports flow smoothly

Item 13 Meet Pranav singh and let him know Open discussion will resolve the
Organization is strict about the behavioral issues effectively
behavior at work and explain the
rationale behind employing contractual
workers

Item 14 Utilize the resources allocated to Resources will not idle and as demand
production of Goku SUV for production for Panthera SUVs is high, increased
of Panthera till the machinery issues production will help
are resolved

Item 15 Evaluate the profiles of recommended Ensuring transparency let other party
workers and recruit if they are understand the process
competent. If they are incompetent,
reject them and communicate the
same to union head and local MLA
Question: Please identify the three most critical issues this organization is facing. What will be
your specific plan of action to address these issues?

Issue # 1 Safety gear shortage

Action

Try for additional safety gear from other plants as a first step. Next, order the required quantity
immediately from vendors.

Issue # 2

Machine breakdown is creating bottleneck

Action

Production of Goku SUV is reduced drastically over last week. Get the issue resolved as soon as possible.
Utilize the resources allocated to Goku production for production of Panthera till the issue is resolved.

Issue # 3

Labor issues

Action

Have an open discussion with union head and let him know the rationale behind employing contractual
workers and warn him on the implications of breach of conduct. Maintain the organizational citizenship
behavior.