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Case Study 10
Case Study 10
EXHIBIT 13.16
Elevation View of
Acetate Department
before Change
Material storage
100 feet
Source:
sion of Hampton/Summer/Webber,
Pearson Education, Inc., Organizational
Upper Saddle River,Behavior
New
Practice
Management, 4th ed., © 1982. J c e d b yp e r m i s
Jersey. Reprinted and Electronically
EXHIBIT 13.17
Organizational Chart
of Acetate Departmeent
before Change
Department Head
Staff Engineer
Laboratory
Technician Clerk
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Superviso Supervisor B
Shi Shift
SupervisOr b SupervisorD
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worked only on the day shift, although ment oftices. The mixing
is virtually an automatic op-
call if an emergency arose on the other shifts. in the solid material has
been sent up the
eration once
w a s a pleasant place and closes the neces-
in al, the department but program opens
l warm,
a little screw feed; a tape
mix, and so on. Sitting
which to work. The work floor was valves to add solvent, heat,
and horseplay sary head operator monitors
Substantial banter before his panel, the
c it, quiet, and clean. wasn't actually loading batches, at a table
to see that everything
is operating within
c u r r e d when the c r e w a
the
and night shifts. There was process
and pressures.
evening
particularly o n the ierce specitied temperatures
the
community's
reduce its
greatly w a s created,
13.19. One n e w position
ter ecause
and
work, even at 1:00 A.M., t u r n o v e r
Product storage
Lab Offices
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Control panel Control panel
Solvent
Storage Pump house
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EXHIBIT 13.19
Organizational Chart of Acetate
Department after Change
Department Head
Staff Engineer
Laboratory
Technician Clerk
Shift Shift
SupervisorA Supervisor B Shit Shit
Supervisor C SupervisorD
2 Head Operators
2 Head Operators
1 Pump Operator 2 Head Operators 2 Head Operators
1 Pump Operator
1 Handler 1 Pump Operator 1 Pump 0perator
1 Handler
1 Handler 1 Handler
below
Unfortunately, actual output has lagged well
ca-
Under the new system, production capacity was in-
since the construction work
creased to 25 million pounds per year. All remaining pacity in the several months
Actual production
received a 15 percent increase in pay. Former and technical training were completed.
employees is virtually identical with that under the old technology.
not retained in the acetate department were
personnel No one Absenteeism has increased markedly, and several judgmen-
transterred to other departments in the company.
resulted in substantial losses.
tal errors by operators have
was dismissed.