Essays on Cutcher

Business

Notice of Termination Northern Timber Company together with the Union is committed to the safety and wellbeing of the employees. As such, due to this aspect, the company and the union issues a joint agreement to the employees concerning the use or the possession of illegal drugs or alcohol on the company property. This joint announcement was in the form of the reminder that the illegal drugs and the alcohol were not permitted on the company property, including the residences of the employees (Suffield, 2012). As such, the collective agreement of the company and the union is that the ...

- 1. A) Using Walton, Cutcher-Gershenfeld and McKersie’s strategic negotiations framework (Table 6.2) in Chapter 6 of the Boxall and Purcell text, how would you describe the old management’s strategy? - The strategic negotiations framework described in the chapter is a behavioural approach to managing employee relations in the organization (Walton, Cutcher-Gershenfeld, & McKersie, 1994). Given the decisions made by the HR manager, the strategic negotiations framework is divided into three types of approaches. First is “fostering” approach that requires total commitment from all the members, and then comes the “forcing” approach which involves bargaining tactics and the ...

Abstract

Motivation plays a significant role in the performance of an employee in an organization. Business and management experts that tend to ensure an organization maintains and treats its employees well have developed several types of motivation. A study carried out at Sultan Qaboos University forms the case study for this topic. According to Ivancevich (2010), employee motivation assists in improving their productivity and performance at work in order to make an organization achieve its business objectives. The following discussion focuses on three main questions. First, it determines factors contributing to some employees performing better than others do. Secondly, it determines ...