Dynamo Industries

CASE STUDY : DYNAMO INDUSTRIES Subject : Human Resource Management Submitted By : Assignment #2, Term – III, EPGP 14-15

Group #2 Aditya Khare #02 Chandan Singh #08 Manish #14 Shisir Gupta #20

Case Background : dynamo Industries Is a medium sized manufacturer of small electrical motors headquartered in St. Paul , Minnesota. The firm employs 9,800 employees. They have plants at various places. But the Pittsburg Plant has been facing issues like high production costs, higher no. of grievances, work slowdown and de-motivated workforce. Hence the most recent plant manager was asked to leave. Dynamo Industries is now looking to hire a new plant manager for Pittsburg Plant. It has already done the through screening and used several expensive selection devices after which, the list of candidates has been reduced to 8. Now the task is to select 1 out of these eight.

Job Description : The Plant Manager reports to the Vice President (Production).He will be responsible for the operating efficiency of the plant. He should be good at people management and also should posses a good knowledge about the production methods and capabilities of equipments. He will also be directly or indirectly involved in procuring materials , maintain the plant , controlling quality, establishing budgets, establishing safety regulations, and union management and contract negotiation.

Required candidate Profile : As the Plant is facing 2 major issues in terms of higher production costs & poor worker relations, the candidate must possess excellent intra-personal skills as well knowledge on production process and management techniques. Secondly , promoting a candidate within ranks will definitely be an advantage as it signals about the opportunities of personal growth for employees .

Name

Age Sex

Education

Work Experience

Positives

Negatives

George Martin

44

Male

BA , MA (Industrial Relations)

>14 Years. Last 6 years as Plant Manager

No Reference available

Tony Caciopo

59

Male

High School Graduate

>24 Years. Last 10 years as Assistant Manager.

Kathy Joyce

36

Female BA

>5 years. Last 2 years as Plant Manager.

Barry Fein

49

Male

>20 Years. Last 5 years as Plant Manager.

Ron Jackson 33

Male

Associate Degree (2yrs) BA , MBA

Been with competitors for last 14 years. Considered for promotion in Past also. Motivated to move to Pittsburg. Excellent references.

Jay Davis

46

Male

BA , MBA

Frank Hall

58

Male

B. Sc (Chemistry)

>10 Years. Last 7 years as Assistant Plant Manager >18 Years. Last 6 years as Vice President (Production).

Tom Doyle

36

Male

BA , MBA

>4 Years. Last 2 years as Assistant Plant Manager

>7 Years. Last 2 years as Special Assistant to Vice President (Production).

Assistant at Dynamo's Pittsburg Plant Assistant at Dynamo's Atlanta Plant Outstanding reviews for performance as VP Effective Plant Manager

Health Issues

Dynamo Employee No

Yes

Yes

Unemployed since last 2 months

No

Yes

Yes

Seeks demotion for lesser responsibilities

Yes

Yes

Interview’s Ratings:

George Martin Tony Caciopo Kathy Joyce Barry Fein Ron Jackson Jay Davis Frank Hall Tom Doyle

Vice President Production 6.5 5 6 4 5 4.5 6.5 5.5

Vice President Personal 6 5.5 6.5 4 5.5 5 7 6

Columbus Plant Manager 5.5 4.5 6.5 4 5.5 5 7 6

Atlanta Plant Manager 4 6 5.5 4 5 6.5 4 6

Total 22 21 24.5 16 21 21 24.5 23.5

Final Short-listing : Now that we have Interview ratings and background of candidates you can do eliminations and select final round candidates. As per the above facts the following 4 candidates are liable to be eliminated : 1. Barry Fein : He has been eliminated on 3 grounds. Very low score in interview , and has been out of industry from last 2 months. 2. Tony Caciopo : He has health issues and doesn’t qualify for a pressure oriented job. 3. Frank Hall : Demotivated & over qualified for job. 4. Tom Doyle : Average to low Personality profile and medium ratings. So , the remaining 4 candidates can be structured as follows :

Personality Profile / Name Ability to handle stress Ability to resolve conflict Interpersonal skills Most likely to succeed as Plant Manager Intelligence Test Handwriting Analysis Promotability Performance Work Sample score Interview ratings

George Martin High Medium High High Low High High High High High

Kathy Joyce Medium High High Medium High Low Medium High Medium High

Ron Jackson Medium Low Medium Medium Low High Medium High Medium Medium

Jay Davis High High Low High High High High High Low Low

Taking all these parameters we assign them points 3 to 1. High has 3 points, Medium has 2 points and Low has 1 points. Now we plot chart for various candidates for seeing the overall score and feasibility in the above required areas.

George Martin Ability to handle stress 3 Ability to resolve Interview ratings 2.5 conflict 2 1.5 1 Work Sample score Interpersonal skills 0.5 0

George Martin

Most likely to succeed as Plant Manager

Performance

Promotability

Intelligence Test Handwriting Analysis

Kathy Joyce Ability to handle stress 3 Ability to resolve Interview ratings 2.5 conflict 2 1.5 1 Work Sample score Interpersonal skills 0.5 0 Most likely to succeed as Plant Manager

Performance

Promotability

Intelligence Test Handwriting Analysis

Kathy Joyce

Ron Jackson Ability to handle stress 3 Ability to resolve Interview ratings 2.5 conflict 2 1.5 1 Work Sample score Interpersonal skills 0.5 0

Ron Jackson

Most likely to succeed as Plant Manager

Performance

Promotability

Intelligence Test Handwriting Analysis

Jay Davis Ability to handle stress 3 Ability to resolve Interview ratings 2.5 conflict 2 1.5 1 Work Sample score Interpersonal skills 0.5 0 Most likely to succeed as Plant Manager

Performance

Promotability

Intelligence Test Handwriting Analysis

Conclusion : Looking at all the above charts The 2 candidates who can be selected on overall parameters of selection for Plant Manager are : George Martin & Kathy Joyce. Suggestion : We would select Kathy Joyce as Plant Manager for 2 additional reasons apart from above scores & parameters. The additional reasons are 1. Being an employee of the organization this would give a good signal to other employee & motivate them. 2. Kathy herself is motivated to move to Pittsburg which can work in favor of the company.

Jay Davis