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Chapter 1 Principles of Testing

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Treadway Tire
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Sudhir Lanka
Varun Kaundinya
Srivardhan Kurly
Veerendra Pappoppula

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From the case, we can notice that the Lima plant of the Tread way tire company had many issues
within the organization. The plant at Greenville, South Carolina was shut down because of the
outdated equipment and the produce was shifted to the Lima plant which has resulted in even
more problems created among the workers and the management. Other challenges being faced by
the company included high raw material costs and the competition from other companies. The
main cause for the turnover among the line foremen was the job dissatisfaction which had to be
resolved in order to gain a better output. Almost 46% of the foremen were leaving the company
voluntarily and few of them were asked to resign due to their inefficiency at the job.
Analysis of the present scenario at Lima plant:
The line foremen had a very difficult daily task to be performed, and they were not
rewarded nor recognized for the amount of effort they put in daily at their duties.
The foremen were expected to satisfy the needs of both the management and the union,
given the broken relationship between them both.
They had many responsibilities but not enough authority to get the job done. In times of a
conflict with an hourly employee the foremen did not have any disciplinary power and
the employee had to raise a grievance for the issue to be solved with the employee union.
They did not get much support from the superiors and had to take care of every issue
themselves. The supervisors did not provide any sort of training to the foremen and
expected them to perform their daily task to their complete satisfaction. Most of the
foremen did not have any college degrees, so they lacked the ability to face the
managerial issues.

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 From the case, we can notice that the Lima plant of the Tread way tire company had many issues within the organization. The plant at Greenville, South Carolina was shut down because of the outdated equipment and the produce was shifted to the Lima plant which has resulted in even more problems created among the workers and the management. Other challenges being faced by the company included high raw material costs and the competition from other companies. The main cause for the turnover among the line foremen was the job dissatisfaction which had to be resolved in order to gain a better output. Almost 46% of the foremen were leaving the company voluntarily and few of them were asked to resign due to their inefficiency at the job. Analysis of the present scenario at Lima plant: The line foremen had a very difficult daily task to be performed, and they were not rewarded nor recognized for the amount of effort they put in daily at their duties. The foremen were expected to satisfy the needs of both the management and the union, given the broken relationship between them both. They had many responsibilities but not enough authority to get the job done. In times of a conflict with an hourly employee the foremen did not have any disciplinary power and the employee had to raise a grievance for the issue to be solved with the employee union. They did not get much support from the superiors and had to take care of every issue themselves. The supervisors did not provide any s ...
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