MHR 523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Relational Model, Performance Management, Nepotism
12 Sep 2016
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From analysing the case, one of the main problems of made-up motor company is the display of nepotism. Nepotism is defined in chapter six of the textbook as a preference for hiring relatives of current employees (dessler, chhinzer, & cole 2014). Additionally, nepotism describes the act among those with influential power favoring specific individuals. This causes dissatisfaction among employees and lowers morale, ultimately leading to systemic discrimination. Nepotism is also argued as the reflection of the presence of tribal and peasant social morals in organizations where principles and norms of industrial society are replaced (kragh, 2012). The first indication of this problem occurring in made-up motor company is where two sales staff are friends with the sales manager, who schedules shifts. The two sales staff are given the shifts during the hours where customers are most likely to make purchases. This can also be linked towards favoritism due to the change in compensation of 100% commission based on cars sold.
