Organizational_Processes

Organizational Processes There are several key areas of the organization processes on the island of Kava that need to be addressed up front to reestablish the baseline for the Kava facility. In the wake of the recent series of typhoons that have struck the island, it is imperative that an active shipping port be dedicated to our organization. Cargo ships from the mainland must have access to the port to keep our factory supplied with raw materials as well as outgoing vessels moving our finished product to destinations all along the pacific rim. The lobbying of local government officials will be necessary to give us “priority handling” with the port district. The shortening of our supply chain is critical to beat our competitors to market. Local building contractors from various trades must be secured with a retainer or binding contract to repair the damage to the infrastructure of our facility. Building materials from the mainland will be sent in an effort to speed up the process. More priority will be placed on emergency preparedness, as such several large diesel generators will be brought in to get the plant back online independent of the power grid of the local utility company. Additional funding from our corporate headquarters is being sent to the Kava government to significantly upgrade the emergency early warning system for the entire island. Additionally, a network of outside suppliers from the local area must be setup to support the outsourcing of various specialized goods and services. Machine Shops, Platers, industrial painters and fastener houses just to mention a few. To have a successful business relationship with these suppliers they must emulate the same morals and values as our own organization. There will be a corporate set of checks and balances to ensure the security of our proprietary documents as well as prevent any conflict of interest issues. Human Resources During this rebuilding process it will be necessary to hire addition employees as production ramps up. A Human Recourses manager will appointed soon. The duties of that position will involve; posting the available positions at local job banks, newspapers and schools, developing a screening process for new applicants, monitoring employee performance and taking appropriate action as well as management of employee relations with their peers as issues arise. There is a strong business need for the applicants to speak fluent English, at least in the infancy of the rebuilding process. Training programs will be required for all production equipment. Managers in charge of the different departments will be responsible to develop documents outlining job descriptions for each job on his or her prospective production line. These documents should include level of education required as well as any special physical requirements. In addition to job specific training the employees will also go through a one day “Standards of Business Conduct” training program to outline our behavior expectations of them from the first day of employment. Recent data from the government of Kava puts the current market wage at 10 US dollars per day for production line work. Young workers, under 16 years of age, may be less. Under no circumstances should applicants younger than 14 years of age be considered. Ethics Embracing our diverse workforce can and will be one of the Kava Island facility’s greatest strengths. Using the corporate Utilitarian Approach to ethical behavior will emphasize the importance of making good ethical decisions. Implementing this will require a trained staff to recognize ethical issues and an accomplished method for exploring the ethical aspects of a decision and weighing the considerations that should impact our choice of a course of action. Having a method for ethical decision making is absolutely essential. When practiced regularly, the method will become so familiar that we work through it automatically without consulting the specific steps. The program will be fully supported be top management and backed up with clearly stated consequences for non compliance. Care will be needed to ensure observance with local laws and regulations.