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Reducing Staff Turnover; A Case Study

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related to motivation. In the scenario outlined by the student there is a case where employees appear to be happy with the work itself and also with the pay. Their  compliant is the way that they are treated by management. In looking at employment models were individuals are not treated well by managers the first model considered may be that  of scientific management. In this school of though man was treated as purely economic, working only for a pay packet with no other needs. Taylors theories were based on  the Adams Smiths economic man, which also assumed that employees only motivation was their money, a view he demonstrated at Bethlehem Steel Co. (Baron, 1987). Henry Ford shared his views  on the on scientific management methods of production at his manufacturing plant. In practical terms Ford could now produce in one day what had previously taken a whole year. However,  he lost many of his original workers and their staff turnover rate rose to 400% (Baron, 1987). To bring employees back to work he introduced $5 day, in the short  term this was effective filling the staff vacancies, in the long time it did not solve Fords employee relation problems which only occurred after the introduction of scientific management work  of techniques (Baron, 1987). Just as in the scenario that we have with the case study there was no problem with the money, it was their motivation. This is also  a large company and as such is more suited to this less personal more operational approach. Ford is a prime example of  the efficiency Taylorism facilitates, bringing about economies of scale to whilst reducing output costs which benefit link the manufacturer and consumer. This combination benefit was to prove irresistible to industry.