Case Study The Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant

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Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant is a private owned business in Indiana that is manufacturing mirrors for trucks and automobiles. The plant has been having some rough times. There were some major organizational issues in the Engstrom Auto Mirror Plant. I am going to mention about three major organizational issues. The first major issue was Ineffective leadership employees were losing trust in this organization due to poor leadership. The employees thought the management was “playing with numbers” because they weren’t paid their monthly bonuses for a few months. The management could not afford to pay employees bonuses’ because of the productivity problems that the organization was having. The second major issue was lack of motivation. There was

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