Third Bank Case Study

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Prior to Fuller’s transfer, management at the Carson’s location was poorly run using the classical approach. While this approach can be successful, management has to find a good middle ground between caring for the company and caring about their employees. A traditional classical approach recognizes that there are five important factors to running a successful business (Miller, 19). According to text, these factors are planning, organizing, command, coordination and control (Miller, 19-20). These factors can be seen when you look at Third Bank as a whole. In the study, the CEO saw the issues in his company and put a plan together to improve. He had meetings with management, like fuller, to organize a solution. He then commanded all locations …show more content…

Management does not communicate with the workers, so they cannot discuss problems that are accruing, and possible solutions that may help the business run smoother. You can see this at Carson’s, the study mentioned that employees had no say in important decisions and were even afraid to address concerns to management. The study also mentioned that employees were not given proper constructive criticism. Instead of management teaching employee’s better ways to handle tasks, they would get upset and punish their employees. This is another aspect to an Exploitative Authoritative structure. According to text, all rewards are given to management. Instead of rewarding good things that their employees do, management punishes and threatens. After looking at the Exploitative Authoritative System that was used to run the Carson’s location, it is easy to see how and why the employees are …show more content…

According to text, a company who follows Weber’s theory will have a, “strict reliance on rules, division of labor, and a clearly established hierarchy in which power is centralized, (Miller, 25). This is clearly seen in the Carson’s location, prior to Fuller’s arrival. There is a separation of power with Carson’s old management and the employees. Employees were expected to complete tasks correctly, if not management would “step on their throats,” (ARTICLE). Management had all the power, and did not consult their employees when making decisions. These are all examples of Weber’s theory, as well as examples of why the Carson’s location needed a change in

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