Alternative Courses of Action/Criteria
ACA ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
1. Arrange a meeting with his A. The employees will be
subordinates discussing the compelled to display good behavior A. Effectiveness of this action is dependent on
proper behavior that should be in the plant. employees.
followed within the plant and B. exercising the supervisor’s B. The employees might feel that they are being
reminding the employees the power to his subordinates. threatened by their leader.
certain sanctions for every bad C. The employees will be reminded
behavior executed. on proper treatment to their head.
2. Perform an everyday work A. It will motivate and encourage A. It will add on the expenses of the company.
evaluation and establish a the employees to execute a high- B. It will be tiring for the supervisor to have an
beneficial reward system (Gift quality work performance. everyday evaluation for his subordinates.
certificates, bonus allowances, B. It will get the heart and establish C. It might encourage the employees to have a
additional paid vacationthe efficiency and improve the competition from one another with could result
leaves, etc.) for the employees.productivity of the employees. into a bad environment in the plant.
A. The employees will be
A. Employees may not participate and may even
challenged to achieve goals-
3. Set-up hard and specific be not interested.
making them more focused.
goals for the employees to B. Employees may see it as a punishment
B. Goals may be set-up to influence
achieve to create a much better instead of a challenge.
more teamwork and camaraderie
workplace. C. Employees may compare the goals of the past
among employees and with their
supervisor to this new supervisor.
supervisor.
A. Understanding the employees A. The cost may be shouldered by the
outside the workplace may give supervisor.
4. Find time to interact with better understanding to the negative C. This may cause faction among employees if
employees outside of the behavior of the employees which is not all are able to come to the interaction.
workplace e.g., office dinner. according to the attribution theory D. Employees may lose the sense of respect they
B. Camaraderie may be built upon have for the supervisor because of the outside
employees and the supervisor. interaction.