Organizational Behavior



Organizational Behavior

Alternatives

Viable Alternatives

1) Global team management

2) Safety Training and Audits

3) Change in leadership style

Decision Criteria

1) Conformity to international safety standards

2) Changes in the decision making pattern and encouragement of suggestions from resource level

3) Standards are pre-defined with respect to each set of activities by categorizing the corporate goals into short-term activities

Alternatives: Pros and Cons

1) Alternative

Pros: Global team work is an advantage in competition for the global age if implemented effectively, and knowledge is a source of competitive advantage that can help the organizations to improve on the domains of effective team work. The likelihood of success of team work can be improved by utilizing the knowledge management practices.

Cons: Global team management requires strong ties within an organization and group. In virtual teams, the ties are weak and this is a disadvantage for knowledge integration. Weak ties also cause asymmetric knowledge inside the organizations. Each country possesses different cultural factor for its business practices that arise to expand its operations abroad. There may be several cultural barriers while conducting business practices inside an organization. Each employee of an organization own separate personality, governed by a diversified frame of mind.

2) Alternative

Pros: The Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 requires that every employer covered under the Act must provide “a place of employment which is free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or physical harm to their employees.

Of particular significance to workplace safety in the petroleum environment is the section dealing with “Lockout/Tagout” (29 CFR §1910.47).

Cons: If a servicing activity (such as lubricating, cleaning, or unjamming) takes place during production, the employee performing this activity may become exposed to hazards that are not normally encountered as part of the production operation itself. Safety standards for machinery and equipment are voluntary ...