Running Heading: Employee Issues: A Company’s Downfall Employee Issues: A Company’s Downfall GB520: Strategic Human Resource Management Prof: Susan Pettine Nicola Baker Kaplan University October 21, 2014 Table of Contents 1. Abstract 2. Attitudes of Employees 3. Discrimination Complaints 4. Violations of work rules 5. Hypothesis 6. Conclusion 7. Resources Outline 1. Abstract 2. Attitudes of Employees a. Negative attitudes towards fellow employees on the job b. Bringing …show more content…
Children or your spouse may have upset the employee at home and when the employee got to work they were still angry, which may easily translate over to a co-worker as a bad attitude towards them. If employees are not careful their bad attitude could affect their customers and cost the company a profit loss. Employees need to be trained how to leave their negative attitudes at home, never bring it through the company’s door. “When people feel pressured in many different aspects of their life, they sometimes lash out in non-productive ways,” (Root 2014). “If an employee seems to be having problems communicating with co-workers, sit the employee down and ask them why they are being difficult. Try to avoid being confrontational. If you offer the employee a sympathetic ear, you may find that the problems stem from personal issues that have nothing to do with the workplace, but because so much time is spent at work the frustration boils over in the form of a bad …show more content…
Discrimination is when you treat people differently through prejudice and it could be an unfair treatment of one person or group, usually because of their race, ethnicity, age, religion, or gender according to Bing (2014). There are so many types of discrimination which makes in hard managers when the encounter possible discrimination in the workplace. This type of complaint is another employee issue and could cause the company great distress. It is a huge hassle for a manager or supervisor when they have to deal the legal responsibility of maintaining a workplace without