Employee Involvement In Decision Making

Running head: MANAGEMENT
INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT

MANAGEMENT 1
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Issue........................................................................................................................................2
Employee involvement in decision making...........................................................................3
Form of Group........................................................................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................7

MANAGEMENT 2
Introduction
The intent of this report is to present a paper that highlights an issue that has been
experienced at a workplace and holds the chance to impact the organizational culture. The
aim of this paper is to provide an argument related to involving employees in the decision-
making procedure and reason for the same. In addition to this, the paper is also discussing the
group of people that can be involved in the decision making and the reason for the same.
Issue
Mary is a six-month pregnant woman who is working for the accounting firm for the
last 10 years. Recently, Mary applied for a vacancy in her firm of the senior position that has
just been announced. In spite of having some must experience in the field and qualifications
in comparison to other applicants for the same post, she was passed over. The time she
confronted the human resource department manager, he replied by saying that he requires
someone who can be more dedicated than her for the senior position. This issue reveals that
the accounting firm is involved in discriminating against the workplace and even there is a
glass ceiling due to which it is not allowing women employees to grow. Besides this, it is
being thought that being pregnant for a woman can lead to loss of her dedication towards
work.
Resolving this issue is very important otherwise it can impact the ethical culture of the
entire firm. Here, the role of manager arises who can resolve these kinds of issues at the
workplace to avoid any kind of crucial issue for the firm. In order to resolve the issue, the
manager of the accounting firm needs to get involved in a conversation with the human
resource department employees and especially with the human resource department manager.
In order to eliminate the discrimination from the firm the manager required to provide proper
training, sessions, attending campaigns related to equality at the workplace, and inviting
guest lecturers at the workplace who are expert in maintaining equality at the workplace for