Academic Issues in Management People and Organization: Case Studies of Aldi and Gore

Management People and Organization

Q1
Area: Aldi Academic
Concepts/Theories
Issues in the case studies Merits / Limits of Concept Autonomy/Control
Org Structure The organization has a
flat structure and it has
been analysed through the
concept that it has only
few layer of management
and managers have a
wide span of control
As per the case study, it
has been analysed that
all employees have to
report to manager due to
flat structure and this in
turn causes confusion
within their roles. That
is why, it is considered
as an issue for a
company.
The biggest advantage of using this structure is
such that it elevates the employee’s level of
responsibility. Along with this, it removes excess
layer of management and improve coordination
(DiMaggio, 2019). On the other side, with this
structure, employees become confused in their
team roles and this affect the overall performance
of a company
This is employee
autonomy because
they have to perform
the work as per
instructed.
Org Culture The culture followed by
Aldi is related to power
under Handy culture
theory where power is in
one hand (Mouzelis,
2017). Also, subordinate
do not have any option
rather than follow the
same,
The issue identified
within a case study
pertaining to culture is
such that company’s
employees are not
satisfied with the
offering by company
and this in turn lead to
cause negative impact
The advantage of using a Handy Culture theory is
such that it helps to determine how employee are
retained. Also, it elevated to the productivity of a
company and this in turn help to meet the define
objectives. On the other side, the disadvantage of
using power culture within a workplace is such that
it is unhealthy focus on profit and this in turn cause
negative impact over the business performance.
This is employee
autonomy because
employees must
comply with the
offering environment
and they have to
communicate the
same to their
respective

over their performance. supervisors.
Org Leadership The leader of Aldi uses
Charisma as a leadership
style in which they
involve employees so that
they communicate with
the employees in order to
motivate them so that
they generate better
outcomes. This in turn
causes positive impact
over the business
The leader of a company
do not solve the issues
faced by employees and
even does not provide
sick leaves and other
benefits that affect
workers performance.
Also, it can be stated
that they provide low
average salary and does
not resolve the query.
The merit of using the leadership theory is such
that leaders motivate and inspire the workforce so
that they start performing in a team work that
create a positive sense of change. On the other
side, it has been critically evaluated that it is
dependent upon the energy level of leaders and
prevent new learning opportunities that might
affect the results in negative manner (Bolman and
Deal, 2017).
This is fall under
employee control
because employees
are not controlled by
managers or leaders
and this in turn
increase higher
attrition rate.
People Management
(4 areas)
1. Recruitment
& Selection
The hiring strategy of
Aldi is not effective
enough because it does
not provide high wages to
their customers and that
is why, it affected the
overall performance of a
company (Svitkina,
2020). the interview
process is used for
Company faces issue
regarding hiring the
employees because it
offers low salary and
that is why, no one
wants to perform job in
this area. This in turn
affected the performance
of employees as well as
business.
The merit of using this concept of recruitment is to
examine whether the candidate is best fit for job or
not. On the other side, limitation of using this
method is such that all the necessary questions are
not asked in this process that help to identify
whether an individual is best fit or not.
Recruiting a person
is under employee
control in which
each activity is
monitored by the
company’s manager
to track about the
performance.

selecting the employees
2. Training &
Developmen
t
By using training of
reinforcement theory, it
has been analysed that the
learning behaviour of the
people should be
appropriate and it does
not repeat after the
mistakes identified
(Meyer, 2017). For that,
training is provided
The issue identified
within a case study is
such that Aldi do not
provide effective
training session to the
employees and that is
why, there is a need to
provide effective
training that helps to
understand about key
areas.
The merit of using this theory is such that it boosts
the morale of employees and reduce turnover. It
also helps to improve productivity and generate
better outcome. On the critically note, it has been
identified that it provide different ways to improve
the performance and diminish the result
Employee autonomy
is related to training
and development
because through this,
employee develop an
ability to control the
work situation.
3. Performance
& Reward
With the help of social
cognitive theory, the
performance of an
employee can be
enhanced and by offering
different rewards,
company can improve the
performance
The employee does not
get any reward and they
are over burden without
getting any additional
compensation
The merit of using this concept is such that it helps
to motivate the employee and their behaviour.
Also, on critically side, it has been analysed that
changes in the environment lead to cause negative
impact over person because they do not accept the
change (Kondalkar, 2020).
Employee autonomy
because company
involve the
employee in order to
make the changes
over a project.
4. Employee
Relations
Marxist perspective help
to determine the
The issue pertaining to
this area is such that
The advantage of using the theory is such that it
helps to provide effective system to the company
Employee autonomy
because employee