Fmc Green River - Individuals In Organizations
FMC Aberdeen vs. FMC Green River
Individuals in Organizations
Management of Ability; Organizational Commitment;
Job Satisfaction; Organizational Ethics
Concepts in Organizational Behavior MGT322
Unit 1 Assignment 1
Professor Azadegan
January 5, 2007
Background
Kenneth Dailey has been the site manager for FMC Corporation's Green River facility for 18 months. He is currently supervising the construction of three new, smaller plants at the facility. Based on what he has heard about the results achieved at the FMC Aberdeen plant as well as their different type of organizational structure and management, a team was sent to the facility to research their operating procedures and determine if they will work at the Green River facility. The key areas of the Aberdeen management approach which appeal to Dailey include their continued increase in productivity at Aberdeen while reducing costs, and the fact that the principles and values of their system align well with Dailey's. (Clawson, 2005)
There are a number of significant differences between the Aberdeen and Green River plants which must be considered throughout Dailey's evaluation. These include (Clawson, 2005):
Key Area Aberdeen Green River
Customer base Single customer Over 100 customers
Worldwide product distribution
Employees 100 1,150 this will increase with the opening of the 3 new plants
Product line Single product Multiple product lines
Plant start-up 5 years ago 1948
Plant facility Single plant 2 existing plants;
Adding 3 new plants
Industry Defense Chemicals
Union affiliation None United Steel Workers
Bob Lancaster, the first plant manager at Aberdeen, built the organization's strategy based on the participative management system'. Lancaster was involved in the creation of the Aberdeen plant from selecting the location...
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