The case considered for this report is a department "Dept-1" in a civil
service based organization. Dept-1 uses two classifications for its staff:
the professional qualified staff and the non-professional qualified staff.
Both grades of staff work fulltime in Dept-1. The professional staff
however, belongs to another department, "Dept-2." This staff is on "loan"
to Dept-1. Dept-1 and Dept-2 have different rules and regulation by which
they expect their workers to perform. Dept-2 expects greater involvement
from its staff (the professionally qualified workers) and the expectations
do not change even thought the workers might be working in a different
environment. The non-professional workers however, work under different
employee-expectations. The department operates under two different
operating principles. There are many additional variables that affect this
department. These factors have not been analyzed and reviewed. The
discussion and analysis of the problem will identify some of the main
issues that the Human Resource department along with the two individual
departments will have to consider prior to making any major structural
The goals and objectives of the organization should be the main driving
force for the organization. (Morgan, 1998) The ideal utilization of every
resource is important for the organization to function smoothly. The human
element in any organization provides the maximum variance. It also
requires the most attention in the organization. When the department in
which both categories of workers are employed cannot define common policies
for both grades of workers, the motivation of the workers may be affected.
When situations like this occur in a work environment, it can create
confusion and discontent among the workers. Motivation theorists Abra...