Leadership, Communication and Groups: FMC Green River

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Introduction & Background

FMC Corporation is a global manufacturing company based in Chicago. The company has various units working at different locations. The two most popular units of the company are FMC Green River and FMC Aberdeen. The manufacturing of both the units is different from each other. The Green River unit manufactures chemicals used in agricultural activities, while Aberdeen unit manufactures machines and equipments used in military and defense services. The organizational behavior of both the units has different problems. The Green River unit has major organizational problems rather than the Aberdeen unit.
The main organizational behavior problems in Green River unit are related with work group/teams, leadership practices and communication. The unit does not have appropriate management due to the lack of effectiveness in these three aspects. On the other hand, the Aberdeen unit has no problems related to these three aspects. The site manager of Green River unit, Kenneth Dailey wants to have some specific recommendations to improve the organizational behavior problems of the Green River unit (FMC Corporation, 2008).

Organizational Behavior Analysis

The organizational behavior of the Green River unit has several problems in its team, work groups, leadership practices and communication system. These problems affect the productivity of the unit to a great extent. The main problems in these three fields can be better analyzed with the following discussion:

Work Groups/Teams

Team work is essentially a mindset which requires a complete mental revolution from individual orientation to collective orientation, from individual contribution to collective contribution and from individual rewards to collective rewards. The team work enhances the performance of the employees as well as the organization. Due to the increasing competition, the organizations realized that some specific tasks cannot be accomplished without team work. The formation of a work team is a big challenge for the Green River unit (FMC Corporation, 2008). The inappropriate employee recruitment system and performance appraisal systems give rise to conflicts among the employees, so the formation ...