CASE $4$PATRIOT TRANSPORTATION

HOLDING INC.

Ron Sandlin, President of Patriot Transportation Holding Inc., a trucking

company located in Jacksonville, Florida, does not know what else to do$.$

He increased base pay, increased vacation days, and decreased the age

requirement from $25$ to $23.$ He added a productivity$-$based pay system as

well. He still cannot find enough people to hire as truck drivers for the

company. Sandlin thinks that this issue is strictly due to a strengthening

economy, which means higher demand and lower supply of workers.

However, perhaps more can be done to attract the right workers.

The company is continuously growing its market footprint and therefore, a

need for drivers is an ongoing concern. In fact, the lack of drivers is the

company$$s top concernCase Question $2\mathrm{.}3$

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Read Case $4$Patriot Transportation Holding Inc. in the Appendix. Patriot is having

trouble recruiting truck drivers. To get as many ideas as possible for solving this

problem, management has hired three different consultants. One is an adherent of the

classical managerial strategy, one is an adherent of the human relations managerial

strategy, and one is an adherent of the high$-$involvement managerial strategy. Each

consultant works separately and provides a separate set of recommendations for

solving the problem. Their recommendations include changes to both the compensation

system and employees$$ work structure, but these changes are all different. Knowing

what you do about the three managerial strategies, what do you think the

recommendations of each consultant were? Which do you think would be the most

effectiv