Case Study And Fishbowl The Nova Company Nova Is A Car Assembly Plant That Has Been Operating In South Carolina For The Past Five Years. Currently, The Company Is Experiencing Many Pressures. The Company Has Invested Considerable Funds To Build The Plant, But Within The Past Year Nova Is Having Trouble Finding Skilled Workers, And Production Is Not Moving

 

The Nova Company Case Study and Fishbowl Nova is a car assembly plant that has been operating in South Carolina for the past five years. Currently, the company is experiencing many pressures. The company has invested considerable funds to build the plant, but within the past year Nova is having trouble finding skilled workers, and production is not moving forward as anticipated. Costs are increasing and profits are down at Nova's South Carolina plant, and this is creating concerns from the boardroom to the plant floor. Everyone seems to know the plant is struggling. There is a history of conflicts between the union and the company. There have been threats of strikes over the past two years, but management and the union have managed to reach a resolution on the issues at the 11th hour. The company is restructuring at the management level in New York City and this is creating uncertainty about the plant's future. Nova is an international company with plants in Canada, the US, and Europe. The new CEO was told to cut costs, and get profits up, or there will be layoffs and plant closures. This pressure has created tensions between the frontline supervisors and the workers. Frontline supervisors are pushing the workers because they have been directed to work harder and faster The general manager of the plant has called together a set of workers to problem solve about how to increase workplace morale and increase productivity.