Marriage Between Auto Manufacturer and a Supplier Gets Off to a Rocky Start, Forming a Work Climate That Threatens Unionization
OEi’s successes represent meaningful, measurable, sustainable results that have enabled our clients to achieve their goals and objectives. The examples below have been selected to represent the widest cross-section of needs and applications.
challenge
A “Big 3” auto manufacturer had acquired a supplier company several years before, and the integration of the two cultures had been poorly handled. As a result, the “acquired” engineering and administrative/office personnel felt disenfranchised and were starting to explore unionization.
solution
The following steps were planned and implemented as part of a customized solution for meeting the Challenge described above:
- Identified employees’ concerns using a custom-developed employee survey and employee interviews.
- Educated leadership on employees’ concerns, and facilitated action planning to address key issues.
- Created and implemented mechanisms for maintaining healthy, continuous communication between management and employees.
- Provided leadership training to support development of a healthier culture.
results
As a result of the activities above, the organization reported the following results:
- The employees chose not to pursue unionization.
- Productivity increased as the relationship between management and employees improved.
- Complaints submitted to HR by employees decreased by 78%.