Personal Statement On Real Life Employees - 1314 Words

There does not exist in this world a job in which conflict does not occur. It just isn’t a possibility. Even if you are a company of one working for yourself there still exists conflict. Conflict with customers, conflict with orders, conflict with banks; it doesn’t matter because conflict is unescapable. So dealing with it and minimizing it are priorities in any efficient organization. Over the course of this semester we have been indoctrinated in the various forms conflict presents itself as well as the strategies to resolve it. But how does this translate to real life employees in real life organizations? To find out I conducted an interview with two individuals from two different organizations to gain their perspective on these†¦show more content†¦Organizational structure and hierarchy for a base and the military as a whole can get pretty confusing so we will consider colleagues to be other members of his shop with the same job (although as we will s ee later conflict arises due to rank) and direct supervisors as anyone directly overseeing the shop. Number of colleagues for employee A would be about ten and direct supervisors would be 2-3. Employee B has four colleagues and one direct supervisor, but the tubing department has about 30 employees. Employee B’s responsibilities involve overseeing employees, settling scheduling disputes, and taking care of customer problems/complaints. Employee A’s responsibilities involve maintenance of aircraft, keeping up to date on applicable training, overseeing other members of shop lower in rank than himself, and keeping up with military standards. When asked what about their jobs keeps them motivated and what aspects inspired them, both of our employees where a bit caught off guard. After a moment of deliberation employee A told me that he enjoys the structure of the military. There are rules, guidelines, and directives to everything in the military. As we will see late r that can also be cause for conflict, but he told me that it is nice to always know what is required of him and it is no different for anyone else. He is also kept motivated by the fact that he is