An Organization In Conflict

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and 15 are part-time . Of these employees only 36 were interviewed, all of whom are full-time. The organization chart, with interviewee positions, is simplified on the following page.

5. It is important to note that due to time constraints I was unable to interview employees from all departments (headed by a Supervisor) and have made several assumptions. Firstly, that the beliefs, values, assumptions and behaviors of employees within specific divisions (headed by a Manager) are the same. Second, that the employees not interviewed would have had similar opinions to those that were. Lastly, that a wide enough sample of employees were interviewed that individual biases would be identified as such and could then be excluded from further analysis. A summary of the interviews, including starting questions, is attached at the annexes.
Organization Chart as Interviewed




Employee values and beliefs

6. It became evident during the interview process that all MRWMD employees feel strongly about the impact that human waste is having on the environment and are staunch supporters of the organizations reduce, reuse and recycle philosophy. Every employee was proud to admit that they recycled at home and stated that working at MRWMD has only encouraged them to be more conscientious in their recycling efforts. Although a majority of employees had been taught as children to recycle and were simply continuing the practice, the few that had not previously recycled at home stated that they only did so now because of the education they had received since becoming employed at the MRWMD.

7. In addition to recycling at home and at work, MRWMD employees also expressed a keen interest in furthering their efforts to save the environment through energy conservation and waste and pollution reduction. The employees felt that the organization did not promote energy conservation in its operations across all divisions adequately. Examples giv...