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Johnsonville Sausage Offer Acceptance

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Running head: JOHNSONVILLE SAUSAGE DETAILED PLAN

Johnsonville Sausage Detailed Plan for
Palmer Sausage Offer Acceptance
Caitlin Boyle
Loyola University Chicago

JOHNSONVILLE SAUSAGE DETAILED PLAN
Abstract
This paper will explain a detailed plan for Mr. Ralph Stayer, president of Johnsonville Sausage Company, after accepting the offer from Palmer Sausage. This plan will be following the philosophy of Johnsonville that was implemented by Stayer in the eighties. It will utilize the line workers for the company, having them make decisions while utilizing the manager’s as resources to find solutions for the following issues addressed: the thirty day cancellation clause, Johnsonville’s’ twenty-five percent capital expansion plan, only …show more content…

Referring to the section under “The Transition”, Stayer asked his employees what the ends are for the employee’s work, with the most common responses being job security, compensation and rewarding job, Stayer comes to notice that all these ends revolve around performance (Roberts, 1993, p. 6). If the workers maintain a high performance, resulting in higher customer satisfaction, then there will be a less likely chance of contract cancellation. Therefore lowering the issue of the thirty day contract cancellation, forcing Johnsonville Sausage Company to let go its workers. Compensation will also increase due to performance of workers. Johnsonville has the Capital Expansion Plan with a twenty-five percent increase. This acceptance of the Palmer Sausage Offer will create more hours for the employees and increase job responsibilities for most, which was a problem for workers who did not receive an increase due to lack of responsibilities (p. 11). This reflects Johnsonville Sausage Company's strong culture, where they highly value employees obtaining more responsibilities in their work environment (Robbins et all, p, …show more content…

With the acceptance of this offer, the capital from private label business will be around twenty five percent, and twenty five percent of Johnsonville’s sales will be from the Palmer offer. Originally, the plan created by a team of line workers and others from Johnsonville Sausage Company was capital from private label business could not exceed fifteen percent due to the face that it will compete with the capital from the rest of the business (Roberts, 1993, p. 14). In order to resolve this issue, Stayer needs to regroup with that specific team that originally created this plan. When doing this, the team must collectively find ways and

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