HMSI's no-union strategy could have been appropriate if its HR policies were more worker-friendly rather than autocratic. However, the implementation failed due to actions like giving workers low-valued Diwali gifts, enforcing strict timing rules without flexibility for emergencies or leave, showing favoritism, and denying jobs to trained interns, which added to existing frustrations over low pay and lack of transparency and ultimately led to union formation despite the no-union strategy.
HMSI's no-union strategy could have been appropriate if its HR policies were more worker-friendly rather than autocratic. However, the implementation failed due to actions like giving workers low-valued Diwali gifts, enforcing strict timing rules without flexibility for emergencies or leave, showing favoritism, and denying jobs to trained interns, which added to existing frustrations over low pay and lack of transparency and ultimately led to union formation despite the no-union strategy.
HMSI's no-union strategy could have been appropriate if its HR policies were more worker-friendly rather than autocratic. However, the implementation failed due to actions like giving workers low-valued Diwali gifts, enforcing strict timing rules without flexibility for emergencies or leave, showing favoritism, and denying jobs to trained interns, which added to existing frustrations over low pay and lack of transparency and ultimately led to union formation despite the no-union strategy.
Was it appropriate on the part of HMSI to pursue a no-union strategy? If yes, what went wrong with strategy?
No Union Strategy would have been appropriate if the HR policies
implemented were worker friendly instead of being autocratic
This was the case of HMSI, where the strategy was good but the implementation was not in place Things that went wrong Giving of low valued Diwali Gifts to workers leading to their discontent Strict timing rules, reluctant to change the shift timing of workers even in emergency situations , denying leaves Showing favoritism to some workers in postings, preventing workers to meet top management to share their grievances Denial of jobs to newly trained people who completed their internship These grievances together added to further worker frustration of their low pay and the lack of transparency in the system and led to the failure of the no union strategy and led to the rise of Union formation in Honda