issues and dilemmas surrounding job design

Question1
To gain a deeper appreciation of possible issues and dilemmas surrounding job design, the following exercise will be completed by two team members. Read the spotlight on ethics below. The first team member will take the role of employer. The second team member will take the role of employee. From your assigned perspective, consider the situation described in the spotlight and formulate a response to the three questions emphasizing the rationale or justification for your position.
To writer: you will be writing on the role of employer.
A small manufacture of snowboards and skateboards faces a dilemma. His 15 employees work in loose production teams on cutting, layering, edging, pressing, drilling, painting, drying, mounting, and printing the boards. Job satisfaction is high and there is almost no turnover. But because of competition, the company had little profits for the last two years and he wants to change that. His choice is to ask his employees to accept a significant pay cut, switch to an assembly line system, or, the most profitable solution, install an automated machine, which would require only 3 workers, making the remaining 12 redundant. All of his employees are married and have children and have been with him for 15 and more years. He feels a strong obligation toward them, but is convinced that a workflow change is necessary.

Of what nature are his obligations toward his employees? What is the optimal solution for a) his employees? b) his company? C) himself?

Question 2
Read the spotlight on ethics below. The first team member will take the perspective of employer. The second team member will take the perspective of employee. Your objective is to determine an appropriate course of action for the company from your assigned perspective. Consider the situation described in the spotlight and formulate a response that addresses the situation emphasizing the rationale or justification for your position.
To writer: you will be writing on the role of employee.

Your firm is also considering converting a number of your full time employees in the head office and production unit 2 to a part time workforce (you may assume that this is legal in the province where you are employer). Approximately 200 persons will be affected by this plan. This can generate significant savings for your firm, since a number of benefits currently offered to full time employees need not be offered any more to the part timers. You realize that a number of your employees depend on the company benefits to take care of their children and the elderly in the family.
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