SEMESTER SPRING 2012
Human Resource Management (MGt501)
Assignment No. 1
Due Date: 12
th
April, 2012 Marks: 20
Nowadays organizations are more flexible in terms of benefit offerings. It is the need of today’s
business due to stiff competition. Especially for those employees who have family-related issues.
There is great deal of work force diversity and female work force is increasing day by day. The
organizations focus on providing more benefits to females to manage career and family, especially
for those female employees who have kids. But some organizations are not providing support to
females having families or kids. Since mother has central role in family therefore her support is
necessary for her kids. And that was the case of one air hostess.
Shazia had worked as an air hostess in an airline. Due to her nature of job, she was frequently away
from home. She developed a good system to take care of her child. A regular baby-sitter was
appointed for this purpose. Her husband also shared the responsibility and took care of the child in
the morning and back from office. One day she received a call that her child had been ill. She
thought it would not be a major trouble. She thought she would be home at 8:00 PM after the plane
landed. When she arrived at Lahore airport, she was notified by a company’s scheduler that plane
had to return to Manchester immediately and it was compulsory for her to serve as a crew member
of the flight. It was an unexpected event and not routine change. It was a major problem for Shazia.
Since her husband was also unavailable to go home immediately. Her baby-sitter had to leave on
time. It was a frustrating dilemma for her!
Shazia requested to manage another member who wanted to return from Lahore to Manchester. It
was unusual situation, time was short and scheduler could not replace her. Airline was generally
flexible to deal with family matters. But at last, Manchester based air hostess agreed for the trip. Due
to this hassle the flight was delayed and Shazia was terminated from her job.
Requirements:
• Comment on the termination of Shazia was it right or wrong? Give justified reasons.
• Does the termination of Shazia discourage work force diversity? Why or why not? Give
strong reasons.
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