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Standard Decoy. Case Study Solution

Workers at Standard Decoy were unmotivated and productivity was low. Alcorn implemented the "Odd Ducks" program to address this. The program allowed workers to use company time and materials to craft unique, handmade duck figurines. Workers could keep half the profits from any ducks they sold. This motivated workers by giving them creative freedom and opportunities to earn more money. The program was a great success, boosting worker motivation and improving productivity at the company.

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Standard Decoy. Case Study Solution

Workers at Standard Decoy were unmotivated and productivity was low. Alcorn implemented the "Odd Ducks" program to address this. The program allowed workers to use company time and materials to craft unique, handmade duck figurines. Workers could keep half the profits from any ducks they sold. This motivated workers by giving them creative freedom and opportunities to earn more money. The program was a great success, boosting worker motivation and improving productivity at the company.

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Name: Haseeb Siddiqui

ID: L1F17BBAM0125

Standard Decoy

Question No 1

How did the "Odd Ducks" program enrich the jobs at Standard Decoy?

Answer: Alcorn was the man who Odd Ducks program enrich the jobs at standard decoy. When Alcorn
take over the business from his grant father it not very good position so he take some changes that are
very much impact on standard decoy. He knew things needed to change. Output hadn’t fallen, and the
company was surviving financially despite competition from what he called "plastic ducks" from the Far
East. But Alcorn noticed that productivity per worker had stayed the same for ten years, even during the
period since the company had bought the latest equipment. While touring the plant, he noticed many
employees yawning, and he found himself doing the same. No one quit. No one complained. They all
gave him a smile when he walked by. But no one seemed excited with the work. So Alcorn first try to
change working condition and environment so he uses job rotation technique. He gave all workers a
taste of fun jobs but after one trial week, Alcorn understand it not working some were not responding
so Alcorn gave up but Alcorn innovation some new thing after his change he notice one of the rough
cutters whittling something this look like Duck in an Odd way. Alcorn liked what he saw and asked Price
if he would be willing to sell him the duck when he got through with it. Price looked surprised, but he
agreed. The following week, Alcorn noticed that Price had finished the whittling and was getting one of
the fine-tuners to help him paint the duck in a way that made it look even odder. When it was finished,
Alcorn offered it to one of his regular customers, who took a look at it and said, "You’ve got hand
made?" and asked if he could order a gross. By the middle of the next month, Alcorn’s "Odd Ducks"
program was in full swing. Workers were still responsible for producing the usual number of
conventional ducks, but they were allowed to use company tools and materials any time they wanted to
work on their own projects. There were no quotas or expectations for the Odd Ducks. Some employees
worked on one for weeks; others collaborated and produced one or two a day. Some wouldn’t sell their
ducks but crafted them to practice their skills and brought them home to display on their mantels. Those
who would sell them kept half the selling price. That price usually did not amount to more than their
regular hourly wage, but no one seemed to care about the precise amount of income. The response to
the Odd Duck program was so great and that way Odd Ducks program enrich the jobs at standard decoy.
Question No 2

What motivated workers to participate in making the Odd Ducks?

Answer: When you think about it, the success of any facet of your business can almost always be traced
back to motivated employees. From productivity and profitability to recruiting and retention,
hardworking and happy employees lead to triumph.

Unfortunately, motivating people is far from an exact science. There's no secret formula, no set
calculation, no work sheet to fill out. In fact, motivation can be as individual as the employees who work
for you. One employee may be motivated only by money. Another may appreciate personal recognition
for a job well done. Still another may work harder if she has equity in the business.

But you can boil down employee motivation to one basic ideal -- finding out what your employees want
and finding a way to give it to them or to enable them to earn it. Here our case we say Alcorn motivated
his Workers were still responsible for producing the usual number of conventional ducks, but they were
allowed to use company tools and materials any time they wanted to work on their own projects. There
were no quotas or expectations for the Odd Ducks. Some employees worked on one for weeks; others
collaborated and produced one or two a day. Some wouldn’t sell their ducks but crafted them to
practice their skills and brought them home to display on their mantels. Those who would sell them kept
half the selling price. That price usually did not amount to more than their regular hourly wage, but no
one seemed to care about the precise amount of income. The response to the Odd Duck program was so
great that Alcorn put up a bulletin board he called "Odd Letters" as a place to post appreciative notes
from customers. Most of these customers, it seemed, had no interest in hunting but just liked to have
the ducks around. And when Alcorn learned that some of his customers were in turn selling the ducks as
"Cyrus Witchell’s Olde Time Odd Ducks," he did not complain.

So at last we can say that this all motivated worker is the main engines of Odd Ducks all success and
those are participate in making the Odd Docks.

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