FMC Background and others

Essay by nippyUniversity, Bachelor'sA+, May 2007

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In this individual project, I will discuss many topics like the background, the recommendation, job design and good setting, performance appraisal, pay, career development. Mr. Kenneth daily has request this analysis on the basics of FMC green rivers.

FMC has been in business for more then fifty years. The first company was built in 1948 and produced 1.3 million ton of soda in one year. The success was so much that another plant is under was in 1953, which was completed in 1970. FMC Aberdeen is located in South Dakota, which only has one hundred employees and produces only one product. It is missile canister for the U.S navy. Aberdeen has a great structure for ability to create work with small groups; it is self managed work team and allows the groups to focus on one thing. Aberdeen’s group get all the work done, choose their own leader, work together on many ideas, it help other groups to finish the work.

Aberdeen Company is small so it a family atmosphere, and the band between employees are very strong. Everybody helps each other in work and outside the work.

Kenneth Dailey manages FMC Green River. It produces many different chemicals, they have over one hundred vendor throughout the world. The companies have over 1200 employees, which creates many different chemicals and products several things, which works very close with United States steel workers of America. There are many ideas that could work for Green River plant but would have little hard. If Green River follows the small group to solve problem, then one idea can improve a decision in the process and would impact the whole company. With several products being produced and then making small group could cause some restrictions to the employees. For Green Rivers I would...