...Allison Wright MGMT410 Prof. Webb 12 February 2011 Week 6: Textbook Case Study A Perky Way to Productivity 1. Human resource management is best described as the act of acquiring, developing and maintaining employees “to achieve the goals of the goals of an organization in an effective and efficient manner.” (Sadhuji, 2008). HRM achieves this through several forms of employee appreciation, including compensation, health benefits, and promotions. However, the benefits that a company offers can mean the difference between having a devoted employee and one who will be willing to leave once a better opportunity arrives. A sound compensation package is often more attractive than a high paying salary. HRM needs to apply the needs of the employees and analyze how it will also benefit the organization. Basic benefits such as health, vision and dental benefits, or 401K matching are no longer the only benefits that keep employees content, and this can affect their productivity. By structuring a benefits program that goes beyond basic needs, such as Zappos.com’s on-site healthcare, employees will feel more like assets instead of just workers. This will lead to a more productive workplace and a more profitable bottom line for the organization. The ever-changing trend of employee benefits “requires benefit staff to take a more strategic and consultative approach to their jobs.” (Hackett, 1996) This is especially true for the new aging workforce of baby...
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...JVA Corporation Simulation: Week-5 To: Robbin Churray By: Kirandeep Badesha Course: MGMT410 DeVry Online Session 2011Rob Employees will lost bit in amenities and some restriction on the raise of wage and salaries. JVA corporation will save almost 2% to 3% part of their net income that is spent on perks and other amenities. It may affect to employees as they will suffer from raises and other incentives but they will get benefit too as JVA will not lay out of current workers. The implementation of new strategy can affect JVA corp. due to lack of incentives or raises because it can discourage to employees and their productivity and motivation may get low. The international employees will be part of this change also. Recession is affecting every nation so JVA need to implement the changes globally. It does not matter that employees are US based or have international location, the change of strategy will be same for all otherwise it can bring frustration amont other employers and employees. As JVA Corporation is facing 17% net lose in their income and demands to cut the perks from 8 to 5 % so it will be crucial to bring effective change in the compensation system of organization. The crucial aspect of the strategy is that the all the changes that have been mentioned in JVA co-operation will continue until the recession of economy get recovered. It’s clear that the strategy I will refer best matches to the second strategy which needs to focus on “Performance, as...
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...Week 3 O*NET Resource Center Student’s Name University MGMT410, Professor XYZ, Date Learning Questions Question 1: How easy was it to find the specific occupation you were looking for, and how comprehensive was the information provided about that occupation? I currently hold an operations role and searching for “Operations Manager” was relatively easy on O*NET. “The O&NET program is the nation’s primary source of occupational information and it contains information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors” (O*NET, n.d.). Once a person familiarizes with the O*NET Content Model, which is its conceptual foundation, the search engines become easy to understand. The top two search returns for me included Wind Energy Operations Manages and General & Operations Managers. Interesting fact emerged by reviewing both that gave good representation of skills, overall knowledge, abilities and work activities necessary to be successful in these roles that correspond to my experience with what the role demands in my current work environment. For operations type of positions it is imperative to be able to work independently, be initiative, rely heavily on analytical thinking and have the leadership skills that take charge and can motivate other team members. It was comforting to see that the real world experience matches the O*NET comprehensive information provided. Certain discrepancies are expected as each industry is slightly different but in general...
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