Assignment:
Imagine that you are the HR manager for a retail store. Your store sells clothing, shoes, handbags, linens, etc. The company recently had its worst quarter, and you want to improve employee performance through sales of the merchandise and through offering excellent customer service. The employees are less motivated, due to the recent negative media attention the company has been getting about its earnings.
You want to implement a new performance management system, modify the employees' current behavior, and link compensation directly to performance.
Create a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
1.Create a job description for a retail sales associate. Create an organizational behavior modification (OBM) plan to define a set of three (3) key behaviors that are necessary for job performance.
2.Determine two (2) ways that an HR manager would measure whether prospective employees exhibit the key job performance behaviors. Propose two (2) methods that an HR manager can use to inform employees of the new performance standards.
3.As the HR manager, create a plan with two (2) methods of providing feedback to employees. Include the frequency with which the feedback would be provided. Propose two (2) actions that company leaders should take to reinforce positive employee behaviors.
4.As the HR manager, determine three (3) benefits the organization would gain if it adopts a management by objects (MBO) approach in which the employees' goals are aligned with the organization's goals. Provide two (2) reasons why it is important to align pay with performance.
5.Use at least three (3) quality academic resources
Your assignment should follow these formatting requirements:
•Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references should follow APA or school-specific format.
•Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment. The cover page and the reference page are excluded in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
•Examine performance management issues and processes.
•Examine the influences on and various approaches to compensation.
•Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management foundations.
•Write clearly and concisely about human resource management foundations using proper writing mechanics.