Manna from Heaven is a local pita/sandwich wrap shop, and you are the Assistant Manager The restaurant is experiencing turnover in the range of 100 per cent. Most of this occurs in the first 18 months of employment. How would you determine if this turnover rate is high? What would you look at in both pay and other forms of rewards to identify ways of reducing turnover? Be prepared to justify your choices. You are CEO of Tranquil Products, a small company that makes travel pillows and light blankets specifically for first-class passengers on airlines. For the past 5 years profits have been hugely variable. Your Board asks that you consider other markets for these products, perhaps in the areas of assisted living/nursing homes or senior citizens in general. What types of compensation mix would you propose for line workers, supervisors, sales staff and yourself in trying to change the companys identity and direction? You are the HR Director for a nonunion company that has 93 exempt employees. All of these employees pack college textbooks into boxes to be shipped to universities around the globe. Because of wide differences in performance, the owner wants to introduce performance appraisal, a process that has never been used in the company. For more than 30 years, every worker received the same pay increase annually, based upon the companys profits. The new goal is to measure performance differentially and reward the high performers with more money. What types of appraisal would you include in beginning this process? Beyond the actually performance appraisal form, what other actions would you recommend? Consider a group project experience you have had in college. Based upon your experience, identify three performance criteria you believe any group project member should be evaluated on, and who should complete such ratings (instructor, self, peer, etc.). Should team member performance be part of a students grade for a project? If group project members were being paid based upon their performance and the results of their work, how would you structure the pay?

Manna from Heaven is a local pita/sandwich wrap shop, and you are the Assistant Manager The restaurant is experiencing turnover in the range of 100 per cent. Most of this occurs in the first 18 months of employment. How would you determine if this turnover rate is high? What would you look at in both pay and other forms of rewards to identify ways of reducing turnover? Be prepared to justify your choices. You are CEO of Tranquil Products, a small company that makes travel pillows and light blankets specifically for first-class passengers on airlines. For the past 5 years profits have been hugely variable. Your Board asks that you consider other markets for these products, perhaps in the areas of assisted living/nursing homes or senior citizens in general. What types of compensation mix would you propose for line workers, supervisors, sales staff and yourself in trying to change the companys identity and direction? You are the HR Director for a nonunion company that has 93 exempt employees. All of these employees pack college textbooks into boxes to be shipped to universities around the globe. Because of wide differences in performance, the owner wants to introduce performance appraisal, a process that has never been used in the company. For more than 30 years, every worker received the same pay increase annually, based upon the companys profits. The new goal is to measure performance differentially and reward the high performers with more money. What types of appraisal would you include in beginning this process? Beyond the actually performance appraisal form, what other actions would you recommend? Consider a group project experience you have had in college. Based upon your experience, identify three performance criteria you believe any group project member should be evaluated on, and who should complete such ratings (instructor, self, peer, etc.). Should team member performance be part of a students grade for a project? If group project members were being paid based upon their performance and the results of their work, how would you structure the pay?