How could an organization measure the effectiveness of its pay-for-performance plan(s)?

“Pay for Performance” has made inroads in business, but has remained a hard sell in public school systems. There are some successful examples where teacher pay has been linked to student test scores. For example, in Minnesota, some districts have stopped giving automatic raises for seniority and base 60% of all pay increases on performance. In Denver, unions and school districts designed an incentive program where teachers receive bonuses for student achievement and for earning national teaching certificates. However, some plans have not worked. For example, Cincinnati teachers voted against a merit pay proposal and Philadelphia teachers gave their bonus checks to charity rather than cashing them. It appears that having teachers involved in planning the incentive system is one key factor to success. The same can be said for all incentive plans – if employees don’t buy into them, they will not work.

Your paper may be based on a business entity of your choosing from the public or private sector and must answer the following Research Questions:

1. How could an organization measure the effectiveness of its pay-for-performance plan(s)?

2. From an employee’s perspective, what are the advantages and disadvantages of using a pay-for-performance plan?

3. From an employer’s perspective, what are the advantages and disadvantages of using a pay-for-performance plan?

Explain the steps you will take as project manager to hold the team together and keep it functioning despite the difficulty.

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Unit VIII PowerPoint Presentation

MobileGoProject Recovery

The project management office or project office (PMO) is concerned that the MobileGo project is behind schedule and in

danger of being late. Assume that a project meeting has been scheduled so that you and your project team can propose a

course of action to reduce the project schedule. The PMO has provided your team with project simulation data spreadsheet.

To prepare for this PMO meeting, carry out the following:

1. Analyze the data provided in the spreadsheet, and calculate at least two options for crashing the schedule.

2. Identify likely risks associated with your revised schedule as well as your strategy for their mitigation.

3. Evaluate concerns associated with the motivation of the team given the increase in project complexity, the additional

overtime, and the high-pressure environment that the team is likely to face.

4. Explain the steps you will take as project manager to hold the team together and keep it functioning despite the

difficulty.

Complete the crash calculations and options in a Word or Excel document, and submit it for grading. Additionally, you will

create a PowerPoint presentation of at least 10 slides that explains your crash plan as well as your overall plan to

successfully lead the team to the finish line.

Use at least one outside source to support your recommendations for improvement. All sources used, including the

textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations following proper APA

Style.

You must either use speaker notes or audio to fully explain your slides. Be sure to elaborate in your speaker notes or audio;

do not simply repeat the text from your slides.

Describe consequences of the change process.

Company history – provide the relevant information about the company. Management team, mergers & acquisitions, etc.
An interview with the manager/owner stating why they made the changes they did. Discuss management’s role in the change(s) process (Including reference to ” Images of Change” from the Power Points on Moodle)
Discuss in detail the change (s) the organization went through during the period of time you are looking at. – (e.g Starbucks adding food to menu)
Identify both internal and external pressures for the change (s)
Describe various types of change, including first-order, second –order, and beyond first-order and second-order (These changes are covered in the Power Points )
Specify any resistance to the change process. List the approaches that were adopted by the company to deal with the resistance.
Describe consequences of the change process.

What industry sectors tend to be better performers? Why? How may Covid-19 lead to growth in certain sectors and decline of other sectors that will have to ‘re-invent’ themselves to make them competitive?

An understanding of industry structure and industry analysis will be critical for making informed decisions for MediCorp. Therefore, Jillian Best has convened a discussion about these two topics to prepare your team for the work ahead.
Based on your reading, research, and analysis, respond to the two discussion questions below:
Discussion Topic 1: What industry sectors tend to be better performers? Why? How may Covid-19 lead to growth in certain sectors and decline of other sectors that will have to ‘re-invent’ themselves to make them competitive? You may pick a sector from healthcare, education, retail, hospitality, manufacture, IT, or transport.
Discussion Topic 2: Select any company from the Standard & Poor’s 500. Select one or more activities in the company’s value chain that would be candidates for relocation to another country. Provide a brief justification and examine the challenges you see in coordinating the global value chain after the proposed value-chain activities of your chosen company are set up in the new country.

What is the brand name for the product? What role does the new product play in the brand portfolio? Who is the target market?Discuss

Scenario
The Vice President of Marketing at MSH Brands (or at your employer or future employer company) was impressed with your marketing plan submitted in Assessment 1. They have now asked you to develop a brand presentation based on this work.

Your Role
You are a Brand Manager at MSH Brands (or at your employer or future employer company). You are being asked to develop a brand presentation for a new pet food product (or new product or line extension at your employer or future employer.)

Requirements
You are to develop a brand presentation including the following elements based on your research, building on your work submitted in Assessment 1. Develop a PowerPoint presentation of 8–12 slides that synthesize the work, using the speaker’s notes sections of each slide to expand your talking points. Be sure your presentation includes:

What is the brand name for the product? What role does the new product play in the brand portfolio?
Who is the target market?
What will be the new product’s objectives (create greater customer loyalty, increase trials, expand usage among current users, support trade relations)?
What will be the new product position? How will it complement the objectives?
What will be the new product competitive pricing strategy? How will it complement the objectives?
How will this be reflected in the packaging? How will it complement the objectives?
How will this be reflected in the promotion? How will it complement the objectives?
How will this be reflected in the placement? How will it complement the objectives?

Case Study: Publix As Publix Super Markets, Inc. moved into the decade of the 2020s, Kevin Murphy reflected back over his two years as president. Sales and profits had maintained their positive trend, established long before Murphy’s presidency, and comparable store sales continued to increase, despite the chain’s expansion of the number of stores. Publix continued to enjoy excellent publicity and a great corporate image, both internally and externally: it had been on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, and Publix’s voluntary turnover rate was 5 percent, versus the industry average of 65 percent. The company was the largest employee-owned company in the United States and had never laid off an employee in its 89-year history. Although fiscal 2019 had shown net sales of a record $38.1 billion (an increase of 5.6 percent over fiscal 2018), and net earnings of over $3 billion, or 7.9 percent of sales, Mr. Murphy was concerned about the future. The grocery industry appeared to be moving rapidly from the traditional in-person shopping experience in which the shopper visited a favorite grocery and personally chose the week’s grocery items, to e-commerce with home delivery, or phone app-ordered pickup based shopping. Technology had provided the means for shoppers to select their grocery items from an app on their phones, and delivery and logistics improvements enabled quick delivery of the grocery basket to the shoppers’ door. Mr. Murphy believed that Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods was a likely catalyst to cause faster than normal industry change in e-commerce grocery sales and delivery. Evolving lifestyles had resulted in a decreasing amount of food cooked at home, and an increased focus on sustainability, health, and natural organic foods. A new and powerful force that Murphy thought capable of causing significant and lasting industry effects was the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the country. Cost control remained a major key to success, and private brands had emerged as a practical means of keeping costs low. Murphy was concerned that the rapid change in the supermarket industry was of sufficient magnitude to cause a major disruption in Publix’s positive trajectory if the company did not accurately identify the driving forces in the industry, and forecast and stay ahead of the industry’s path. Using your critical thinking skills, and a recent SEC Form 10K, analyze the case study and prepare a paper discussing the following topical areas: -Identify and discuss Publix competitors and their competitive strength -Identify and discuss the driving forces in the grocery industry -Using a recent SEC Form 10K, discuss the company’s financial performance and earnings -Identify and discuss Publix’s strategy for growth and expansion going into 2022

Case Study: Publix

As Publix Super Markets, Inc. moved into the decade of the 2020s, Kevin Murphy reflected back over his two years as president. Sales and profits had maintained their positive trend, established long before Murphy’s presidency, and comparable store sales continued to increase, despite the chain’s expansion of the number of stores. Publix continued to enjoy excellent publicity and a great corporate image, both internally and externally: it had been on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, and Publix’s voluntary turnover rate was 5 percent, versus the industry average of 65 percent. The company was the largest employee-owned company in the United States and had never laid off an employee in its 89-year history. Although fiscal 2019 had shown net sales of a record $38.1 billion (an increase of 5.6 percent over fiscal 2018), and net earnings of over $3 billion, or 7.9 percent of sales, Mr. Murphy was concerned about the future. The grocery industry appeared to be moving rapidly from the traditional in-person shopping experience in which the shopper visited a favorite grocery and personally chose the week’s grocery items, to e-commerce with home delivery, or phone app-ordered pickup based shopping. Technology had provided the means for shoppers to select their grocery items from an app on their phones, and delivery and logistics improvements enabled quick delivery of the grocery basket to the shoppers’ door. Mr. Murphy believed that Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods was a likely catalyst to cause faster than normal industry change in e-commerce grocery sales and delivery. Evolving lifestyles had resulted in a decreasing amount of food cooked at home, and an increased focus on sustainability, health, and natural organic foods. A new and powerful force that Murphy thought capable of causing significant and lasting industry effects was the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the country. Cost control remained a major key to success, and private brands had emerged as a practical means of keeping costs low. Murphy was concerned that the rapid change in the supermarket industry was of sufficient magnitude to cause a major disruption in Publix’s positive trajectory if the company did not accurately identify the driving forces in the industry, and forecast and stay ahead of the industry’s path.
Using your critical thinking skills, and a recent SEC Form 10K, analyze the case study and prepare a paper discussing the following topical areas:
-Identify and discuss Publix competitors and their competitive strength.
-Identify and discuss the driving forces in the grocery industry
-Using a recent SEC Form 10K, discuss the company’s financial performance and earnings
-Identify and discuss Publix’s strategy for growth and expansion going into 2022