BUS299 Business and Management Capstone
M7D1: All about the Money! Is Money the Most Effective Means of
Motivating and Keeping Employees Happy?
* For this discussion activity, your scavenger hunt will be completed by
finding two examples of where an organization and management excelled
in ensuring employees were properly compensated, including benefit
packages, and then provide two examples of where an organization failed
in this area, along with the end result for the organization (even to the point
where the organization takes advantage of employees during hard
economic times).
* Think about examples from the past or from your organization where the
employees had great benefits and describe what the work environment was
like, compared to some of the examples where organizations are not doing
much in these areas and perhaps are even reducing benefits or
compensation. In addition, I want you to consider the significant part that
healthcare costs play and some of the major issues employees and
employers have to deal with in this area. Remember, these examples can
come from any organization. If you do find applicable information on your
own organization while working on this discussion, please use it where
applicable in your SWOT analysis. These examples can be from current
events, historical instances, or classic examples, in video or print.
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Conduct a web search seeking two examples where organizations are
paying and compensating employees in new and innovative ways, and then
provide two examples where this is not happening.
• Discuss what you found during your web search.
• Provide a description of your selected key functions and how these
functions can and do affect all managers and organizations.
