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MT203M3-3: Explain how companies link compensation and evaluation to organizational objectives.
GEL-1.02: Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard English.
Introduction: A company’s mission, vision, and values must be aligned with the company strategy. Then each of the functional areas of the company has its own strategies that align with the overall company strategy. In this assessment, you will explain how a company can link its compensation and performance evaluations to the organization’s innovation objectives and strategy. Read the case study below and respond to all the checklist items.
Case Study: Evaluations, Compensation, and Firm Objectives
Braintrust Toys is a toymaker that has as its mission, “Our purpose is to expand the minds of children 1 month–100 years old.” Currently, they use a product development strategy but believe that maybe they need to orient their company towards an innovative strategy.
Their current objectives are to:
- Invent 10 new toys every year and reinvent at least 10 more.
- Increase revenues by 15% per year.
- Employ motivated and committed workers.
- Provide safe and intellect-expanding toys for everyone.
Braintrust Toys has operated as a medium-sized company for about 20 years. Their compensation to date has been based on longevity at the company. The employee evaluations were performed by their managers after reviewing their results based on their influence on (1) increased department product output (75%), and (2) increased department sales (25%) at the end of the year. With the increasingly mechanized and digitized toys, and now robotics involved in toy making, many employees have been let go or offered early retirement due to their obsolescence.
The new objectives in line with the new innovation strategy include:
- Enhance attributes and convenience in at least 20 existing products.
- Launch at least 15 new products that appeal to new customers and new markets.
- Develop five new markets.
- Hire personnel that thinks innovatively.
- Hire diverse support personnel and designers who are customer service oriented to support new products and markets.
The 200 remaining employees are beginning to worry, and feel their compensation and evaluation process needs an overhaul.
Checklist:
- Explain how Braintrust can link their compensation and evaluations to the company’s new objectives and innovation strategy. Describe how compensation and evaluations work together to help the company achieve its new objectives and innovation strategy.
- What methods of performance evaluation might they use?
- Explain your reasoning for using the methods of evaluation you chose.
- Proper notification of any Resubmission, Repurposing, or Reworking of prior work per the Purdue Global Student Coursework Resubmission, Repurposing, and Reworking Policy Resource.
- The paper should be a minimum of 2-page (i.e., 500-word) Microsoft® Word® expository essay in APA format and citation style with additional title and references pages.
- Make sure your paper is logical and insightful using correct Standard English spelling and grammar.
- Ensure there is an introductory paragraph, each paragraph has a minimum of 3–4 sentences, and a closing paragraph is provided.
- Use focused, concise, organized writing.
- Articulate at a college level.
- Few, or no grammar or punctuation errors.
- Use non-offensive, inclusive, and respectful language.
- Write in the third person to develop your marketing research deliverable.
- Your deliverable must be submitted to the Competency Assessment Dropbox.
- Respond to the inquiries in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts to illustrate your points, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your paper should be highly organized, logical, and focused.
- The paper must be written in Standard English, including correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
- You should paraphrase the material and use in-text citations to justify your discussion. Avoid using quotations. Ensure you are properly paraphrasing from your sources. For a refresher on paraphrasing, view this short video on paraphrasing and explore the additional resources prior to starting your assessment. You can access tutorials, how-to videos, tutoring services, and more by visiting the Academic Success Center.
- A separate page at the end of your paper should contain a list of references, in current APA format. Use resources from reliable and/or scholarly sources. Use your textbook, the Library, and the Internet for research.
- Be sure to include references for all sources and cite them using in-text citations where appropriate. Your sources and content should follow current APA citation style. Review the writing resources for APA formatting and citation found in Academic Tools. Additional writing resources can be found within the Academic Success Center.
- Your paper submission should:
- include a title page;
- be double-spaced; and
- be typed in Times New Roman, 12-point font.
If the work submitted for this competency assessment does not meet the minimum submission requirements, it will be returned for revision. If the work submitted does not meet the minimum submission requirements by the end of the term, you will receive a failing score.