DISCUSSION QUESTION
"Motivation" Please respond to the following:
What motivated you to return to school?
What continues to motivate you to study, complete your assignments, and work toward achieving your degree?
Then, identify one way to increase your intrinsic motivation for completing this course and one way to increase your extrinsic motivation for completing this course.
o Discussion posts are due by Monday at 9am. Late posts are not accepted.
o To earn full credit, you must respond in an initial post of at least 200 words, AND you must reply to another student's post with a response that adds new information to the discussion.
DISCUSSION QUESTION
Hiring Decisions: Motivation vs. Ability
Discuss whether ability or motivation is more important in selecting the right person for the right job. Explain your rationale.
Assignment : Annual Review
Imagine you work at a company and it is time for an employee named Jim's annual review. While he was a model employee the first nine (9) months of the year, recently Jim has been coming in late. It has not been just a few minutes each day, either. It is starting to cause problems in the production line.
In this assignment, write a one (1) page summary of your conversation with Jim. How will you address his recent performance issues while still praising him for his previous nine (9) months of good work?
Your goal is to balance the negative and positive feedback so that Jim will leave motivated to do his best.
Write a one (1) page paper in which you:
1. Explain how you will address Jim's recent performance issues.
2. Suggest both constructive and positive feedback designed so that Jim will leave motivated to do his best.
3. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
a. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Explain effective approaches to the broad spectrum of employee relations, including career development, fostering ethical behavior, discipline, labor relations, and dismissals.
• Analyze various techniques, considerations, and designs of performance appraisal programs.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management.
• Write clearly and concisely about human resource management using proper writing mechanics.