Case Analysis: Slastyona Confectionary
Problem statement
The underlying issue is the introduction of compensation policies that would support Slastyona’s business strategy of rapid growth. Slastyona is willing to transform factory A into their flagship manufacturing site in Russia and in this region of the world, which would require changes in the compensation and benefits policies that are being applied. Taking into consideration the rapidly changing and complex environment in Russia, it is important pay and HR policies to be implemented that would allow Slastyona to attract, retain and motivate high performing individuals, in order to fulfill its objective to make Factory A state-of-the-art factory. The process of introducing
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W.W stated that communist working practices are still being used at Factory A, which differ significantly from those of INTERCHOC. Altering people’s attitude and behavior is extremely difficult and requires a lot of time and patience. This holds true especially in Russia, a country which has been ruled by communists for many years and introduced practices and beliefs, which are still deeply rooted into people’s minds and values. Therefore, cultural changes at Factory A cannot happen overnight and substantial efforts have to be put in training programs.
Successful re-orientation, as we found out from The New Bedford Whaling Museum case, requires an enthusiastic, energetic, visionary leader, who has a long-term focus and is able to build teams and get people involved. In my opinion Wilton Winchester doesn’t possess the required qualities to lead the strategic change, which is obviously needed at Factory A. He is a complete opposite of Anne Brengle, who successfully managed to revitalize the museum and make it a leading whaling education and preservation center. Factory A General Manager is not interested what the factory will be like in the future. According to him the primary objective of the factory is to produce chocolates, which implies that he is short-focused and unaware of the problems that it will face with hiring and retaining qualified staff, unless profound
Therefore, we think Deutsche Brauerei have to do something to ensure that Oleg does not leave to a competitor. According to old compensation package, he will receive EUR40,000 base salary and incentive payment which is calculated by 0.5% of the annual sales increase in Ukraine. Uncle Lukas proposed his base salary up to EUR48,500 and also increase incentive payment up to 0.6% of the annual sales increase. In our opinion, we agree with increasing in base salary up to EUR48,500 (21.25% increase), but we prefer to retain the incentive payment at 0.5% of the annual sales increase because we think that this plan(increasing incentive payment up to 0.6% of the annual sales increase) may fail to maximize shareholders’ wealth. The reason is that when subject to this formula, Oleg Pinchunck may tempt to accelerate sales as much as he can without concerning about cost such as extending more credit or spending more advertising to boost sales. We would like to recommend giving him more bonus if he can reduce the accounts receivables and inventories or using Economic Value Added to tie his compensation to the firm residual income instead of tie his compensation with sales growth.
Csikszentmihalyi discusses a study he and his students conducted on employees of a factory that assembled railroad cars. Csikszentmihalyi goes on to describe the workplace as “a huge dirty hanger where one could hardly hear a word because of the constant noise” (545). The general morale and attitude of the employees
One of the important aspects of business management is having a proper compensation system. Compensation ensures that the staff of the company obtains the results of their efforts. Compensation is a cost to the enterprise and, therefore, a proper remuneration model must demonstrate its ability to produce returns. Also, since compensation is what the employees get in exchange for their services, the type used must be one that will motivate the employees (Belcourt & McBey, 2015). Henderson printing company is a mid-level company. Therefore, it requires a very critical remuneration system that will help it to survive. This memo explores the compensation models that Henderson printing operates as well as suggests the necessary changes.
During the early 1900’s, the tsar government became progressively weaker and increasingly aware of its vulnerability in Europe. An average industrial employee worked twelve hours daily in Russia. Alongside this, factory conditions were extremely harsh and the workers felt like little concern was given to their safety and health. Even though attempts to lessen the harsh conditions were made by the workers, little was accomplished. Russian workers wanted to cutback on the hours
This report summarizes the history of work attitude for hourly workers and managers, who controlled the quality of the products and sale growth, at Ford Motor Company during and before Economic recession. It is representative of how Ford Management has run the manufacturing sector since 60s in order to meet demand. The purpose of this report is to analyze how Sharonville Plant of the Ford Motor Company can advance work behaviors, enhance training, establish work environment, and motivate workers.
carefully planned out and considered, the total closure or failure of the organization could be at hand in the near future. In our modern age, employers know that salary is not the only factor that should be considered and that salary alone will not lead to better or more highly profitable workers alone. This is why compensation planning is important and why pay should have some connection between performance and compensation. This is why the human resources department should consider many monetary and non-monetary factors when considering how to properly compensate and motivate employees (Dessler, 2013).
After reviewing the Wilson Brothers Case Scenario, as Director of Human Resources for the organization, what conclusions can you draw with respect to the status of the company’s compensation strategies that are currently in place? What would you do to begin to address this situation? (3 Marks)
Production line workers are the employees who are usually doing their work by hand or in this day and age, running the machine or equipment to make the products. In this particular case, Canada Chemicals Corporation utilizes their production employees by producing industrial chemicals. These production worker’s jobs are a lot more complete then other production level workers employees as they usually have plenty of skill, knowledge and experience, and have high educational background. In order to reverse recent challenges with production and sales, I have composed a compensation package for these employees that will motivate them intrinsically, and focus on rewards that are extrinsic.
The intent of this assignment is to develop a user-friendly tool that may be applied in the workplace to document Compensation processes and to guide a practitioner in completing the critical steps of each process. The purpose of this assignment is to assist in describing each component of a compensation management system, to develop a practitioner's guide for several of the key compensation management tasks covered in HR511 Total Rewards.
A well-articulated compensation philosophy drives organizational success by aligning pay and other rewards with business strategy. It provides the foundation for plan design and administration and anchors current and future plans to the company's culture and values (Kaplan, 2006, p.32). Recognizing and rewarding achievement is the cornerstone of the company A’s compensation philosophy. The mission of the company is to attract, select, place and promote all individuals based on their qualifications. The company believes that performance-based compensation helps attract, develop and retain talented professionals. In addition to base pay which based upon local market conditions and targeted to be above market, the company provides the following types of potential compensation to reward performance:
In this case study, the main focus of our interest is to evaluate the non traditional incentive system. But before going into the detail of Non-traditional incentive system, let us summarize the case study first.
This paper will examine setting the stage for strategic compensation and bases for pay. There are three main goals of compensation departments: internal consistency, market competitiveness, and recognition of individual contributions. Internally consistent compensation systems define the relative value of each job among all jobs within a company. (Martocchio, pg. 22, 2011) With this system companies want employees to be paid more based on their qualifications and responsibilities. They believe someone with less experience should be paid differently. To determine such evaluation companies use job analysis in order to provide job descriptions. The job evaluation is to determine pay according to a particular position. Market-competitive
The problem in the case is the poor corporate culture at Lazier Industries. Although the company is performing well, there is dissent amongst managers, VP’s and employees which is spreading rapidly. The underlying issue is Bob Lazier who has not done a good job demonstrating his vision for the company and implementing a corporate culture that complements this vision. Therefore, in this analysis it will be recommended that Bob implement not only performance metrics that measure employee satisfaction such as quarterly surveys but also implement rewards such as employee of the month in order to increase morale. Further, LI will look to invest in its employees in order to increase productivity in the long run.
The success of companies in today's market place is a process that involves the way business practitioners manage its workers and the financial resources and structures. The management of employees, structures, and financial resources includes the development and establishment of effective compensation strategy. Actually, the lack of a sound compensation system has negative impacts on the company's ability to recruit and retain competent and best-qualified employees. Consequently, compensating workers represents an important practice of a company's human resource management (Martocchio, 2013). Wal-Mart is not only a cultural but also a business phenomenon that operates in a competitive environment that is very unique. The company has grown steadily since its inception to an extent that it has become the number one ranked firm on Fortune 500 for four consecutive years. The success of the company is attributed to sound business practices and strategies throughout the years. Currently, the firm has over 1.3 million employees in America, making it the largest employer in the United States. In addition to being the biggest corporation worldwide, Wal-Mart's ability to attract and retain qualified employees is based on its compensation strategy.
Japanese workers may not have enjoyed working but their conditions were more amiable than the Russians’ working conditions. Japanese women were interviewed by a Japanese historian, he asked the Japanese woman’s opinion of their working conditions, and they said they were content with the conditions, the food, the pay, and they were glad that they had worked in the factories. The Russian workers were on the other side of the spectrum. They started