Propose three (3) ways to motivate the minimum wage service worker.
week 7 Assignment 3 Teamwork and Motivation
Imagine that you are the owner of a small manufacturing
company. Your company manufactures a commodity, widgets.
Your widget is a clone of a nationally known widget. Your
companys widget, WooWoo, is less expensive and more
readily available than the nationally known brand. Presently,
the sales are high; however, there are many defects, which
increase your costs and delays delivery. Your company has fifty
(50) employees in the following departments: sales, assembly,
technology, and administration.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
1. Design an organization motivation plan that encourages:
a. high job satisfaction
b. low turnover
c. high productivity
d. high-quality work
2. Propose two (2) methods to motivate all of the employees in
the organization. Rate these methods in order of importance.
3. Propose three (3) ways to motivate the minimum wage
service worker. Support your suggestions with a motivation
theory.
4. Analyze the relevance of the individual worker in todays
organizational context.
5. Re-create and complete the following Individual Work to
Teamwork chart using Microsoft Office or an equivalent such as
OpenOffice.
The left-hand column is filled with terms that describe an
individual worker. Fill in the right-hand column with descriptive
terms that suggest the desired change in behavior from
individual work to teamwork. Use Chapter 8 as a reference.
Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the
required page length.
Individual Work to Teamwork
INDIVIDUAL WORKER
Talks
Me oriented
Department focused
Competitive
Logical
TEAM MEMBER (change in behavior from
individual to team member)
Written messages
Image
Secrecy
Short-term sighted
Immediate results
Critical
Tenure
6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this
assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify
as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font
(size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and
references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check
with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the
assignment, the students name, the professors name, the
course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference
page are not included in the required assignment page length.