Grantham University Employees Rewards Program Discussion

Scenario

CEO Tom Wilson is cultivating a participative leadership style that he believes is a fit for Sun City Sun City Boards aloha culture and conducive to high engagement and high performance. Tom has scheduled a team meeting to discuss what employees consider motivating. All employees (full-time, part-time and contract) have been invited and asked to prepare a 3 paragraph essay sharing their values and aspirations and what they find motivating or demotivating.

Task:

You will choose and represent one of the following employees:

board maker, apprentice board makers, board manufacturing staff, retail and field sales representatives, a full-time customer service representative, bookkeeper and operations administration manager, contract Human Resource, or e-Commerce and Marketing Managers.

1. As preparation, conduct additional research and take note of at least 5 employee rewards which must be non-monetary.

2. Select one of the Sun City Board employee roles mentioned above and put yourself in that position. Based on the module readings, your research and your own experience (academic, sports and/or work), articulate what would motivate you in the role you selected and what you would value most in terms of rewards in no more than 3 paragraphs. You must reference both need-based motivation and process-based motivation, using terminology from the module.