Title: Assignment: BA 224 Competency Assessment Credit Unit 2 Essay Questions - OLD
Course: SkillsCom BA 224 15.1

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Read each synopsis and write up answers to the following questions:

QUESTION #1

SYNOPSIS:

Witness.org trains human rights advocacy groups to capture on video the testimonies of survivors and witnesses to human rights abuses all over the world. The company’s goal is to empower the people who are directly involved in the situations, by giving them the tools necessary to use the power of video to communicate their stories. Witness.org trains advocacy partners on how to use the video equipment, how to tell a story in such a way that it effects change in those who hear it, and how to get the video in front of the people who are able to make a positive change. Witness.org is run by a core of 28 people with experience in a variety of areas, including speaking multiple languages, managing a nonprofit organization, producing videos, and working with human rights issues. These employees train advocacy groups on the technical aspects of creating a video, as well as safety and security issues related to producing videos containing sensitive materials. The main goal of Witness.org is to achieve changes in policies, laws, or behaviors that are currently causing human suffering.

• Explain how training and development play an important role in Witness.org.

• Describe the challenges incurred in the training and development process at Witness.org.

• Describe the group of experts who conduct the training for Witness.org.

QUESTION #2

SYNOPSIS:

Chip Conley is the founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality (JDV), a collection of boutique hotels, restaurants, and spas in California. Conley aims to foster employee motivation using Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and has written books and lectured on the subject. Joie de Vivre pays average wages, but experiences low turnover due to the nature of the relationships it has formed with each employee.

• Chip Conley, founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, believes that most companies frame their financial incentives in the wrong way. Explain what he means. What does JDV do differently?

• Why does Joie de Vivre offer free hotel stays to all employees as part of its incentive plan?

• Of the compensation, benefits, and incentives practices which would you recommend JDV implement, and why?

Question #3

SYNOPSIS:

During a rough economy, companies struggle with rewarding employees when they can’t afford to give raises. Employers must examine some incentives that employees may accept in lieu of money, at least temporarily. Imagine David is meeting with his supervisor, Linda, to discuss a potential raise. Their company could not afford to give raises the previous year and David understood that since it was a bad economy; as a company, they needed to pull together. Since the company has seemed to be doing better, David feels the time is right to ask for a raise. While Linda agrees that David is a valuable employee and she appreciates everything he has done for the company, she is not able to increase his salary. Linda does suggest some other options to David other than a raise, such as a flexible schedule, being a leader of a new project, or some training that he has been interested in taking. Linda knows the importance of communicating openly and equitably with each employee and knowing each employee as an individual in order to provide options of interest and value to him or her. Linda also discusses ways to create a collective spirit among workers.

• How effective do you think the incentives Linda suggested will be?

• What other suggestions would you make to Linda for keeping David motivated? Why?

• On the whole, how good a job do you think Linda has done in dealing with David’s concerns to this point?

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