writing assignment

15 Points

Read the following information. Using the motivational theories from Chapter 7, explain the motivational problems that the Brady Flower Shop may have with its employees due to its policies. When explaining the problem, be sure to name the theory and explain how it applies to the situation. Make recommendations as to how to improve the motivation of the Brady Flower Shop employees. The better answers will use the jargon from the book. You should use at a minimum three different motivation models to answer this question.

The Brady Flower Shop employs two groups of people: flower arrangers and delivery people. Jan has worked as a flower arranger at the Brady Flower Shop for five years, making lovely flower arrangement, for which she receives $10/hour. The Brady Flower Shop is very successful and demand keeps increasing. In order to keep up with demand, Jan has been working on her own time skipping her breaks and lunch, but she never seems to catch up. Mr. Brady (the owner of the business) has noticed that Jan has not been keeping up with demand and explains to Jan that she has to increase her output by 2 flower arrangements per hour. When Jan fails to increase her output by 2 flower arrangements per hour (how could she, she is already working breaks and lunches), Mr. Brady hires a new and inexperienced worker name Marcia who, Jan learns, is also getting a salary of $10/hour. Thereafter Jan's production drops 10%/week.

In order to keep up with the increased demand, Mr. Brady has changed the compensation system for delivery people from an hourly basis to per delivery. Because the more deliveries made by the delivery person, the more he/she makes, Mr. Brady thought this change in compensation would give the delivery people an incentive to increase their deliveries. The typical delivery person works 40 hours per work. Peter, age 22, is a delivery person at the Brady Flower Shop. Peter has inherited considerable wealth from his late father, which is being kept in a trust fund until Peter turns 45. However, until he turns 45, Peter gets a generous allowance from the trust under the condition that Peter work 30 hours a week. This provision is in the trust, in order according to Peter’s father, “to keep the kid from being a lazy bum.” Although Peter would rather spend his time skiing in the winter and sailing in the summer, Peter needs the job in order to keep his allowance from the trust fund. Because Peter knew he was going to inherit a lot of money, he did not bother getting an education. As such, the Brady Flower Shop is one of the few places that would hire him.

Requirements:

· Format - This assignment should not exceed 2 pages (double spaced, 12 point type, 1 inch margins, Times Roman Font) excluding any title page, references and appendices. I will stop reading and grading at the end of the second page. If you do not follow format requirements, I will reformat by changing the type, margins and the spacing. However, I will not make any other changes to ensure that the page requirement is met. For example, I will not remove extra spacing between paragraphs. I will not make any attempt to calculate how much space footnotes are utilizing. In addition, you with lose 4 points if you fail to follow the formatting instructions. No Exceptions!

· Headings – Use them.

· Submission - The case should be submitted through Canvas. I will not accept assignments in class (the assignment would be late and I do not accept late assignments). I will not accept the assignment through email. The assignment is due November 13, 2018 by 5:55 p.m. (note that this means if you submit your paper 1 second after 5:55p.m., it is late). Late assignments will not be accepted. No Exceptions!

· Grade - Your grade will be based not only on your (1) ability to answer the questions, (2) your written communication skills, and (3) your ability to follow instructions.

· No Collaboration - This is an individual assignment. ANY Collaboration will be considered a Violation of the Code of Conduct and will lead to an “E” in the class.