CavinKare

Step 1: Study this week's learning materials (reading, video, lecture).

Step 2: Please discuss the case questions with your group and develop group answers to the following questions:

How would you evaluate the link between people practices and organizational performance at CavinKare? Based on your analysis, list the important considerations in designing effective people practices.

CavinKare wanted to foster innovation by promoting team working across functions and departments. How do you think the new people practices helped achieve this goal?

Examine the approaches used by CavinKare to manage the process of transforming the organization. How did the change program ensure that people have clarity and a shared understanding about where the organization would like to go and how it will get there?

Evaluate the organizational arrangements, processes and capabilities that CavinKare took into consideration to ensure that the change interventions succeeded. Discuss which aspects of this process helped you learn about how to retain talented employees.