egg Study Textbook Solutions Expert Q&A Practice Chapter 12, Problem 210 Bookmark Show all steps ON Problem Does Money Motivate? About four months ago, Greg Holcomb was promoted to supervisor of the claims department for a large eastem insurance company. It is now time for all supervisors to make their annual salary increase recommendations. Greg doesn't feel comfortable in making these recommendations, since he had been in his job for only a short time. To further complicate the situation, the former Supervisor has left the company and is unavailable for consultation There are no formal company restrictions on the kinds of raises that can be given, but Greg's bass has said the total amount of money available to Greg for raises would be 8 percent of Greg's total payroll for the past year. In other words, if the sum total of the salaries for all of Greg's employees were $100.000 Greg would have $8,000 to allocate for raises. 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As far as Greg can tell Jane is one of his best employees. Her previous performance appraisals also indicate she is a superior performer. In addition, Greg knows Jane badly needs a substantial salary increase due to some personal problems. In addition, all of Greg's employees are aware of Janes problems. She appears to be well respected by her co- workers. Present salary $48.000 Ralph Dubose: Ralph has been performing his present job for eight years. The job is very technical, and he could be di cult to replace. However, as far as Greg can discem, Ralph is not a good employee. He is intable and hard to work with In spite of this, Ralph has received above average pay increases for the past two years Present salary: $52,000 Questions 1. What size raise would you give each of these employees? 2. What critena did you use in determining the size of the raises? 3. 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Greg doesn't feel comfortable in making these recommendations, since he had been in his job for only a short time. To further complicate the situation, the former Supervisor has left the company and is unavailable for consultation There are no formal company restrictions on the kinds of raises that can be given, but Greg's bass has said the total amount of money available to Greg for raises would be 8 percent of Greg's total payroll for the past year. In other words, if the sum total of the salaries for all of Greg's employees were $100.000 Greg would have $8,000 to allocate for raises. Greg is free to distribute the raises just about any way he wants, within reason. Summarized below is the best information on his employees that Greg can find from the files of the former supervisor of the claims department This nformation is supplemented by feelings E Chegg Study Textbook Solutions Expert Q&A MW Practice Chapter 12. Problem 210 Bookmark Show all steps ON Greg has developed during his short time as supervisor Sam Jones: Sam has been with Greg's department for only five months. In fact, he was hired just before Greg was promoted into the supervisor's job. Sam is single and seems to be a carefree bachelor His job performance so far has been above average, but Greg has received some negative comments about Sam from his co-workers. Present salary: $49,000 Sue Davis: Sue has been on the job for three years. Her previous performance appraisals have indicated superior performance. However. Greg does not believe the previous evaluations are accurate. He thinks Sue's performance is average at best. Sue appears to be well liked by all of her co-workers. Just last year she became widowed and is presently the sole supporter of her five-year-old child. Present salary: $51,000 Evelyn Boyd: Evelyn has been on the job for four years. Her previous performance appraisals were all average. In addition, she has received below-average increases for the past two years. However Evelyn recently approached Greg and told him she feels she was discriminated against in the past due to both her age and her sex. Greg believes Evelyn's work so far has been Satisfactory but not superior. Most employees do not seem to sympathize with Evelyn's Ple C Grip che contenenti allenator12981092 Chegg Study Textbook Solutions Expert Q&A Practice Chapter 12. Problem 210 Bookmark Show all steps ON Sausia Y DUE TO BUDE pyees who bem pace WC accusations of sex and age discrimination. Present salary: $47,000 Jane Simond. As far as Greg can tell Jane is one of his best employees. Her previous performance appraisals also indicate she is a superior performer. In addition, Greg knows Jane badly needs a substantial salary increase due to some personal problems. In addition, all of Greg's employees are aware of Janes problems. She appears to be well respected by her co- workers. Present salary $48.000 Ralph Dubose: Ralph has been performing his present job for eight years. The job is very technical, and he could be di cult to replace. However, as far as Greg can discem, Ralph is not a good employee. He is intable and hard to work with In spite of this, Ralph has received above average pay increases for the past two years Present salary: $52,000 Questions 1. What size raise would you give each of these employees? 2. What critena did you use in determining the size of the raises? 3. What do you think would be the feelings of the other people in the group if they found out what CCX Locoelefona C G cheon.com homework Loose-Loaf for Human Resource Management11th edition chapter 17 prim-20-solution 78125910072 Chegg Study Textbook Solutions Expert Q&A Practice Chapter 12. Problem 210 A Bookmark Show all steps: ON 4. Do you think the employees would eventually find out what raises others received? Would it matter? 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