Instructions

You are expected to precisely answer the questions and to provide an insightful analysis. Before you attempt to answer these questions, you must carefully read the Massachusetts Financial Services case study and the assigned readings and use them as references for your analysis.

The stated due date for this assignment is firm as the cases will be discussed in the live sessions the following week. Therefore, late work will not be accepted or graded.

Please be specific. Support your answers with facts from the case.

Massachusetts Financial Services (Case No: 902132-PDF-ENG)

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Questions:

1. What are the characteristics of the MFS anti-star system? What types of workers does the MFS system attract? Explain.
2. Does the MFS system have weak or strong pay-to-performance? Explain. What type of behavior does the MFS system motivate?
3. What are the potential problems and major challenges created by the MFS performance evaluation system? What are your suggestions for managing these problems and challenges?
4. What are the challenges of transporting the MFS system to another company?
5. Do you think that MFS will be successful in using their system for their hedge fund managers? If not, why not? If so, upon what will their success depend?