Review 1 Instruction Grids: 1) Introduction,

2) Change

3) Selection, Evaluation and Compensation

Scenario: You have been selected to lead a team to implement a new policy for your company. Your company is a law firm with offices in San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Houston and Corpus Christi. You are in San Antonio and the headquarters are in Austin. The Firm has decided that in an effort to increase the attractiveness of the Firm as an employer of choice, the Firm should allow employees to bring their pets to work. Not just medically approved therapy animals, but any family pet. See article on back side of this case.

Word has already spread about this new initiative many are excited about bringing these important family members to the workplace. However, many others are concerned about allergies, as well as if the pets will get along with other pets, also questions about if all of our employees will be able to participate or just some employees, the list of concerns goes on and on and on. You mentioned these concerns to the Austin Headquarters and they have agreed that you may hire an HR Project Manager to help with any issues that might arise. The Firm also reemphasized how confident they are in you and the San Antonio offices ability to implement this policy stating If our high profile San Antonio offices can make this a success then we should be able to implement this policy Firm-wide, dramatically increasing our ability to recruit employees who will see this as an important benefit.

Selection-Evaluation-Compensation - A year has now passed, our HR project management professional (Mike) has almost finished his probationary period of 6 months and the Bring a Pet to Work program has done well. A few people were really upset and quit, but we also got a great number of new people interested in working for us, so life continues. Some of the positive benefits we have seen from this program we attribute to Mike our HR Special Project Manager. Mike has made some mistakes, but overall most managers say Mike has done a Good Job. Mike seems to like being here, but unlike most employees, Mike feels underpaid and wants to talk with you more about his pay and other advancement opportunities he should explore. Which best practices in Selection-Evaluation-Compensation might guide us in conversations with Mike at this time.

Circle the best practices that apply.

Evaluation Fusion Triangle	Activity Avoidance	X is Good
Indispensable Person	Compensation Scale	Compensation Fusion Triangle

Briefly describe what factors we need to consider in evaluating Mike at this time.

Mike seems a bit bored since our program is going so well, he spends a good bit of his time reading emails, looking at the internet at articles about pets and animal behavior. He also has a TV in his office and likes watching Animal Planet. Mike seems to be a wealth of knowledge about pets and spends hours of time each week talking to anyone who will listen about what pet they might want to buy for their own family situations. If Mike worked for you what might you derive from the best practices to help your conversation with Mike about his performance, his job opportunities and answer questions he might have about his pay.