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Case Study $1$

Read the "Henderson Printing" case in the Appendix.

What is your assessment of the compensation system in place?

Do you think it meets the criteria for an effective compensation system as set out in Compensation Notebook $1\mathrm{.}1($in the appendix$)?$

Which criteria does it meet, and which does it violate?

Case Study $2$

Reading the "Achtymichuk Machine Works" case in the Appendix, Achtymichuk is having a lot of trouble motivating and retaining its cleaners. To get as many ideas as possible for solving this problem, management has hired three different consultants. One is an adherent of the classical managerial strategy, one is an adherent of the human relations managerial strategy, and one is an adherent of the high$-$involvement managerial strategy. Each consultant works separately and provides a separate set of recommendations for solving the problem. All of their recommendations include changes to the compensation system for cleaners, but these changes are all different. Knowing what you do about the three managerial strategies

What do you think the recommendations of each consultant were?

Which do you think would be the most effective solution?

Case Study $3$

Analyze the "Henderson Printing"