Your Assignment Your task is to prepare a report for the company's exec- titive committee on the effectiveness of these programs, Make certain it is in the form of a professional busi- ness document Your audience won't necessarily know about the organizational principles you're describing so make sure you provide detailed explanations that someone in a real business can understand When you write, make sure you touch on the follow- ing points: 1. Consider the five management systems as variables in an experiment. Identify the independent and dependent variables, and explain how they are related to one another. 2. Based on the discussion of independent and dependent variables in the textbook, is there any thing else you'd like to measure as an outcome? 3. Look over the data and decide which method of management appears most effective in generating revenues and reducing turnover, and why. Which methods appear least effective, and why? 4. Are there any concerns you have about these data? a. Does a comparison of the number of stores ont ing each method influence your conclusions at all? b. Does the fact that managers are selecting the specific program to use (including Program I. which continues the status quo affect the infer- ences you can draw about program stuccess? e. What are the advantages of randomly assign- ing different conditions to the stores instead of using this self-selection process? 5. How does the changing nature of the workforce and the economy, described in your textbook and in the case, affect your conclusions about how to manage retail employees? Does the participation of a more experienced workforce help or hurt these programs? Why might these programs work differ- ently in an economy that isn't doing so poorly? 6. Claussen essentially designed the program on his own, with very little research into goal-setting and motivation. Based on your textbook, how well has he done? Which parts of the program appear to fit well with research evidence on goal-setting? What parts would you change to get more substantial improvements in employee motivation? 7. Describe the feelings employees might have when these systems are implemented that could help or hinder the program's success. What advice would you give managers about how to implement the programs so they match the principles of organiza- tional justice described in your textbook