This case investigates how a number of companies offer creative benefits to employees to enhance their work engagement and job performance. (For the case, go to www.cengage.com/management/mathis or visit the instructor companion website.)

1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of offering unique and creative benefits to employees?

2. How would an organization determine the types of benefits that employees might want? What methods of collecting this information would you recommend a company use if the goal is to enhance the employer's ability to attract and retain high-quality talent?

3. What are the pros and cons of allowing individual managers to design and offer creative benefits to their employee group? How would it impact overall company morale if the benefit offerings are not universal?