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Employee Compensation and Benefits Package Redesign Project
Project management can be one of the most difficult positions, especially when the project is not going as expected. In the redesign of the employee compensation and benefits package several issues have developed. The project is six weeks behind, team members are becoming discouraged, and one particular key member is consistently late with deadlines. In addition to these difficulties, the budget has been depleted quicker than expected. The following addresses actions that need to be taken in order to resolve the situation and get the project back on track.
From the beginning, it would be easy to place the blame on the underperforming team member and eliminate them. However, it is likely that the issue is much deeper and more difficult to resolve than this. Of course, the underperforming employee is the first issue that needs to be addressed. The best resolution to the problem lies in discovering its cause (Kloppenborg, Nkomo, 2012). The first step is to have a meeting with the employee to help determine the cause of their inability to meet deadlines. The second action that...
One cannot devise actions until they understand the cause of the problem with either the underperforming employee or the team.
Underperforming employees and the inability of the team to perform their task is a symptom of the problem, rather than the cause. Budgetary problems also represent a symptom rather than a cause. The budgetary problems will be more likely to resolve themselves, once the problems with the team issues have been diagnosed and corrected. The issue needs to be addressed holistically, rather than as three separate problems.
Inividuals have different reactions to the team settings and work pressure (Butts, Dejoy & Shaffer et al., 2009). Perhaps it is a training issue or perhaps the role to which they were assigned does not suit them. Performance has two components. The employee must have the ability to do the job and the motivation to do it. If the employee is lacking in either of these two components, they will not be able to perform the task. The same can be said for teams. The entire team is behind,…
References
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Butts, M.; DeJoy, D.; Schaffer, B. & Vandenberg, R. (Apr 2009). Individual Reactions to High
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