You will be given instructor-designed scenario of an organization in need of a total rewards program. In this
scenario, consider yourself to be an HR manager working on the total rewards program with executives in your
department. The VP of your HR department works regularly with the President and other executives within the
company. As a member of the HR team developing the total rewards benefit program, provide input and
insights into how to build the program in a way that best supports the larger organization’s strategy.
Assignment 2 Case Scenario
Case Scenario Worksheet
Please use the following questions to guide your paper.
What are the key issues/problems impacting the design of the total rewards program ? (Create a issue/problem
list)
How can these issues/problem be prioritized? (Rearrange issue/problem list in order of priority)
What do you hypothesize to be the root cause(s) of the issues/problems?
What could you offer the employees in a total rewards program that would be desirable and different from the
competition based on question 1, 2, and 3? (Brainstorm a list of possibilities)
Based on your list, what benefit options would be most advantageous and which might be challenging or
detrimental?
Based on your evaluation of your list of options, what is your recommended total rewards program?
What is the strategy for effective administration of the recommended total rewards program?
How does the total rewards program support the overall organization’s strategy?
How will the total rewards program be able to flex with market changes?
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