JOB REDESIGN AND WORKPLACE REWARDS ASSESSMENT

Job Redesign and Workplace Rewards Assessment

Job Redesign and Workplace Rewards Assessment

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to identify the current state of BH Electronics Inc. and how the company motivates employees. This paper will address the goal-setting, performance evaluation, and workplace rewards that are affecting the production floor both positively and negatively. Company wide rewards will be examined as well as the 401k plan and if it is effective or non-effective for motivating behavior in the work environment. This essay will focus on the job of the production coach for assemblers in an electronics manufacturing firm. The major components, tasks, and responsibilities of this position and how the coach is also responsible for coordinating working relations and communication with the team members, as well as safety issues within her team and work environment.

Production Coach

As a production coach many different roles must be assumed. The first responsibility for a production coach is to facilitate and coordinate production activities and resources per established practices and or policies within their job area to ensure the timely delivery of quality parts that meet or exceed customer expectations while keeping safety first. The production coach also establishes and maintains a positive employee relations environment by adherence to BH Electronics Inc. values, ethics and philosophies(Keller, 1999). They must clearly understand and ensure that team members are aware of the quality objectives and the importance of these policies in order to keep the company successful. The production coach also must clearly communicate expectations and consistently hold self and employees accountable for performance(Allen & Helms, 2002).

This job does allow for self-management as the coach is able to make decisions for her team within the realm of the company's policies. She is also able to make the choices of who is responsible for different parts of the production build. Intrinsic motivation is definitely a big part of this job. Being able to have a sense of pride in one's work and knowing that she is able to motivate the whole team to produce quality parts is a motivator in itself(Manage, 2001).

Company Wide Rewards

Organizations are faced with enormous challenges in drawing and maintaining a first-rate and dynamic workforce. Many companies are frequently looking for new ways to keep ideas from people while keeping them motivated and happy. BH Electronics currently has their main manufacturing facility in Marshall, MN. BH offers a competitive compensation and benefits packages which include a Competitive Base compensation Plan, Profit and Performance Sharing plans, Medical and Dental plans, Supplemental Disability plans, Life Insurance, 401K plan, along with Vacation, Sick and Holiday time pay. BH Electronics also has an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) that is available 24 hours a day. Other rewards that are given by Production coaches and other supervisors are intrinsic rewards of praise and acknowledgement that an employee has done an outstanding job(Cunningham & Eberle, 1990).

Every quarter the owner of the company comes in and discusses what efficiencies were, yields, and on-time deliveries there were for the ...