APU HRMT407 WEEK 5 ASSIGNMENT 2

Assignment Instructions

HR Headline: Pay for Performance in Public Schools Remains Controversial

“Pay for Performance” has made inroads in business, but has remained a
hard sell in public school systems. There are some successful examples
where teacher pay has been linked to student test scores. In Minnesota
some districts have stopped giving automatic raises for seniority and
base 60% of all pay increases on performance. In Denver, unions and
school districts designed an incentive program where teachers receive
bonuses for student achievement and for earning national teaching
certificates. However, some plans have not worked. For example,
Cincinnati teachers voted against a merit pay proposal and Philadelphia
teachers gave their bonus checks to charity rather than cashing them. It
appears that having teachers involved in planning the incentive system
is one key factor to success. The same can be said for all incentive
plans – if employees don’t buy into them, they will not work.

Questions to Research:
1. How could an organization measure the effectiveness of their pay-for-performance plans?

2. From an employee’s perspective, what are the disadvantages of using a pay-for-performance plan?

3. From an employer’s perspective, what are the disadvantages of using a pay-for-performance plan?

Research Paper Instructions:

IMPORTANT!!
Submit your work as an MS WORD ATTACHMENT in either a .doc, .docx, or .rtf format.

Please support your ideas, arguments, and opinions with independent research, include at least three (3) supporting references or sources
(NOT Wikipedia, unknown, or anonymous sources), format your work in
proper APA format, include a cover page, minimum of 3 FULL pages of
written content, double space all work, include an abstract, reference
section, and cite all listed references properly in text in accordance
with the 6th edition of the APA manual, chapters 6 & 7.

Reminder:
Late submissions will be reduced by one full letter grade for each day
the assignment is submitted late. Assignments submitted after the 3rd
day late without an approved extension before the assignment due date
will receive a zero (0).