HRM200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Job Satisfaction

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM200
• Professor: Katrina Di Gravio

Document Summary

You were recently asked to identify one employee you manage as a top performer to align with a new company program offering top performers intensive management skills training. The employee you identified for this role is unaware of the program. This morning, she confided in you that she has just applied for graduate school and will find out if she has been accepted five months from now, with the intent to start the program one month after that. If you let the employee know that you were considering putting forward her name for this program, then she may feel pressure to stay, depending on her relationship with you. She may also misinterpret this as a guarantee of a future career, which is outside of your authority. If she passes up graduate studies and is not successful in management training, then she may blame you for giving her false hope.