IRE346H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Assistant Professor, Merit System, Motivation
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Assignment 1: environmental and organizational assessment of the edwards school of business. An articulation of purpose of the organization and the value it creates for customers and clients and public: value: strong enduring belies and principles that the company uses as a foundation for its decisions. Assistant prof at edwards: hr and organizational behavior dept. Merit pay used to reward faculty for exceptional performance in research, teaching and or service through increases to base salary. New negotiated collective bargaining agreement changed to previous procedures for allocating merit each dept had own standards. Consequences of merit system: lack of intrinsic motivation towards work and force trade-offs. Used to be a teaching institution but shifting value towards research: couldn"t do excalibur if her priorities need to be articulated towards research & journal publications to secure tenure and promotion. Whole university going through integrated planning process enhancing faculty research and student experience and faculty engagement.