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Running head: Employee Portfolio: Management Plan

Employee Portfolio: Management Plan

Employee Portfolio: Management Plan

The managers of Riordan Manufacturing have decided to develop a plan to improve their abilities to manage their employees. Three employees volunteered to complete a series of self-assessments to identify specific characteristics and to determine how those traits affect the performance within the organization. The self-assessments analyzed job satisfaction, employee engagement, and emotions. As a result of the analysis of the assessments, additional self-assessment recommendations are shown to provide greater insight for the successful management and motivation of the individual employees.

Kitty Trettin, Mark Taylor, and Cindy Robert are the employees who participated in the self-assessments. The employees took the following self-assessments: How Satisfied Am I with My Job? Am I Engaged? And How Are You Feeling Right Now? The manager identified the strengths and weaknesses of the employees based on the assessments and developed a management plan for the organization to best capitalize on the employees’ characteristics.

The results of Kitty Trettin assessments indicated a job satisfaction rating below the means, exhibited high engagement, and positive emotions during the assessment. Mark Taylor scored below the means in job performance, is only moderately engaged, and expressed relatively neutral emotions during the assessment. Cindy Robert scored slightly above the means in job satisfaction job performance, demonstrated high engagement, and exhibited positive emotions

Job Satisfaction

Job satisfaction is the general attitude one holds about a job, which can dramatically affect the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization (University of Phoenix, 2011, Week One Reading). Employees who experience high levels of job satisfaction feel more positively about their jobs and usually reduce the...