The Power of Rewards at Industry International

The Power of Rewards at Industry International

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02/25/2015

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Dr. Michael Minor

The Power of Rewards at Industry International

In the case study that was used in chapter 3, the case study is talking about an industry international firm that has twenty-five hundred employees in different plants. The industry has been battered for three decades by foreign competition and still had a high profit. The plant compensation was three times the average salary for U.S. industrial employees and the plants were not unionized, have no paid vacations days, and the employees only works 45-50 hours a week. Every year after the company has paid the taxes and dividends; the board of directors decides the size of the bonus and divided the money among the employees by their salary and individual ratings. With the employees only making half of what they are supposed to be making, the employees depend on the bonus checks they receive each year to pay for bills, new cars, houses, ect.

Strategic organizational communication is a powerful process designed to achieve management goals by creating awareness, affecting attitudes and changing behavior of employees and persuade them to take action towards achieving the goals at hand. Strategic organizational communication refers to policy-making and control information activity within companies. Strategic organizational communication handles internal and external communication processes. Strategic organizational communication can also be defined as the systematic development and realization of information flow, communication, media development and image care in a long-term horizon. It sends considered messages through the most suitable media to the designated spectators at the appropriate time to contribute to and achieve the desired long-term effect.

In the case study, there was a lot of organizational structure that took place. The main organizational...