Allstate Insurance Company

Running head: BUS520 Assign 2 Allstate Insurance Company

Allstate Insurance Company

Myrna L. Hunt-Young

In Partial fulfillment of BUS520

Professor Danette O’Neal

04/28/2011

Abstract

This paper will discuss the strategy that the Allstate Insurance Company, located in Northbrook, Illinois uses for motivating their employees. There will be a discussion of the advantage that Allstate has by using the Diversity Index and Quality Leadership Measurement System (QLMS) program. Furthermore, there will be list of options that Allstate could use to motivate their employees to meet the goals set by the company. Lastly, I will discuss whether or not Allstate’s Diversity Index and QLMS program would motivate me to work for the company.

Background

The human resource team at Allstate started an affirmative action program during the late 1960’s. This program was considered innovative. The program consisted of 4 steps: Succession, Programming, Development, Measurement, and Accountability and Reward. Each step takes into affect the employee, managers, and the company. Allstate is an Insurance company located in Northbrook Illinois. This is a suburb located north of Chicago, Illinois.

Using the model for goal setting, evaluate Allstate’s goal setting process to determine whether or not Allstate has an effective goal-setting program.

Goal setting is documented in the book Organizational Ethics, by Hellriegel and Slocum (2010, page 194), “Goal Setting is the process of specifying desired outcomes toward which individual, team, departments, and organizations will strive and is intended to increase organizational efficiency and effectiveness.” Goal setting is defined with Allstate’s step number three, this steps is called measurement. By presenting a measurement the employee is able to determine how to achieve the goal defined. An employee working for Allstate is set up for success because Allstate is committed to educating and training their employees on the...