Case Analysis Performance Management at Vitality Health Enterprises, Inc Situational Analysis: Introduction: Vitality Health Enterprises initially started its business as Vitality by importing small quantities of cosmetics from Japan. Initially it started marketing in its neighbourhood and to local organizations. Slowly it started expanding and in 1989 it changed its business model by establishing its own manufacturing facility in the US. Its business continued to grow into various markets
Third Case Question 1. Vitality’s old Performance Management System presented some problems that were affecting some of its most talented employees. The analysis of those problems as well as the identification of their root causes will allow us to make a reflection about the company’s previous Performance Management System in the following paragraphs. Firstly, the old system was prone to central tendency error. It had 13 rating levels and lacked a described evaluation criteria. As one
Review case is about the company Vitality Health Enterprise. The new CEO, Beth Williams brought in new ideas to revitalize the company and launch it into a new era of growth. The company switched over to relative performance grading from an absolute one. The case give clear insights of the pros and cons of both the systems. The satisfaction for some employees were a reason of discontent for others. Questions and Answers 1. What were the problems with Vitality Health's old Performance Management System
INTRODUCTION Vitality Health Enterprises, Inc., was founded in 1987 in Ames, Iowa by 42 year old “Fred” Kikuchi. Kikuchi’s original vision for Vitality was matching the corporate strategy to one of his favorite ancestral sayings: Outer beauty can only be achieved as inner harmony is reached. In the first quarter 2009, Vitality began rolling out its new business strategy. Beth Williams organized a committee to review the present performance management system and make it a coherent performance management system
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