What role does recognition and reward play

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Steelfab Ltd.* By Steven L. McShane

Jackie Ney was an enthusiastic employee when she began working in the accounting department at Steelfab Ltd. In particular, she prided herself in discovering better ways of handling invoice and requisition flows. The company had plenty of bottlenecks in the flow of paperwork throughout the organization and Jackie had made several recommendations to her boss, Mr. Johnston, which would improve the process. Mr.
Johnston acknowledged these suggestions and even implemented a few, but he didn't seem to have enough time to either thank her or explain why some suggestions could not be implemented. In fact, Mr. Johnston didn't say much to any of the other employees in the department about anything they did.
At the end of the first year, Jackie received a six percent merit increase based on Mr.
Johnston's evaluation of her performance. This increase was equal to the average merit increase among the eleven people in the accounting department and was above the inflation rate. Still, Jackie was frustrated by the fact that she didn't know how to improve her chances of a higher merit increase next year. She was also upset by the fact that another new employee, Jim Sandu, received the highest pay increase (ten percent) even though he was not regarded by others in the finance department as a particularly outstanding performer. According to others who worked with him on some assignments,
Jim lacked the skills to perform the job well enough to receive such a high reward.
However, Jim Sandu had become a favoured employee to Mr. Johnston and they had even gone on a fishing trip together.

Jackie's enthusiasm toward Steelfab Ltd. fell dramatically during her second year of employment. She still enjoyed the work and made friends with some of her coworkers, but the spirit that had once carried her through the morning rush hour traffic had somehow dwindled. Eventually Jackie stopped mentioning her productivity improvement ideas. On two occasions during her second year of employment, she took a few days of sick leave to visit friends and family in New Brunswick. She had used only two sick days during her first year and these were for a legitimate illness. Even her doctor had to urge Jackie to stay at home on one occasion. But by the end of the second year, using sick days seemed the "justify" Jackie's continued employment at Steelfab Ltd.
Now, as her second annual merit increase approached, Jackie started to seriously scout around for another job

Kindly review the attached case study and complete the questions below in your groups:

Question 1. What are the challenges Jackie is facing and how has this affected her performance in year 2?

Question 2. Evaluate the shortcomings of Mr. Johnston and speak to the impact it is having on team performance.

Question 3. What recommendations would you make to Jackie towards getting her desired results? (Assume she is unable to find alternative work and plans to stay in her current job)

Question 4. What role does recognition and reward play in contributing to and maintaining high performance in an organization?

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