HRM 533 Assignment 1
Assignment 1: Case
Study: Geico
Due Week 3 and worth 150 points
Go to the Geico Website to read the “Total Rewards Program”
at http://careers.geico.com/working_at_geico/total_rewards_program.
Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:
1. Determine which facets of the Geico total rewards program
align with the five (5) top advantages of a total rewards program outlined in
Chapter 2 of the textbook and discuss your reasoning.
2. Create a strategy for ensuring that the Geico plan
addresses all of the advantages.
3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the communication of
Geico’s total rewards program based upon the Website’s descriptions of the
benefits. Recommend two (2) areas for improvement.
4. Assuming employees are unhappy with the current plan,
offer two (2) improvements or changes to Geico’s total rewards program.
5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this
assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic
resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow
APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional
instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the
assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required
assignment page length.
The specific course
learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
•Define total rewards and describe the advantages of a total
rewards approach.
•Analyze an organization’s strategy, workforce, operating
environment, and key stakeholders to identify critical factors in designing a
total rewards strategy.
•Evaluate the elements of a total rewards communication
program.
•Use technology and information resources to research issues
in total rewards.
•Write clearly and concisely about total rewards using
proper writing mechanics.
Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the
following rubric:

Points: 150

Assignment 1: Geico Case Study

Criteria

Unacceptable
Below
70% F

Fair
70-79%
C

Proficient
80-89%
B

Exemplary
90-100%
A

1. Determine which facets of the
Geico total rewards program align with the five (5) top advantages of a total
rewards program outlined in Chapter 2 of the textbook and discuss your
reasoning.
Weight: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely
determined which facets of the Geico total rewards program align with the
five (5) top advantages of a total rewards program outlined in Chapter 2 of
the textbook and did not submit or incompletely discussed your reasoning.

Partially
determined which facets of the Geico total rewards program align with the
five (5) top advantages of a total rewards program outlined in Chapter 2 of
the textbook and partially discussed your reasoning.

Satisfactorily determined which facets of the Geico total
rewards program align with the five (5) top advantages of a total rewards program
outlined in Chapter 2 of the textbook and satisfactorily discussed your
reasoning.

Thoroughly
determined which facets of the Geico total rewards program align with the
five (5) top advantages of a total rewards program outlined in Chapter 2 of
the textbook and thoroughly discussed your reasoning.

2. Create a strategy for ensuring
that the Geico plan addresses all of the advantages.
Weight: 20%

Did
not submit or incompletely created a strategy for ensuring that the Geico
plan addresses all of the advantages.

Partially
created a strategy for ensuring that the Geico plan addresses all of the
advantages.

Satisfactorily
created a strategy for ensuring that the Geico plan addresses all of the
advantages.

Thoroughly
created a strategy for ensuring that the Geico plan addresses all of the
advantages.

3. Evaluate the effectiveness of
the communication of Geico’s total rewards program based upon the Website’s
descriptions of the benefits. Recommend two (2) areas for improvement.
Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely
evaluated the effectiveness of the communication of Geico’s total rewards
program based upon the Website’s descriptions of the benefits. Did not
recommend two (2) areas for improvement.

Partially
evaluated the effectiveness of the communication of Geico’s total rewards
program based upon the Website’s descriptions of the benefits. Partially
recommend two (2) areas for improvement.

Satisfactorily
evaluated the effectiveness of the communication of Geico’s total rewards
program based upon the Website’s descriptions of the benefits. Satisfactorily
recommend two (2) areas for improvement.

Thoroughly
evaluated the effectiveness of the communication of Geico’s total rewards
program based upon the Website’s descriptions of the benefits. Thoroughly
recommend two (2) areas for improvement.

4. Assuming employees are unhappy
with the current plan, offer two (2) improvements or changes to Geico’s total
rewards program.
Weight: 20%

Did
not submit or incompletely assumed employees are unhappy with the current
plan offered two (2) improvements or changes to Geico’s total rewards
program.

Partially
assumed employees are unhappy with the current plan and offered two (2)
improvements or changes to Geico’s total rewards program.

Satisfactorily
assumed employees are unhappy with the current plan and offered two (2)
improvements or changes to Geico’s total rewards program.

Thoroughly
assumed employees are unhappy with the current plan and offered two (2)
improvements or changes to Geico’s total rewards program.

5. 5 references
Weight: 5%

No
references provided

Does
not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor
quality choices.

Meets
number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds
number of required references; all references high quality choices.

6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and
formatting requirements
Weight: 10%

More
than 6 errors present

5-6
errors present

3-4
errors present

0-2
errors present