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    Experiential Exercise - Needs/Motivation

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    The document describes an experiential exercise where participants are assigned roles of employees at a company with different ages, family situations, incomes, and needs. The company has introduced a flexible benefits program where employees can allocate 25% of their annual pay to select from a list of supplemental benefits. The task is for groups to develop a customized benefits package for their assigned employee character that uses up to 25% of the character's pay. Groups will then present their packages and discuss how the different employee needs influenced their decisions and what motivating different individuals suggests.

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    The document describes an experiential exercise where participants are assigned roles of employees at a company with different ages, family situations, incomes, and needs. The company has introduced a flexible benefits program where employees can allocate 25% of their annual pay to select from a list of supplemental benefits. The task is for groups to develop a customized benefits package for their assigned employee character that uses up to 25% of the character's pay. Groups will then present their packages and discuss how the different employee needs influenced their decisions and what motivating different individuals suggests.

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    The document describes an experiential exercise where participants are assigned roles of employees at a company with different ages, family situations, incomes, and needs. The company has introduced a flexible benefits program where employees can allocate 25% of their annual pay to select from a list of supplemental benefits. The task is for groups to develop a customized benefits package for their assigned employee character that uses up to 25% of the character's pay. Groups will then present their packages and discuss how the different employee needs influenced their decisions and what motivating different individuals suggests.

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    Experiential Exercise - Needs/Motivation

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    The document describes an experiential exercise where participants are assigned roles of employees at a company with different ages, family situations, incomes, and needs. The company has introduced a flexible benefits program where employees can allocate 25% of their annual pay to select from a list of supplemental benefits. The task is for groups to develop a customized benefits package for their assigned employee character that uses up to 25% of the character's pay. Groups will then present their packages and discuss how the different employee needs influenced their decisions and what motivating different individuals suggests.

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    Experiential Exercise – Needs/Motivation

    Experiential Exercise

    Each person in the group takes up a role each defined here:


    1. Maria is 32 years old. She is a divorced mother of three children, ages 3, 5 and 7.
    She is the department head. She earns INR 800,000 a year on her job and receives
    another INR 72,000 a year in child support from her ex-husband.
    2. Soma is a 62-year-old widow. She works 25 hours a week to supplement her
    INR160, 000 annual pension. She earns INR 380,000 a year.
    3. Raja Ram is a 34-year-old man belonging to scheduled caste from Bihar. He is
    married and the father of two small children. Raja Ram attends college at night
    and is within a year of earning his bachelor’s degree. His salary is INR 540,000 a
    year. His wife is a lawyer and earns approximately INR 1 million a year.
    4. Ridhi is a 26-year-old physically impaired person. He is single and has a master’s
    degree in education. Ridhi is paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair as a result of
    an auto accident. He earns INR 640,000 a year.
    5. Priya is a single 22-year-old woman. Priya’s English needs considerable
    improvement. She earns INR 400,000 a year.
    6. Saurabh is a 20-year-old graduate who works as a trainee for INR 112,000 a year.

    The members of each group are to assume the character consistent with their assigned
    role.

    Background:
    The six people work for a company that has recently installed a flexible benefits program.
    Instead of the traditional “one benefit package fits all,” the company is allocating an
    additional 25% of each employee’s annual pay to be used for discretionary benefits.
    Those benefits and their annual costs are listed as follows:

    • Supplementary healthcare for employee:


    o Plan A (no deductible and pays 90%)=INR 60,000
    o Plan B (INR 4,000 deductible and pays 80%)=INR 40,000
    o Plan C (INR 20,000 deductible and pays 70%)=INR 10,000
    • Supplementary healthcare for dependents (same deductibles and percentage as
    above:
    o Plan A=INR 40,000
    o Plan B=INR 30,000
    o Plan C=INR 10,000
    • Supplementary dental plan=INR 10,000
    • Life Insurance:
    o Plan A (INR500,000 Coverage) =INR 10,000
    o Plan B (INR 1 Million Coverage) =INR 20,000
    o Plan C (INR 2 Million Coverage) =INR 40,000
    o Plan D (INR 5 Million Coverage) =INR 60,000
    • Mental Health Plan=INR 10,000
    • Prepaid legal assistance=INR 6,000
    • Vacation=2% of annual pay for each week, up to 6 weeks a year

    Dr. Usha Manjunath – Director and Professor IIHMR, Bangalore 1


    Source: Organizational Behavior, 13th Edition, Robbins, Judge and Sanghi, Pearson Education
    Experiential Exercise – Needs/Motivation

    • Pension plan at retirement equal to approximately 50% of final annual


    earnings=INR 30,000
    • Four-day work week during the three summer months (available only to full-time
    employees) =4% of annual pay
    • Day-care services (after company contribution) = INR 40,000 for all of an
    employee’s children, regardless of number
    • Company provided transportation to and from work=INR 15,000
    • College tuition reimbursement=INR 20,000
    • Language class tuition reimbursement=INR 10,000

    The Task

    1. Each group must develop a flexible benefits package that consumes 25% (and
    no more!) of each character’s pay. (15mins)
    2. After completing step 1, each group appoints a spokesperson who describes
    to the entire class the benefits package the group has arrived at for their
    character.
    3. The entire class then discusses the results. How did the needs, concerns, and
    problems of each participant influence the group’s decision? What do the
    results suggest trying to motivate individuals with different needs?

    Dr. Usha Manjunath – Director and Professor IIHMR, Bangalore 2


    Source: Organizational Behavior, 13th Edition, Robbins, Judge and Sanghi, Pearson Education

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