...Assignment 1: Hershey’s Sweet Mission LaToiya Beidleman Dr. Bobby Barrett HRM 500 January 27, 2013 Assignment 1: Hershey’s Sweet Mission Hershey Chocolate Company is the largest chocolate supplier in North America. Since 1894 its rich history, Hershey has created various products that has provided the company the ability to meet and exceed the desires and needs of stakeholders-consumers, employees and business partners. Hershey’s mission statement has been quite simple and straight forward, “Bringing sweet moments of Hershey happiness to the world every day.”(Noe/Hollenbeck/Gerhart/Wright) This paper will discuss the redesign of Hershey’s performance management system to appeal to the diverse groups, analyze how you would interpret the values that Hershey embraces, the trends that may impact Hershey the most, and what the effects that mentoring could have on integrating values into the Hershey culture. The redesign of Hershey’s performance management system Hershey’s four identified values demonstrate that the organization has a plan of action in place in order to meet and exceed the expectations of the employees. It is imperative for any organization, but more importantly those that are large corporations to have a standard guideline of what employees should expect. Hershey’s new redesign plan is set to appeal towards the younger generation. Although this appears like a great idea, how does this assist in appealing to the more tenured crowd? I would recommend Hershey...
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...Pennsylvania is a leading North American manufacturer of chocolate and confectionary grocery goods. Hershey currently sits on the Fortune 500 and operates in over ninety countries. In 2014, Hershey's earnings exceeded 7.4 billion dollars. Although today, Hershey is an international manufacturing powerhouse, back in 1982 their future was not very optimistic; in fact, Hershey was on the verge of being sold. Hershey realized in order to increase their revenue and create a sustainable company, major changes needed to be made. Hershey focused their efforts on analyzing and fixing their distributor marketing strategy (which included its trade funding allocations). This case analyzes Hershey's trade funding strategy as (outlined by their senior leadership) and the steps they took to improve this program. A Proactive Hershey When senior executives at Hershey realized their current trade funding program did not best serve their distributor's needs, they immediately looked for opportunities to improve upon their business relationships, sales, and accountability held with them. By utilizing data from its external customers (including promotional funding allocations and customer satisfaction metrics) and taking internal feedback regarding sales and marketing practices into account, Hershey's senior executives chose to implement a new, proactive strategy designed to overhaul their current, sometimes ineffective sales and marketing plan--Blue Chip. Blue Chip: Internal and External...
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...Writing Assignment 1 Ashley King Dr. Barrett HRM 500 Management Foundations July 22, 2012 Introduction Working for any organization can be hard, but working for one of America’s favorite candy manufactures with such as long history such as Hershey can be challenging. According to ycharts.com as of 2010 The Hershey Company (HSY) is worth $5.67 billion. With a history that goes back to the late 1800’s it is safe to say that Hershey is doing something right. In the case titled Hershey’s Sweet Mission states that “the company defines its mission in terms of its relationship with all stakeholders.” They go on to list the important groups that help make up the success of their organization and more importantly the case focuses on the employees (Noe & Hollenbeck, 2011 p55).” “Aligned employees should share values (Noe & Hollenbeck, 2011 p55),” the employee’s of any company should want the same things and a good outcome, not only for themselves but for the company as well. Redesign of Performance Management In the case states “We are growing together by sharing knowledge and unwrapping human potential in an environment of mutual respect(Noe & Hollenbeck, 2011 p55).” This statement can be interpreted in different ways. This statement implies that they are growing and learning together, and it also implies how Hershey treats its employee’s in the process. This theory is something that doesn’t really need any revamping or redesigning. The statement implies that...
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...One of the critical components of an organization is its performance management system. A performance management system is important to organizations of any size because it is the process that identify and implement ways to increase output in a strategic manner. Highly effective performance management systems not only help organizations grow, they employ systematic and supportive methods that allow all facets of the organization to perform at optimal levels. As companies grow and change, they often find it necessary to redesign and improve practices, policies, and/or procedures that result in the optimal functioning of the organization. One of the organizations that found it necessary to redesign its performance management system is the Hershey Company. Faced with an aging workforce of baby boomers and many new hires of millennial workers (the generation of workers in their twenties), the Hershey Company redesigned its performance management system in order to appeal to its diverse workforce. The redesigned system resulted in two major components. The first component included the company allowing goals to be set and tracked by employees. The second component of the redesigned performance management system included the component that the company was not just driven by outcomes measures, but also whether or not the outcomes were achieved with values aligned to the company. Given the challenges of dealing with organizational change from seasoned employees along with...
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... | Mission Mission statement of Hershey’s is “Bringing sweet moments of Hershey happiness to the world every day.” This statement is meant for all aspects of the business, customers, employees, marketplace, and so on. To the customers, it means delivering quality consumer-driven confectionery experiences for all occasions. Hershey’s is committed to satisfy and provide the customers with the products that fit into the balanced lifestyle. Health Weight Commitment Hershey’s is a member of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation. It is designed to reduce the obesity, especially childhood obesity. The healthy Weight Commitment Foundation will help the people to achieve the healthy lifestyle within energy balance which is calories in and calories out. It is specialized on three critical areas, marketplace, workplace and schools [http://healthyweightcommit.org/]. Here are listed the programs: Moderation Nation Moderation nation is a campaign which is aimed to encourage the people all around the world to live a balanced lifestyle through moderation instead of deprivation. The main purpose of Moderation Nation is to help people learn about a balanced diet, appropriate sizes, and the benefits of regular physical activities. Moderation Nation provides tips, tools and resources of how to balance the nutrition (energy in) and physical activity (energy out) [http://www.themoderationnation.com]. Hershey’s Track & Field Games Hershey’s Track & Field Games is the largest...
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...There are many trends in this chapter that impact Hershey's the most, one of them is an aging workforce. The BLS has projected that from 2008 to 2018, the total U.S. civilian labor force will grow from 154 million to 167 million workers (Noel, 2011). The older generation wants to work, and many say they plan a working retirement. This economy has been troubling at times which forces the baby boomers to stay in the workforce past their retirement times. This trends impacts the baby boomer workers with the new millennial workers for companies.. The increasing use of computers to do routine task has shifted the kinds of skills needed for employees in the U.S. economy (Noel, 2011). Such qualities as physical strength and mastery of a particular piece of machinery are no longer important in many jobs (Noel, 2011). Hershey’s has setup a mentoring program for their closer to retirement workers and their newer workers we described above as millennial workers, this strategy retains company information within the newer employees so the company basically does not lose a step. The trends listed above I believe will impact Hershey's the most. As more and more of the workforce reaches retirement age, some companies have set up mentoring programs between older and younger workers so that knowledge is not lost but passed on (Noel, 2011). Mentoring could affect the Hershey’s culture in a positive way, and through mentoring it will provide a transition of senior workers knowledge and understanding...
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...Hershey’s Sweet Mission Nekima M. Gilliam Dr. Linda Force HRM 500 November 3, 2012 Introduction The Hershey Chocolate Company is a leading provider of chocolate and other confectionary products. A few of the names of candies they produce are the Hershey Kiss, Almond Joy, Mounds, Peanut Butter Cups, Kit Kat, and other candies. Recommend the redesign of Hershey’s performance management system to appeal to the diverse groups that it employs. Hershey currently employs a diverse group of employees. Hershey’s current management system is effective and has helped in the success of the company’s revenue. The current management system relies on the baby boomers and the younger employees to train or be mentors for new employees. The new employees usually are in the early twenties and are eager to learn the details of their job. Although the current management system is working, the ever changing labor force brings about a large number of individuals whom are willing to work and able to work. Older people want to work as, so does this mean that Hershey will not considering an older person for employment with their company? Older people are willing and able to learn new technology (Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, and Wright 2011). Despite myths to the contrary, worker performance and learning do not suffer as a result of aging (Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, and Wright 2011). Performance management system should be designed to take into consideration what makes a job of...
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...Assignment 1: Hershey’s Sweet Mission Rose-Marie Waters Dr. Robert Waldo Human Resource Management Foundations – HRM 500 Week 3: April 22 – April 28, 2013 Recommend the redesign of Hershey’s performance management system to appeal to the diverse groups that it employs. Hershey has redesigned its performance management system to appeal to their diverse group of employees, specifically the “millennials”, by implementing a “bottom up” style of performance management. Millennial generation employees are defined by their birthdate. A millennial refers to someone who was born after 1980. Currently, this group comprises one-third of the American workforce and will soon become the majority as they come of age. Millennials have expressed a desire to pursue work that is personally meaningful; they resist corporate hierarchy, are eager for challenge, desire autonomy, and are accustomed to getting work done in a variety of environments. When corporations like Hershey understand what motivates employees, like the millennials, they are better able to set mutual expectations for success. This is what Hershey has embraced with the bottom up performance management system. This bottom up approach allows employees to set their own goals and track progress on projects throughout the year. (Noe 2011, pg. 56) In order for the bottom up system to be effective the employee must understand the company’s goals and the strategy for achieving those goals. Employees must also understand what...
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...Historiography It is the study of the history and methodology of the discipline of history. The term historiography also denotes a body of historical work on a specialized topic. Scholars discuss historiography topically – such as the “historiography of Catholicism,” the “historiography of early Islam,” or the “historiography of China" – as well as specific approaches such as political history and social history. Beginning in the nineteenth century, at the ascent of academic history, a corpus of historiography literature developed. Furay and Salevouris (1988) define historiography as "the study of the way history has been and is written — the history of historical writing... When you study 'historiography' you do not study the events of the past directly, but the changing interpretations of those events in the works of individual historians." Questions studied Some of the common questions of historiography are: 1. Reliability of the sources used, in terms of authorship, credibility of the author, and the authenticity or corruption of the text. (See also source criticism). 2. Historiographical tradition or framework. Every historian uses one (or more) historiographical traditions, for example Marxist, Annales School, "total history", or political history. The historiography of early Islam refers to the study of the early origins of Islam based on a critical analysis, evaluation, and examination of authentic primary source materials and the organization of these sources into...
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...() from other countries. Therefore in terms of America’s identity historically, politically, economically and socially, these should be understood differently because America was created differently. Hence why the idea of American exceptionalism’ stems from the principle of America being unique. Furthermore, In addition to this the idea that “American exceptionalism” implies superiority is a key concept to embrace and identify through out America history, contemporary politics, foreign policy and social culture. However, due to the essay title I will be analyzing and examining to what extent is “American exceptionalism’ identified as U.S superiority. Although due to the wide context of the theoretical term ‘American exceptionalism’’ and word limit. I will focus on the significant impacts that has led to the idea of ‘American exceptionalism’ to be implied as U.S superiority such as American history, foreign policy, economic and social culture. History Explaination The significant impact of America’s revolutionary history sparked an inspirational movement of independency to pervious colonized nations although on a later stages for them. This highlights America as exceptional historically in being “the first new nation” () to become independent and also being the ideology for independency for previous colonies nations. To an extent on this note “American exceptionalism” in terms of it’s revolutionary independency can be amplified as a model to other nations than...
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...Analyse the way in which history and memory generate compelling and unexpected insights. – Jake Cronin The interaction between history and memory is a complex and dialectic process through which perceptions of the past are negotiated, reinforced or challenged. Despite official history’s dependency on validating its claims through documented evidence, it must be acknowledged that it is not objective and remains vulnerable to distortion of those with political power or hegemony. Similarly, the subjective nature of memory allows for official history to be vulnerable to the bias of personal experience and differing perspectives. Furthermore, although official history and subjective memory both provide adequate insights into the past, it is through the consideration and combination of the two that compelling and unexpected insights into the past are generated. Paul Keating’s ‘The Redfern Address’ offers a reasonable challenge to the dominant historical narrative surrounding the European colonisation of Australia and their acts of social injustice in regards to Indigenous Australians. Similarly, Shaun Tan’s ‘Memorial’ explores Australia’s wartime history through the medium of a community’s personal experiences, perspectives and memories converging to form history, and illuminates the way in which history is dictated by those with political power. Through the dialectic interplay of history and meaning, compelling and unanticipated comprehensions of the past are generated and are...
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...language and reason in history. History as the area of knowledge is virtually indivisible from language and reasoning. Language is one of the most potent means of interpreting and reporting historical information that is derived from the sources pertinent to the events and occurrences. The sources themselves, in their turn, are frequently presented by the written documents, recorded anecdotal experiences, and works of art, archeology, anthropology and photography which, yet again, are interpreted through the language in conjunction with the context of a historical event. It appears to be an endless loop, where language is the alpha and omega, the main vehicle of conveying history. However, to arrive to the valid interpretation of a certain historical event or development, historians frequently use reasoning to connect the factual data of the tangible sources since the latter ones often come in the form of fragments, related to a particular aspect of the happening. Ideally, reasoning, applied to the interpretation of historical data, should be impersonal, unaffected by predominant views and opinions and completely untainted by political agenda. Yet, it is hard to imagine that throughout the centuries those who held power would willingly allow the contemporary historians relate to the masses the adequate information on the details of their governing techniques and actions. As Winston Churchill pointed out, “History will be kind to me for...
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...your parents raise your babies. Even news outlets that are supposed to be legitimate and unbiased are telling only one side of the news to fill a political agenda. Politics are sugar coated and ignored on some networks, or completely farfetched from reality for political gain and control from one party or another. Media writers can put their own agenda and emotion into any piece they report on to give a one sided view of any subject. It is hard to know what is fact or opinion anymore with so many resources out there. Many things on the internet are also untrue, for example history books in public schools are being rewritten with “facts” that were never taught to us, a rewriting of history to fill some modern liberal agenda. I believe that the media is biased and hates anyone or organization that represents morality and especially if Christianity is in any way linked with it. You have to know your history,...
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...the three holocausts, including historical racial problems, historical religion problems and totalitarian. As a modern man, I can not image the scene that tens of thousands of people are killed in these slaughters, and even can not find some reasonable reasons to explain why these killers are so cold and bloody that a lot of women and children are killed by them? Suddenly, I realize that I can not to find some right word s to describe these crazy killers’ behavior, just think they lose human nature at that moment, even can not compare with wild animals. All human history is just from wild animals to human nature, which is a developing history from barbarity to civilization. But in the process, the moment that human nature is veiled often present. In the moment that human beings have highly civilized, but the holocaust appears again and again, which is worthy of all people to ponder! One two three do not cry, history is the silent tell and defense, which also is the miserable...
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...History, Memory, and Monuments: An Overview of the Scholarly Literature on Commemoration Kirk Savage, University of Pittsburgh (…) The first key question might be, what is commemoration? Dictionary definitions tell us that to commemorate is to “call to remembrance,” to mark an event or a person or a group by a ceremony or an observance or a monument of some kind. Commemorations might be ephemeral or permanent; the key point is that they prod collective memory in some conspicuous way. French sociologist Maurice Halbwachs ushered in the modern academic study of collective memory with his book The Social Frameworks of Memory (1925) in which he argued that all memory – even personal memory – is a social process, shaped by the various groups (family, religious, geographical, etc.) to which individuals belong. In an even more influential posthumous essay, “Historical Memory and Collective Memory” (1950), published after his death in a Nazi concentration camp, Halbwachs insisted on a distinction between history and collective memory: history aims for a universal, objective truth severed from the psychology of social groups while “every collective memory requires the support of a group delimited in space and time.” Thus our view of the past does not come primarily from professional historical scholarship but from a much more complicated and interwoven set of relationships to mass media, tourist sites, family tradition, and the spaces of our upbringing with all their regional...
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