Human Resource Management
Assignment – My great (or not so great) HR Experience
Discuss an example where a manager succeeded or failed in supporting an employee. Identify:
• What is/was the issue?
• How it was addressed?
• Which theory from (Classical Theory of Motivation, Herzberg’s Two–Factor Theory,
McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y, or Equity Theory) would best describe the approach in
this situation and why?
• Why was this approach effective or ineffective?
• How might another approach have positively or negatively impacted the outcome?
