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Module 4 – Case
EMPLOYEE RETENTION
Case Assignment
In the world of business, the high rate of employee turnover can be
a significant problem. Economic research suggests that for some
industries it can cost up to one-fifth of an employee’s annual salary
to find, train, and hire a suitable replacement. If turnover rates are
too high, this represents a significant sunk cost for the company
that cannot be recouped. Luckily, by improving the environment at
work, practicing smart hiring strategies, and ensuring that your
company is optimally-organized, it is possible to keep turnover at a
healthy minimum.
Raynier, Linda. Why good employees quit [Video]. YouTube.
Standard
YouTube license.
After reviewing the video about employers reducing employee
turnover, use the strategies described in the video to create an
employee retention plan that you can present to your current
employer. Your PowerPoint presentation, with audio voiceover, will
have at least 12 slides, not counting the cover slide, questions
slide, or reference slide. Support your research with three
references that include at least one reference from a peer-reviewed
academic journal or text book found in Trident University’s online
library.
NOTE: Younger workers today want to see PowerPoint
presentations that contain “5 words and a picture” on each slide.
The pictures cannot be clip art, as these younger workers also want
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to see pictures of real people. In addition, they want the people to
be employees of the company covered in the presentation. Be sure
to ask permission of anyone whose picture you take!
Insert audio files on each slide that contains content from the notes
part of the presentation. Not sure how to record an audio for your
slides? Review the Add Narration to PPT video below:
Tropical Tech. (2020, March 20). How to add/record audio narration
to slides in Microsoft PowerPoint [Video]. YouTube.
Standard YouTube license.
Limit your slide content to main points with appropriate artwork. The
verbiage of your audio files should be typed onto the notes part of
the slides, as pictured below:
You can read off your notes while you record the slide’s audio. TIP:
Save the file as the slide number, such as Slide 4.
Support your research with three references found in Trident
University’s online library that include at least one reference from a
peer-reviewed academic journal or textbook.
Submit the presentation through the appropriate Dropbox by the
due date. Your submission will be graded with the assignment’s
grading rubric.
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(If you are not currently employed, select a company with which you
are familiar and create an employee retention plan for that
company. For pictures of employees, just take pictures of any
people who give you permission to use their picture in your
assignment.)
Once you have proofread your presentation and reviewed the
assignment’s Grading Rubric, submit it to the appropriate Dropbox
by midnight Sunday of the 2nd week of Module 4—the last day of
the term.
Citation and reference style instructions are available
at
Also see the Trident guide to APA Style, 7th edition.
You will find the following useful as you critique sources:
Herring, J. E. (2011). Chapter 3: Evaluating websites, Figure 3.1, p.
38. In Improving students’ web use and information literacy: a guide
for teachers and teacher librarians. Facet Publishing. Available in
the Trident Online Library, EBSCO eBook Collection.
Lack, C. W., & Rousseau, J. (2016). Chapter 4: What is critical
thinking? In Critical thinking, science, and pseudoscience: Why we
can’t trust our brains. Springer Publishing Company. Available in
the Trident Online Library, EBSCO eBook Collection.
Assignment Expectations
Your submission will be assessed on your level of critical thinking
skills as reflected in the grading rubric:
The criteria found in the Critical Thinking grading rubric for this
assignment are:
Meets assignment requirements
Critical thinking
