Rating the boss at Chrysler

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Chrysler Corp has embarked on a performance appraisal process that allows employees to evaluate their managers. The automobile company's reverse performance appraisals are intended to enhance employee involvement in the workplace, to develop managers' supervisory skills more fully with the help of direct feedback, and to improve Chrysler's competitiveness in the marketplace. Managers are evaluated based on the same categories used to rate employees. These categories are teamwork, communication, quality, leadership, planning and development of the workforce. Chrysler's reverse appraisal program was implemented only in 1988, and it is too soon to report any concrete effect it may have had on the organization. However, employees report improved perception of communication while managers claim to have gained a better understanding of their impact on employees.

Motor vehicles and car bodies, Human resource management, Automobile industry, Chrysler Corp., Employee performance appraisals, Performance appraisals

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Sony promotes wellness to stabilize health care costs

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Sony Corporation of America decided to embark on an Employee Wellness Campaign after a study of medical care claims revealed the cost-inefficiency of the company's health care system. Results of the study showed that about half of all claims costs for illnesses and accidents between 1988 and 1990 might have been avoided if behavioral interventions were introduced. It was also found that Sony could have obtained cost savings if it had bought wholesale health services from preferred provider arrangements rather than paying for these services at retail prices. Sony's Employee Wellness Campaign aims to make employees more health-conscious and to reduce the company's health care costs. The program includes coverage for preventive care and incentives for employees who volunteer to undergo health screenings.

Household audio and video equipment, Electronic Components and Accessories, Household cooking equipment, Compensation and benefits, Electronics industry, Wellness programs, Sony Corporation of America

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Allied-Signal's network cuts health care costs

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Allied-Signal Inc's nationwide managed health care plan implemented in 1988 helped the firm reduce health care costs. The savings included the stabilization of annual premium increases to less than 10%; a reduction in the average cost per employee from $3,200 to $2,700; and a reduction in the firm's health care premium to $360 million, compared to the expected $613 million. The managed care program was based on a partnership with insurance carrier CIGNA Corp, a network of physicians and specialists, and an option for employees to switch from the plan to an indemnity plan at an extra cost. Other firms have expressed interest in developing their own managed care plans.

Aircraft, Methods, Case studies, Finance, Contracts, Transportation equipment industry, Managed care plans (Medical care), CIGNA Corp., AlliedSignal Inc.

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