Chris Faylor

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Talking
Hand
Monkeys

• Chris Faylor
• Adam McCrory

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Executive Summary

• Entering final stages of research
• Overall decrease in employee moral
• Researched and conducted employee interviews
• Productivity has dropped
• Rapidly approaching deadline to mass train our
  product
  
• Devised strategy to fix low morale and hire
  qualified employees

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Background Information

• Best known for our conceptually award winning
  project
  
• Talking Hand Monkey
• 25 years in research
• Well-respected among scientific and local
  community
  

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Talking Hand Monkey

• Companionship and aide for the hard of hearing
• Able to translate spoken language (such as
  announcements or radio broadcasts) into sign
  language
  
• Accomplished through a strict training regime
• Primary focus of the past 25 years worth of
  research
  

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Today!

• On the verge of completing our research, ready to
  go into "mass training"
  
• This will fulfill our long-term goal of providing
  Talking Hand Monkeys for the hard of hearing

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Recent Market Test
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Problem

• Three obstacles must be overcome
• Loss in employee morale
• Increase in turnover rate
• Dearth of qualified candidates

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Morale

• Failure to make significant refinements in our
  training techniques
  
• Double-edged sword
• Employees are unable to see positive results of
  their effort
  
• Consensus that the job is boring, tedious,
  mundane, and unfulfilling

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Loss in Personnel

• Result of unfulfilling work
• Seeking more worthwhile jobs
• Death

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Candidates

• THM now has a reputation for unfulfilling,
  tedious work
  
• Makes qualified applicants fewer and fewer
• Ranked as one of Fortunes Top 100 Worst
  Companies
  
• Mindless, soul-crushing labor with no tangible
  benefit

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Solution

• This trend must be reversed
• Problems are all interconnected
• Stems from unfulfilling work
• Simple solution, coincides with long-term goal
• Roll out our product line ofTalking Hand Monkeys

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Morale Solution

• Lack of significant refinements suggests training
  techniques are highly effective
  
• New monkeys should provide new challenges
• Will be able to see direct result of work

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Candidate Solution

• Will create positive word of mouth
• Makes finding and hiring qualified candidates
  easier
  
• They will come to us

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Expansion

• Need to replace those weve lost and increase the
  size of our operation
  
• 20 new employees across four fields
• Trainer
• Discipliner
• Marketing
• Maintenance

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Trainer

• Teaches the sign language
• Qualifications
• Ever taught a monkey sign language or anyone an
  IQ of under 70
  
• Worked on any King Kong movie

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Discipliner

• Ensures monkeys behave properly
• Qualifications
• Owns a monkey that is well disciplined
• Watches apes on the Discovery channel and knows
  their habits
  

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Marketing

• Promotes Talking Hand Monkeys
• Finds qualified candidates for adoption
• Qualifications
• Able to point out lovable and useful qualities in
  monkeys
  
• Part of the marketing team for the pet rock

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Maintenance

• Cleans up after monkeys
• Qualifications
• Ever worked in a zoo and was sober the entire
  time
  
• Admires the poop smith from Home Star Runner

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Implementation

• Two employees from Human Resources will be
  promoted to form hiring committee
  
• Tasked with handling the influx of applicants
• Inventory department will order necessary
  supplies
  
• Food
• Cages
• Monkeys
• Classroom seats
• Additional cleaning equipment

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Timetable

• Immediately
• Press Release already prepared
• Announces new direction and available positions
• Can be sent and via e-mail to major news sources
• Discovery Channel
• CNN
• MSNBC

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Timetable Contd.

• Hoping to have employees hired and trained within
  three weeks
  
• New monkeys and equipment estimated to arrive in
  three weeks
  
• We in Human Resources will focus on review and
  improvements as plan is implemented

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Budget

• Because of smart investments, very cheap to
  implement
  
• Funds for new employees and monkeys was
  pre-allocated when THM was founded 25 years ago
  
• Only expenses will be
• Formation of hiring committee
• Replacing worn equipment

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Budget Breakdown
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Conclusion

• Fits well under the budget
• Executed in short time span
• Little work or strain on the company
• Fulfills long term goals of company