Engage in career development and advancement strategies, including effective networking, mentoring, and creating a personal brand.
Career Development
In this assignment, students will use the case study titled “GoDaddy and the Holy Grail” to analyze the issues of the performance review process at GoDaddy. The case study focuses on the People Phase of the BPM process to determine the pay equity of women at GoDaddy. The performance review process is used as a determining factor for advancement at GoDaddy. The case study highlights the importance of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity (DEI) in the workplace specifically in pay equity. The assignment revisits the people development phase in ensuring that the best talents are identified and selected for career advancement opportunities.
Analyze the case study GoDaddy and the Holy Grail (using the Harvard Case Study link in your syllabus) and support your answers with research on career development and performance review processes through the Library and the Internet by answering the following questions. (see attachment)
- What are the systemic issues at Godaddy? Explain and justify your answer
- How can Monica Bailey leverage the Women’s leadership lab to complete the performance review project? Explain and justify your answer.
- How can the performance review process be used to promote the personal brand of diverse employees?
- Identify ways Bailey can improve the performance review process to improve career development and advancement opportunities. Explain and justify your answer.
- This Assessment should be a Microsoft Word® (minimum 350 word) document, in addition to the title and reference pages.
- Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your paper should be highly organized, logical, and focused.
- Your paper must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar and mechanics.
- Your paper should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.
- Your writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful.
- A separate page at the end of your research paper should contain a list of references, in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the internet for research.
- Be sure to cite both in-text and reference list citations were appropriate and reference all sources. Your sources and content should follow proper APA citation style. (It should include a title page, paper is double-spaced, in Times New Roman 12-point font, correct citations, Standard English with no spelling or punctuation errors, and correct references on the last page.)
- Clear business writing; spelling and grammar acceptable; effective use of APA; followed the required format and instructions.