1. Topic Choice 1

We listened to Schubert's Der Erlknig in the Art Song chapter. What did you think of the performance and vocal quality? Don't merely say you loved or hated the performance or voice and leave us hanging. Be specific about the how and why of your observations and reasoning. What was the song about? Did the piano accompaniment help or distract from the story and vocal lines? Did the singer portray the different characters of the poem effectively? How did this music make you feel? What did you think about the video animation? Did the animation help connect you to the song or was it distracting?

2. 7) Describe and in great length detail each step you would take to develop and revamp this performance evaluation system so that it is acceptable. Address how you would obtain management buy-in for the new system. (Read the case and view the chart found below)

Revamping the System

It is your first six months at your new job as an HR assistant at Groceries for You, a home delivery grocery service. When you ask the HR director, Chang, about performance evaluations, he just rolls his eyes and tells you to schedule a meeting in his Outlook calendar to discuss them. In the meantime, you gather some data that might be helpful in your discussion with Chang. When you meet, Chang is very forward with you about the current process. "Right now, managers groan when they are told they need to complete evaluations. The evaluations are generalwe use the same form for all jobs in the organization. It appears that promotion decisions are not based on the evaluations but instead tend to be based on subjective criteria, such as how well the manager likes the individual. We really need to get a handle on this system, but I haven't had the time to do it. I am hoping you can make some recommendations for our system and present them to me and then to the managers during next month's meeting.

Number of managers	4
Number of employees	82
Average span of control	Delivery38
Warehouse24
Marketing/technology16
Job types	11customer service
1delivery manager
1warehouse manager
1marketing and technology manager
38delivery drivers
24warehouse workers
1tech support
5marketing and website design