Small-Business Owners Devise Creative Ways to Keep Workers | 1
Nova Southeastern University
Wayne Huizenga Graduate School
of Business & Entrepreneurship
Assignment for Course: MGT 5105 OB in a Dynamic/Complex World
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Date of Submission: 01/28/2016
Title of Assignment: Current Event 2
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Small-Business Owners Devise Creative Ways to Keep Workers | 2
Small-Business Owners Devise Creative Ways to Keep Workers
Key Points of the Article
In a recent article from the New York Times, Journalist Kathleen Murray writes about the
struggle small business owners are experiencing in keeping employees within the company
[ CITATION Kat15 \l 1033 ]. The article talks about the creative ways some small business
owners are approaching employee benefits, incentives, and perks in order to reduce attrition.
Most of these small businesses do not have the capability to offer higher salaries or common
benefits as bigger organizations can; however small business owners are tackling this deficiency
by getting to know the employee and offering perks that mirror the employees values, culture,
and identifying what is important to each one of them. “Knowing what really matters to
employees, personally and professionally, can be critical to retention, human resources
