Improving Motivation

Question 1

What are 4 methods that can be used to reward and motivate?

Answer 1

Piece rate
Salary Schemes
Commission
Performance-related pay

Question 2

What is piece rate?

Answer 2

Workers are paid per unit produced. No fixed salary

Question 3

What are salary schemes?

Answer 3

Workers paid according to a given time period

Question 4

What is commission?

Answer 4

Workers paid a bonus on top of their salary.

Question 5

What is performance-related pay?

Answer 5

Workers are paid based on their performance or performance of the business

Question 6

When is piece rate used?

Answer 6

When the quantity produced can be measured easily

Question 7

What is an advantage of piece rate?

Answer 7

Can motivate employees to produce more

Question 8

What is 2 disadvantages of piece rate?

Answer 8

Quality and morale can decrease

Question 9

Where is piece rate often used for?

Answer 9

Production/assembly line workers

Question 10

What must employees do for salary schemes?

Answer 10

Employees must work a minimum number of hours and produce a certain amount of work

Question 11

What is the downside to salary schemes?

Answer 11

Can’t earn money by working harder or producing better quality work

Question 12

When is commission often used?

Answer 12

In sales roles

Question 13

What can commission do to employees?

Answer 13

Motivate them and increase the productivity.

Question 14

What is a disadvantage of commission for the business?

Answer 14

Could lead to overselling and business doesn’t know how much its labour costs are a month.

Question 15

How can performance-related pat be used?

Answer 15

To reward your best workers

Question 16

What can performance-related pay lead to?

Answer 16

Objectives being met

Question 17

What is flexible working?

Answer 17

When working hours and patterns are adapted to suit the employees.

Question 18

What is flexi-time?

Answer 18

Full time hours but decide when they want to work

Question 19

What is compressed hours?

Answer 19

Employees work a set number of hours per week but over fewer hours

Question 20

What are annual hours?

Answer 20

Employees work a certain number of hours over the year but they choose when

Question 21

What is job-sharing?

Answer 21

Two people share one job

Question 22

What is home working??

Answer 22

When employees work from home instead of business premises

Question 23

What are 3 advantages of flexible working?

Answer 23

Improves motivation so employee productivity should improve
Helps employees with children
Suits families and those who live in remote places

Question 24

What are 3 disadvantages of flexible working?

Answer 24

Impractical for business that need to serve the public during hours
Home workers could be easily distracted
Job sharing can lead to confusion

Question 25

What does job enlargement give employees?

Answer 25

More work at the same level

Question 26

What does job enrichment give employees?

Answer 26

More challenging work and the training they need to do it

Question 27

What does empowerment give employees?

Answer 27

More control over their work and a greater role in decision making

Question 28

What does team working lead to in businesses?

Answer 28

Job enrichment and empowerment

Question 29

What does organisational design affect in motivation?

Answer 29

the type of non-financial motivation

Question 30

Give 5 non-financial motivation techniques that businesses use

Answer 30

Job enlargement Empowerment Job enrichment Teamworking Pleasant working environment

Question 31

What affects the type of payment method that businesses choose? e.g piece rate

Answer 31

The size The organisational design