Motivation

Question 0

Name a disadvantage of fear as a motivation technique

Answer 0

Resentment of the boss
Quitting the job
People not willing to contribute

Question 1

How does fear motive people to work?

Answer 1

Using threats so people are scared of them

People do their job so they’re not punished

Question 2

Name some non financial methods of motivation

Answer 2

Fear
Job rotation 
Job enlargement 
Job enrichment 
Team working 
Award schemes 
Promotion 
Leadership 
The environment

Question 3

What is job rotation?

Answer 3

Moving employees into different roles
Usually preformed on production lines work so people don’t get bored with their job
Only works with jobs that do not require a lot of skill

Question 4

What is job enlargement?

Answer 4

Workers having some different roles to do as well as their own current work. The workers do not have any extra responcibility but gain more skills.

Question 5

What is the difference between job enlargement and job enrichment?

Answer 5

Enrichment gives the worker more responcibilities and may need training rather than only gaining skills.

Question 6

explain team working and how it benefits a business

Answer 6

putting people into teams makes people want to succeed because they dont want to disappoint their team
roles can be split so people are doing what they’re good at which means the business has higher quality products.

Question 7

what do award schemes do? and give an example

Answer 7

improves the self-esteem of employees
gives employees aspirations
example- employee of the month

Question 8

How does promotion work?

Answer 8

the possibility of moving up the business motivates people to work harder

Question 9

How does the work enviroment affect motivation? and name some changes that could be made

Answer 9

If workers are comfortable then they are more likely to do better work
changes- 
music
open-plan offices
staff rest areas

Question 10

What are the 3 types of leadership?

Answer 10

autocratic
democratic
laissez faire

Question 11

What is an autocratic leader?

Answer 11

a leader who will make all the decisions with little or no discussion with other employees

Question 12

What is laissez-faire leadership?

Answer 12

when the leader will decide the main outcomes but the workers choose how they preform their roles

Question 13

What is a democratic leader?

Answer 13

a leader that discusses decisions with their staff

Question 14

name some methods of financial motivation

Answer 14

time rate
overtime pay
salary
piece rate
commission
bonus
profit sharing
fringe benefits

Question 15

what is time rate?

Answer 15

the worker is paid a set sum of money for each hour worked

Question 16

What is a disadvantge to time rate?

Answer 16

gives no reward for quality of work so quality of product may be low
may require a clock on clock off system- costs money

Question 17

What is overtime pay? and why might it be used?

Answer 17

the time rate may be increased to encourage workers to work extra hours above their normal working week. It is used to meet demand in busy periods e.g. christmas

Question 18

What is a salary and who are they used on?

Answer 18

a firm agrees to pay a worker an amount of money per year, divided into 12 monthly payments.
it is used for people where their work is difficult to measure and they have a high level of responsibility

Question 19

what is piece rate? and where is it mainly done?

Answer 19

where productivity id measured e.g. a factory

the worker gets paid a sum of money for each item they complete

Question 20

What are the disadvantages of piece rate?

Answer 20

workers rush their work which lead to 
high waste
higher costs
poor quality
damage to the reputation of the business

Question 21

what is commission?

Answer 21

paid to workers to sell goods, it is an amount of a sale given to the seller