Motivation In Practice

Question 1

Piecework (financial incentive)

Answer 1

Working in return for a payment per unit produced

Question 2

Disadvantages of piecework

Answer 2

Scrap levels may be high
May not produce best quality
Workers may work hard when they need more money

Question 3

Commission

Answer 3

Bonus earned on top of salary usually for meeting sales target

Question 4

Bonus

Answer 4

Money on top of normal salary

Question 5

Profit share

Answer 5

Share of some of the profits between staff

Question 6

Performance related pay

Answer 6

Get more money depending on how you are performing

Question 7

Empowerment

Answer 7

Having more power and control over the working life

Question 8

Delegation

Answer 8

Passing the authority for a task down to junior staff

Question 9

Consultation

Answer 9

Asking the views of the staff you manage, then taking them into account

Question 10

Team working

Answer 10

Attempt to maximise staff satisfaction and involvement by organising into small team s

Question 11

Flexible working

Answer 11

Flexible work (not full time) for staff who have other responsibilities

Question 12

Job enlargement

Answer 12

Increasing scope of a job

Question 13

Job rotation

Answer 13

Increasing workers activity by switching between tasks of the same level

Question 14

Job enrichment

Answer 14

Extra responsibilities and challenges as well as extra activities/workload

Question 15

Kaizen

Answer 15

Continuous improvement, usually achieved by work force engagement and involvement