Non-Financial Rewards

Question 1

What’s job rotation?

Answer 1

Where staff change between a number of jobs (mainly in production) to keep their interest

Question 2

Benefits of job rotation

Answer 2

Staff don’t get as bored
Get to learn different jobs and skills
If an employee is ill, then another member of staff can cover

Question 3

Problems with job rotation

Answer 3

Jobs may be just as boring as eachother

Requires more training- expensive

Question 4

What’s job enlargement?

Answer 4

When staff are given more tasks to do

Question 5

Benefits of job enlargement

Answer 5

Job is more interesting

Feel more valued

Question 6

Problems with job enlargement

Answer 6

More training- expensive

Staff can feel overloaded with work- demotivated

Question 7

What is job enrichment?

Answer 7

Giving workers greater responsibility and more interesting, challenging tasks- supervising new staff etc

Question 8

Benefits of job enrichment

Answer 8

More motivated worker- work harder
Find their work more interesting
Learn new skills

Question 9

Problems with job enrichment

Answer 9

More training- expensive
Staff may want a pay rise- expensive
Staff can feel overloaded- demotivated

Question 10

List 3 other types of incentive

Answer 10

Praise
Fear
Good leadership
Fringe Benefits

Question 11

What are fringe benefits? Examples?

Answer 11

A reward that is not part of a workers main income
Company car, health insurance, gym membership etc
Expensive for the business