Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B : Motivation is practice CH6 notes.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Maslow and alderfer, pay should prove especially motivational to people who have strong lower- level needs. Pay can also function to satisfy social, self-esteem and self-actualization needs. The ability to earn money for outstanding performance is a competitive advantage for attracting, motivating and retaining ees. Piece-rate: a pay system in which individual workers are paid a certain sum of money for each unit of production completed. More common than pure piece-rate is a system whereby workers are paid a basic hourly wage and paid a piece rate differential on top of this. Wage-incentive plans: various systems that link pa to performance on production jobs. Lowered quality: increase quantity at expense of quality. Differential opportunity: a threat to the esetablishment of wage incentives exists when workers have different opportunities to produce at a high level. Reduced cooperation: to maintain a high wage rate, machinist might hoard raw materials or refuse to engage in peripheral tasks.