BUSMHR 3200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Group Cohesiveness, Team Building, Cash Balance Plan

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Business Admin : Mgmt & HR
• Course: BUSMHR 3200
• Professor: All

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Pay for performance: term for monetary incentives linking at least some portion of the paycheck directly to results or accomplishments( . Thorndike"s law of effect: behavior with favorable consequences tends to be repeated, while behavior with unfavorable consequences tends to disappear( . Skinner"s operant conditioning model connections( : respondent behavior: unlearned reflexes or stimulus-response (s-r, operant behavior: behavior that is learned when one (cid:498)operates on(cid:499) the environment to produce desired consequences. Schedules of reinforcement: continuous reinforcement (cfr): every instance of a target behavior is reinforced when a crf schedule is in effect( ) Intermittent reinforcement: involves reinforcement of some but not all instances of a target behavior( : shaping: process of reinforcing closer and closer approximations to a target behavior( ) Compensation: the rewards, usually monetary in nature (either short and/or long term) that reinforce behavior, organizational membership, performance and retention.