In the Context of Performance-Based Rewards, the Most General Form

question 33

Multiple Choice

In the context of performance-based rewards, the most general form of a merit-pay plan is to:

• A) contribute some portion of the company's profits to a profit-sharing pool.
• B) share the cost savings from productivity improvements with employees.
• C) provide annual salary increases to employees based on the relative value of their contributions to their organization.
• D) reward the individual performance of employees on a real-time basis rather than by increasing their base salary at the end of a fiscal year.

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