Which Reward Is Best Suited to the Following Situation: Production

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which reward is best suited to the following situation: Production workers making close to minimum wage; the manager wants to introduce a pay for performance plan that will increase production numbers.Work is interdependent.Production output is measured daily.

• A)Individual bonus based on a percentage of company profits, paid at the end of the year.
• B)Group incentive; reward is a grocery store gift certificate of $100 awarded weekly.
• C)Merit increase determined annually and typically 1 to 3% of base pay.
• D)Individual incentive, reward is two tickets to Disney World awarded at the end of the year.
• E)Group incentive; reward is ten cent increase to base pay for the next year's pay.

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