When Using Incentives to Motivate a Team, the Team Can

question 19

Multiple Choice

When using incentives to motivate a team, the team can respond with unintended negative behaviors such as __________.

• A) social loafing and free riding.
• B) severely pressuring other team members to decrease performance.
• C) a decrease in team competitiveness.
• D) performance gains and increased communication.

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Definitions:

IRR Method

The IRR method, or Internal Rate of Return method, is a financial analysis tool used to evaluate the profitability of an investment by calculating the interest rate at which net present value of all the cash flows (both positive and negative) from a project or investment equals zero.

Cost of Capital

The rate of return required by a company to undertake an investment or project, often used as a discount rate in capital budgeting.

Payback Method

A capital budgeting technique that calculates the time required to recoup the cost of an investment, ignoring the time value of money.

MIRRs

Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR) is a financial metric used to assess the profitability of investments, adjusting the internal rate of return (IRR) to account for differences in the reinvestment rate and financing costs.