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Wally, Vijay, Sandra, and Consuela Make Up a Software Development

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Wally, Vijay, Sandra, and Consuela make up a software development team at Javasoft.The firm is considering implementing one of two incentive compensation schemes.In scheme A, each programmer receives an annual bonus if he or she meets all individual programming deadlines.In scheme B, members of the team share equally in a joint bonus if the team meets all of its product delivery deadlines.All four employees are equally talented but Wally is a slacker who does as little work as he can get away with.Which scheme might team members prefer? Which scheme will management prefer?


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