A Well-Designed Reward System

question 90

Multiple Choice

A well-designed reward system

• A) is focused on "what to achieve" to be rewarded as opposed to "what to do" and is management's most powerful tool for gaining employee commitment to superior strategy execution.
• B) should be free of elements that induce stress,anxiety,tension,pressure to perform,and job insecurity.
• C) puts the primary emphasis on denying rewards to those who fail to perform tasks in the prescribed fashion.
• D) emphasizes weeding out employees who are consistently low performers.
• E) strives for 50-50 balance between positive and negative rewards and 50-50 balance between monetary and nonmonetary rewards.

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Definitions:

Optimistic People

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Depression

A mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.

Optimism

A mental attitude reflecting a belief or hope that the outcome of some specific endeavor, or outcomes in general, will be positive, favorable, and desirable.

Longitudinal Study

A research design that involves repeated observations of the same variables (e.g., people) over short or long periods of time to detect patterns, causes, and effects.