A Well-Designed Reward System

question 49

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 a 50-50 balance between positive and negative rewards and a 50-50 balance between monetary and nonmonetary rewards.

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