Exam 9: Recognizing Employee Contributions With Pay

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Which of the following pay strategy dimensions best fits with a business strategy of growth?

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There is ample evidence that gainsharing programs that rely almost exclusively on the monetary component can have substantial effects on

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Which one of the following pay programs has the greatest frequency of payout?

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There is significant pressure from regulators and shareholders to link pay and performance more effectively.As of December 31,2008,the _____________ now require disclosure of many types of compensation and benefits of top-paid executives.

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The Scanlon plan is an example of

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Which of the following is not true of individual incentive pay programs?

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Which of the following compensation systems would not be classified as an outcome-oriented contracting scheme (using agency theory terminology)?

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According to agency theory,when a compensation system aligns the interests of the agent with the principal's own interests,the compensation system should

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Rumours and assumptions based on poor or incomplete information are always an issue in administering compensation.

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Under merit pay,the flow of feedback tends to be multidirectional,from supervisor,peers,and subordinates to the employee.

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Which of the following is an advantage of individual incentives?

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Many merit increase grids indicate both the size and frequency of pay increases as determined by the individual's performance rating and which one of the following?

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It is possible that an organization that links pay to performance may attract more high performers than an organization that does not link the two.There may be a similar effect with respect to

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A(n)_____ plan is a based on a group or plant performance that does not become a part of the employee's base salary.

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A change in any part of the compensation system is likely to give rise to employee concerns,thus it is critical in how to ________ reasons for the changes to employees.

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A(n)_____ is suitable for an organization whose culture promotes knowledge of business and cooperation among its employees.

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We have seen how the Balanced Scorecard approach could be applied to applying manufacturing employees.It is also useful in designing and measuring

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Because most profit-sharing plans are of the deferred type,their motivational impact is reduced.This argument is most consistent with the

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One significant difference between gainsharing and profit-sharing plans is that gainsharing-plan payouts are generally distributed more frequently.

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Compensation systems differ according to their impact on the dimensions of expectancy theory,but,generally speaking,they have their greatest impact on which dimension?

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