Exam 6: Applied Performance Practices

Which of the following systematically evaluates the worth of each job within the organization?

Self-leadership is dependent on the person and the situation

Frederick Herzberg's motivator-hygiene theory casts more of a spotlight on the job itself (rather than the work environment) as an important source of employee motivation.

Knowledge of results originates primarily from

The philosophy behind scientific management is to increase job enrichment and thereby improve employee satisfaction.

One problem with seniority-based rewards is that they cause higher turnover.

XYZ Ltd. has just introduced a performance-based reward system for all production employees. The plan pays employees a team-based bonus based on the reduction of labour costs per unit in the production department. Describe three strategies to ensure that this and other performance-based reward systems are effective. Your answer should also briefly state the type of reward system used by XYZ Ltd.

Competency-based rewards tend to improve levels of product and service quality.

Employee share ownership plans and share options tend to create an ''ownership culture'' in which employees feel aligned with the organization's success.

Motivator-hygiene theory suggests that people are mainly motivated by characteristics of the job itself, not by working conditions and other factors external to the job.

A unique feature of Herzberg's motivator-hygiene theory is that it

Empowerment flourishes in organizations that have a learning orientation culture

Job evaluation mainly supports the competency approach to rewards.

Profit-sharing plans give employees the right to purchase shares of the company and eventually get rewarded through dividends from those shares.

Which of the following is considered an individual incentive?

A video journalist's job consists of operating the camera, reporting the story, and often editing the work, whereas these three tasks are traditionally performed by three people. Video journalism is an example of:

Which of these factors, according to Herzberg, is a hygiene factor?

Herzberg's motivator-hygiene theory led to a more serious study of

A high degree of autonomy, task identity, and task significance are important conditions for:

Employees assembling complete computer modems would have higher task identity than those assembling only one component and passing it along to others for further assembly.