Exam 6: Motivation: Goal Setting and Reward Programs

Nick is evaluating the success of his company's profit-sharing program and asks you for your input. What advice would you give Nick that will help him gauge his program's effectiveness?

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Question 21

Rewards that result from interactions between people are referred to as ______ rewards.

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Question 22

Robert thinks the goal he set for his employee, Sean is too complex. What can Robert do to help Sean meet this goal?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 23

Paying employees according to their value in the labor market in terms of knowledge and abilities is the premise behind

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Question 24

Research shows that the ability of rewards to motivate individual and team performance depends on six factors which include all the following EXCEPT

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Question 25

The timing of a reward is not important; a reward will be motivating regardless of when it is given.

(True/False)

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Question 26

Informal rewards are MOST effective when they

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Question 27

According to "Change Competency: Nucor's Profit-Sharing Program," how are employee bonuses determined?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 28

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the ability of awards to motivate?

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Question 29

Describe the strengths and limitations of the different types of reward programs?

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Question 30

Skill-based pay compensates employees for the specific jobs they are performing.

(True/False)

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Question 31

In the goal-setting model, the primary focus is on

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Question 32

According to "Ethics Competency: Fake Accounts at Wells Fargo," what was the result of the investigations into unsanctioned practices by Wells Fargo?

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Question 33

Hadley has been tasked with completing a research assignment by the end of the month. Although she did not set this goal for herself and the timeframe will make it hard to complete the assignment, Hadley is determined to complete the research on time. This illustrates a high level of

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Question 34

What links one's performance to the challenge of attaining a goal?

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Question 35

To say that the relation of goal difficulty to performance is curvilinear means that

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Question 36

The goal-setting model has four motivational aspects. Describe them.

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Question 37

In "Across Cultures Competency: Hewlett-Packard," Bonnie Nixon-Gardiner started a training program to teach Chinese suppliers how to prevent labor and environmental abuses.

(True/False)

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Question 38

When are informal rewards most effective?

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Question 39

For a goal to be effective, it should be written in general terms and very easy for an employee to achieve.

(True/False)

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Nick is evaluating the success of his company's profit-sharing program and asks you for your input. What advice would you give Nick that will help him gauge his program's effectiveness?

Rewards that result from interactions between people are referred to as ______ rewards.

Robert thinks the goal he set for his employee, Sean is too complex. What can Robert do to help Sean meet this goal?

Paying employees according to their value in the labor market in terms of knowledge and abilities is the premise behind

Research shows that the ability of rewards to motivate individual and team performance depends on six factors which include all the following EXCEPT

The timing of a reward is not important; a reward will be motivating regardless of when it is given.

Informal rewards are MOST effective when they

According to "Change Competency: Nucor's Profit-Sharing Program," how are employee bonuses determined?

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the ability of awards to motivate?

Describe the strengths and limitations of the different types of reward programs?

Skill-based pay compensates employees for the specific jobs they are performing.

In the goal-setting model, the primary focus is on

According to "Ethics Competency: Fake Accounts at Wells Fargo," what was the result of the investigations into unsanctioned practices by Wells Fargo?

Hadley has been tasked with completing a research assignment by the end of the month. Although she did not set this goal for herself and the timeframe will make it hard to complete the assignment, Hadley is determined to complete the research on time. This illustrates a high level of

What links one's performance to the challenge of attaining a goal?

To say that the relation of goal difficulty to performance is curvilinear means that

The goal-setting model has four motivational aspects. Describe them.

In "Across Cultures Competency: Hewlett-Packard," Bonnie Nixon-Gardiner started a training program to teach Chinese suppliers how to prevent labor and environmental abuses.

When are informal rewards most effective?

For a goal to be effective, it should be written in general terms and very easy for an employee to achieve.

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