Motivation

Motivation

Financial incentives

  • Piecework – Taylor; produce more get paid more. Only applicable where volume of worker can be measured. However, can cause equity to decline as workers rush production to get more units made
  • PRP – extra pay for achieving targets. Performance reviewed and bonus is in line to that. Acts to motivate staff.
  • Bonus – motivate staff to meet target, creates loyalty to the workplace and raise productivity
  • Profit sharing – Maslow; belonging. United workers and shareholders as they want business to improve as creates benefits for them. Only small share isn’t the most successful motivator tool
  • Commission – pay for each unit produced links to Taylor. Produce more get more pay.

Non-financial incentives

  • Job rotation
  • Job enlargement
  • Flexible working
  • Empowerment
  • Team working
  • Consultation