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This 10 page paper examines incentive plans. While hourly plans are the focus of attention, the research is applicable to motivation in general. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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programs work a bit better and are tied to improved productivity. Research on this subject is rather ambiguous as there are different points of view and a great deal of
research on peripheral activities. Hourly pay for the most part is only tied to productivity slightly and so, it seems that less tangible offerings are aligned with productivity. People do
like to know that they are doing a good job and sometimes, a compliment can go a long way to prompting increased production. Productivity is something difficult to measure as
tied to incentives. This is because motivation is a complicated subject. Even if an hourly plan is implemented, there is no telling whether or not it worked, or some other
activity entered the equation. In fact, today, educators throw up their hands when they find their students not motivated. They claim that motivation is something that comes from within, and
that external motivating forces are irrelevant. Of course, every business mogul knows that this is just not true. Indeed, there are many motivators in the business world. Many incentives do
happen to be monetary and these often do work well. However, whether or not hourly incentives are prudent is unclear. Still, money-whether increased hourly pay or in another form, can
help to encourage productivity. II. Background With a "production incentive plan, a worker is paid a higher rate for producing output over and above an established level"
(Hodgetts & Hegar, 2005, p.313). With an hourly incentive for example, a worker is offered perhaps a certain amount of pay per hour if they work over and above the
prescribed number of hours, or achieve a certain level. There are various examples of this that are found in daily life. For instance, an employee is given a raise due
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