The Reward

The purpose of this document is to explain the success of employee engagement and recognition programs and the increased motivation, loyalty and productivity they have on an organization. The implementation of a company-wide, reward and recognition program at XYZ, Inc. would improve engagement of staff with the goal to improve the high turnover XYZ, Inc. is experiencing. I propose XYZ, Inc. establish a recognition plan, which would be rolled out across the organization to help solve turnover and…

contingent reward is my biggest take away. Contingent reward is most important to me because I can set goals for someone and if they meet those goals I can give them a set reward. This might not be other leaders’ specific style, but I find it more effective to let people work for the things they want. The reward doesn’t have to be huge and can be something as simple as time off, an award, or maybe saying “you rocked it, way to go.” If I fail to use the concept of contingent reward, my…

Allowing myself to enjoy both external rewards as well as natural rewards is not exactly a far-fetched idea. I was not sure how this could be achieved through any particular task but after much deep thought, I found remembered a particular event at my current job that allowed me to enjoy both types of rewards. After many long days of pouring over evidence, financial statements, and investigative reports, I was finally able…

types of rewards set false expectancy for those who show minimum work. For example, Berdan says “We begin to expect awards and praise for just showing up — to class, practice, after-school jobs — leaving us woefully unprepared for reality”. This shows that things aren't just given to people. They have to work hard for them and they definitely won't be handed to them on s silver platter.Showing up doesn't count for work, put in the effort and do your part and maybe you can earn that reward. Just…

How would you feel if you start studying from college and go down a grade each year? You would probably be lost. It is the same as saying aging backwards. Aging backwards would not be a better experience then aging normally because aging backwards doesn’t let you prepare for your older life, while it starts you off with a harder stage of life. Life gets tougher as we grow up. We learn and prepare for our older and harder stage of life in our younger years. More than 90% of Americans…

start positive relationships between employee perceptions of pay for performance and satisfaction with pay, which of course would increase retention. Several studies suggest that individuals are more attracted to organizations with pay systems that rewards the individual employee for his or her own merits rather than group efforts. With the increased attractiveness of the company the quality of potential employees would potentially increase. 4) To realize the effects of their efforts for the use…

in the development, implementation and revision of rewards programs, ensure that employees view the rewards as worth the effort, make sure that employees understand how to earn the rewards, set reasonable and transparent performance standards for rewards, base reward determinations on objective performance data, make sure employees view the reward system as fair, always link rewards to performance, recognize small and large accomplishments, reward teamwork and cooperation, never take a good…

The author’s tone expresses both positive and negative bias in the viewpoint of the article. In the article it states, “First, employees ended up "gaming" the program, showing up on time only when they were eligible for the award and, in some cases, calling in sick rather than reporting late. Most interestingly, workers were 50 percent more likely to have an unplanned "single absence" after the award was implemented, suggesting that employees who would otherwise have arrived to work tardy on…

As mentioned above, it takes more money to hire and train new employee than reward the ones we have. We should make sure “to use many different types of rewards to achieve the desired outcomes” (as cited in Buchbinder & Shanks, 2012, p.50). We could create the reward program such as time off for quality work, merchandise, and more opportunities for internal promotion. Another strategy is open a suggestion box to allow the…

You don’t reward someone for just showing up, do you? Youth programs award youth athletes at the end of the season with participation trophies. Sure, it's nice to get a trophies, that says good job you did your best, but participation trophies can lose their meaning. In life people don't get a award for just showing up. Participation trophies can raise a kids self confidence, they can give kids a wrong message. There are other ways to award kids. In life people don't get a award…