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Learning objectives
Discuss the basic requirements for successful implementation of incentive
programs.
Identify the types of and reasons for implementing individual incentive plans.
Explain why merit raises may fail to motivate employees adequately and
discuss ways to increase their motivational value.
Indicate the advantage of each of the principal methods used to compensate
salespeople.
Identify the key aspects of team and group-level pay-for-performance plans.
Differentiate between profit-sharing plans and explain the advantages and
disadvantages of these programs.
Describe the main types of employee stock ownership plans and discuss their
advantages to employers and employees.
Standard hour plan: An incentive plan that sets rates based on the completion of a
job in a predetermined standard time
Merit pay: links an increase in base pay to how successfully an employee performs
his or her job. The merit increase is normally given on the basis of an employee
having achieved some objective performance standard
Merit guidelines: Guidelines for awarding merit raises that are tied to performance
objectives
Sales Incentives
Straight salary plan: A compensation plan that permits salespeople to be paid for
performing various duties that are not reflected immediately in their sales volume
Straight commission plan: A compensation plan based on a percentage of sales
However, the straight commission plan is limited by the following
disadvantages:
1. Salespeople will stress high-priced products.
2. Customer service after the sale is likely to be neglected.
3. Earnings tend to fluctuate widely between good and poor periods of business, and
turnover of trained sales employees tend to increase in poor periods.
4. Salespeople are tempted to grant price concessions.
Salary plus bonus plan: A compensation plan that pays a salary plus a bonus
achieved by reaching targeted sales goals
(4) Benefits: Various programs for extended health insurance, life insurance,
retirement plans, and vacations. The benefits offered executives are likely to be
broader in coverage and free of charge.
(5) Perquisites: Special nonmonetary benefits given to executives; often referred to
as perks
Team compensation
Team incentive plan: A compensation plan in which all team members receive an
incentive bonus payment when production or service standards are met or
exceeded
Team members may be afraid that one individual may make the others look
bad, or that one individual may put in less effort than others but share
equally in team rewards—the “free rider” effect.
Gain-sharing plans: Programs under which both employees and the organization
share financial gains according to a predetermined formula that reflects improved
productivity and profitability
Profit sharing: Any procedure by which an employer pays, or makes available to all
regular employees, in addition to base pay, special current or deferred sums based
on the profits of the enterprise