Incentive Management: Stimulating Worker Productivity through Rewards-For-Performance.

摘要

This interim technical report defines and identifies incentive management (rewards-for-performance) strategies that have been and can be employed to stimulate worker productivity. Recent theoretical and empirical studies are reviewed to evaluate the relative effectiveness of alternate incentive plans on performance. An inventory of popular incentive systems is compiled and a taxonomy that classifies incentives is designed. Finally, a computer-based demonstration package is developed to display how workforce supervisors and organizational development specialists can tailor incentive designs to the needs of specific organizations and job functions. The preliminary results indicate that incentive management is an effective tool to improve worker productivity and maximize manpower cost savings. However, tailored incentive strategies are required to meet the special contingencies of different organizations and tasks. (Author)