| Incentive schemes have been much
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| | be undertaking the training of any
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| criticised in recent years, and it is
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| | employee representatives in work study
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| quite true that some schemes have been
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| | techniques?25. Are the mechanics of your
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| singularly unsuccessful. Their failure,
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| | scheme simple enough to enable all
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| however, has often been the result of
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| | employees to fully understand how their
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| inadequate planning, rushed introduction,
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| | pay is calculated?26. What standards will
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| or not thinking through such a scheme
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| | you use to evaluate performance to ensure
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| properly. These points should not be used
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| | that a proper balance is maintained
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| to generally condemn other more
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| | between:a. Increased outputb. Maintaining
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| successful applications.Whether any
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| | qualityc. Efficient use of equipment or
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| particular incentive scheme achieves long
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| | materials?27. How will you relate payment
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| term success depends initially on the
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| | to performance? e.g. in direct proportion
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| thoroughness with which the current
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| | to output?28. On what length of time will
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| working situation is reviewed, hence the
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| | you base payment? e.g. hour, shift,
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| need to re-look at some key Action
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| | week?29. Will you gear the scheme to the
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| Points, and question why you need an
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| | individual, working group, department or
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| incentive scheme.1. Increase in earnings
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| | factory?30. Will you apply the scheme in
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| for employees?
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| | some way to direct as well as indirect
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| 2. Increase in output?
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| | personnel? If not, how will the problem
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| 3. Improvement in quality?
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| | of increased or decreased differentials
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| 4. Better mobility of labour?
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| | be solved?31. Will official disputes
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| 5. More efficient methods of working?
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| | concerning the operation of the incentive
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| 6. Improvement in safety?
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| | plan be handled through the normal
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| 7. Higher housekeeping standards?
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| | negotiating and disputes machinery?32.
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| 8. Reduction in absenteeism?
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| | What will be the principles governing
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| 9. Reduction in labour turnover?
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| | payment for 'waiting time' or unmeasured
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| 10.Reduction in overtime working?Any of
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| | work?33. Will any scheme you introduce be
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| these points or a combination, will
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| | on a gradual basis or do you intend to
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| determine how you introduce and
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| | apply it to all appropriate sections at
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| communicate such a scheme. The following
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| | the one time?34. How will you calculate
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| questions will act as an "aide
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| | holiday pay for pieceworkers?It's
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| memoire".11. Does the work necessitate
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| | notoriously difficult to put together an
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| skilled, semi-skilled or unskilled
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| | incentive scheme that motivates all of
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| labour?12. Can individual skill be fully
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| | its targets, and that continues to do so
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| applied when manipulating machines etc.
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| | over an extended period. You may be
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| or is the employee's quantity and
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| | looking to get the most from your staff
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| quality of output regulated to a large
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| | by increasing motivation, improving
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| extent by factors outside his/her
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| | morale and encouraging
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| control?13. Does the level of output
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| | efficiency.Incentive awards are a way of
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| remain steady throughout the year or is
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| | rewarding employees and others with cash,
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| it subject to seasonal variations?14. Is
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| | goods or holidays rather than increases
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| production organized on a process flow
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| | in pay. There are Two Basic Types Of
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| line, batch or jobbing basis?15. Have
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| | Incentive Scheme, Financial and
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| your current production methods been
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| | Non-FinancialSchemes can vary from
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| recently reviewed for maximum
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| | national promotions to a prize raffle
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| efficiency?16. Is any new machinery or
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| | held by a small firm.
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| plant, to be introduced in the near
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| | Rewards of goods or holidays will
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| future, likely to upset the standard upon
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| | usually involve the use of a
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| which an incentive scheme might be
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| | voucher.Awards may be linked to sales
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| based?17. Have you sufficient qualified
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| | performance, good timekeeping, safety or
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| staff to introduce an incentive scheme,
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| | production records, or may involve
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| or alternatively, have you one qualified
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| | participation in a lottery or prize
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| employee who is capable of training other
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| | draw.There should be increasing
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| staff in work study techniques?18. Once
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| | consistency in the ways that reward,
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| the scheme is introduced, will you have
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| | recognition and incentives are offered to
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| the necessary number of staff to be able
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| | customers, staff and distributors.
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| to keep it under constant review, and to
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| | Participants should always have the power
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| introduce modifications where
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| | of choice, enabling them to self-target
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| necessary?19. Will the present staff in
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| | and work towards things that are exciting
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| the wages department be able to cope with
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| | or important to them.Incentives that are
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| bonus calculations etc. without
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| | always won by a small group of high
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| additional help?20. Are other parts of
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| | performers, breed more resentment than
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| the organization such as Production
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| | motivation, while the high performers
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| Control, Maintenance, Distribution etc.
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| | themselves soon become bored with the
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| geared to cope with the increased flow of
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| | repetition of holidays, and activities
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| materials and output that are likely to
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| | that are open to them.The aim of an
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| result?21. Are your present channels of
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| | incentive scheme is to improve the
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| communication, both formal and informal,
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| | performance of your business, whether it
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| capable of coping with the dissemination
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| | is your employees, customer's or supply
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| of detailed information to all employees,
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| | chain.As a result the most successful
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| on the workings of any proposed incentive
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| | incentive schemes tend to be those
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| plan?22. Have you the necessary
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| | matched to the individual's requirements,
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| facilities, away from the production
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| | but which still appeal to the company as
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| area, for any operative training or
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| | a whole.You will find that with a little
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| re-training that might be required?23.
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| | extra thought, allied to a willingness to
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| Have you agreed the principle of using
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| | be creative, can make a quantum
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| work measurement with the trade unions
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| | difference to the effectiveness of an
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| and employee representatives?24. Will you
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| | incentive programme.
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