Chapter 7 - Motivation: from concepts to applications

Autonomy

________: degree to which job provides substantial freedom and discretion to the individual in scheduling the work and in determining the procedures to be used in carrying it out.

Merit

________- based pay: pay plan based on performance appraisal ratings.

Feedback

________: degree to which carrying out the work activities required by a job results in the individual obtaining direct and clear information about the effectiveness of his /her performance.

Participative management

________: process in which subordinates share a significant degree of decision- making power with their immediate superiors.

Flexi time

________: flexible work hours, hours a week are obligatory but can be chosen when to invest those hours.

Bonuses

________: pay plan that rewards employees for recent performance rather than historical performance.

Profit sharing

________ plan: organization- wide program that distributes compensation based on some established formula designed around a companys profitability.

Skill variety

________: degree to a which a job requires a variety of different activities.

Skill

________- based pay: pay plan that sets pay levels on the basis of how many skills employees have or how many jobs they can do.

Task significance

________: degree to which job has substantial impact on the lives or work of other people.

characteristics model

Job ________ (JCM): model that proposes that any job can be described in terms of five core job dimensions: skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy and feedback.

Piece rate

________ pay: pay plan in which workers are paid a fixed sum for each unit of production completed.

Rewards

________ are intrinsic in the form of employee recognition.

potential score

Motivating ________ (MPS): predictive index that suggests the motivating potential in a job.

Task identity

________: degree to which a job requires completion of a whole and identifiable piece of work.

Representative participation

________: system in which workers participate in organizational decision making through a small group of representative employees.

individual employees

How to pay: rewarding ________ through variable- pay programs.

Job design

Way the elements in a job are organized

Job characteristics model (JCM)

Model that proposes that any job can be described in terms of five core job dimensions: skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy and feedback

Skill variety

Degree to a which a job requires a variety of different activities

Task identity

Degree to which a job requires completion of a whole and identifiable piece of work

Task significance

Degree to which job has substantial impact on the lives or work of other people

Autonomy

Degree to which job provides substantial freedom and discretion to the individual in scheduling the work and in determining the procedures to be used in carrying it out

Feedback

Degree to which carrying out the work activities required by a job results in the individual obtaining direct and clear information about the effectiveness of his/her performance

Motivating potential score (MPS)

Predictive index that suggests the motivating potential in a job

Job rotation

Periodic shifting of an employee from one task to another

Job enrichment

Vertical expansion of jobs, which increases the degree to which the worker controls the planning, execution and evaluation of work

Relational job design

Making employees see the effects their job

Employee involvement

Participative process that uses the input of employees and is intended to increase employee commitment to an organization’s success

Variable-pay program

Pay plan that bases a portion of an employee’s pay on some individual and/or organizational measure of performance

Flexible benefits

Benefits plan that allows each employee to put together a benefits package individually tailored to their own individual needs and situation