Advice That Stuck : Always Add Value

Each employee will be paid based on their capabilities rather than on the characteristics of their job. This will provide an incentive for employees to develop their skills and move into other roles.

allows us to get paid. But what does it really mean? Is it really what we want? What will

This schedule of reinforcement is the logic behind factory piecework, where workers are paid by the number of items produces rather than the number of hours worked.

In all aspects of life, whether it be personal or in business, there is one constant, that

CUSTOMER: This entity type represents all the people that shop at the grocery store. A customer performs a checkout. The CUSTOMER entity

"When you're out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning" by Evan killham. I enjoy this quote because it teaches me how to use my time wisely, and to work hard in everything I do.

“Fly in the plane of ambition and land in the airport of success. Luck is yours, wish is mine. May your future always shine! Good luck.”

An important rule to live by is When you set a goal don't be too quick to make an exit plan. This means that if you really want to achieve something in life, but you’re thinking about what you are going to do if it doesn’t work out then you are already thinking about failing. This is an important rule to live by because if you always have a way to get out of what you are trying to do then it is easy to not finish.

Employees are motivated by both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. In order for the reward system to be effective, it must encompass both sources of motivation. Studies have found that among employees surveyed, money was not the most important motivator, and in some instances managers have found money to have a de-motivating or negative effect on employees.  This research paper addresses the definition of rewards in the work environment context, the importance of rewarding employees for their job performance, motivators to employee performance such as extrinsic and intrinsic rewards, Herzberg’s two-factor theory in relation to rewarding employees, Hackman and Oldman model of job enrichment that

Pay and Rewards – pay and rewards attract, motivate and retain staff. The employment contract which lists rewards, whether it be pay, bonus or benefits, can remove animosity amongst employees and employers. However, recent research reveals that employees are no longer motivated by a financial reward alone, but

complete any work on time and make it to work in a timely manner at all costs. If you do ever

the advice they need to hear, rather than, what they want to hear. Finding the fine line between

“While Mangers complain about lack of motivation in their workers, they might as well consider the possibility that the reward systems they’ve installed are paying off for the opposite”.

This is designed to provide an incentive for people to work extra hours and keep more of what they earn.

These require that employee have a clear understanding about how their jobs will change and how they will be rewarded. For example, an employee who doesn't cooperate with the change effort of the company, the employee will still doing the same job and do not have an incensement in their pay.