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Extrinsic Rewards

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Week four discussion board requires an answer to three questions. First, distinguish between extrinsic and intrinsic rewards. Second, explain the four building blocks of the intrinsic rewards and motivation. The final question is how does your organization motivate and rewards their employees with examples. According to our assigned MBA 6000 book, extrinsic rewards are financial, materialistic and social. Intrinsic rewards are psychic rewards because they are self-granted. The four building blocks of the intrinsic rewards and motivation are, leading for meaningfulness, leading for choice, leading for competence and leading for progress. Leading for meaningfulness is when managers inspire their employees and model the way. Model the way is how a leader can show how to act in order to reach a desired behavior. An example of this would be wearing the uniform properly while maintaining a professional image. Leading for choice is where managers delegate a task and empower their employees. An example of this would be assigning a subordinate a project where they can learn new skills while adding success to their resume. Leading for competence is where …show more content…

One of the extrinsic awards I used was in awarding my best recruiter with an Air Force football helmet in a glass case. The helmet also had little stickers that represented the number of people recruited. Another reward was a two handed sword replica with wall mount and engraving marking the achievement. For intrinsic rewards, I recognized my employees with sincere praise and the delegation of a training task. For example; when one of my recruiters nailed a classroom presentation I would have that recruiter put together a presentation for the rest of the recruiters. This definitely had a positive effect as each person wanted their time in the

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