WGU C236 Compensation and Benefits Questions and Answers with Complete Solutions

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WGU C236 Compensation and Benefits Questions and Answers with Complete Solutions The primary reasons that organizations use performance-based pay ✔✔is to provide an incentive for the types of ... behaviors and outcomes that enable higher performance The most popular need theory is the Hierarchy of Needs Theory proposed by Abraham Maslow. ✔✔Physiological needs,Safety and security needs,Social needs,Ego and esteem needs,Selfactualization needs The Reinforcement Principle ✔✔states that when positive consequences (rewards) follow a behavior, that behavior becomes more likely to be seen in the future The Timing Principle ✔✔specifies that the smaller the time gap between the behavior and the reward or punishment, the greater impact on behavior. The Variability Principle ✔✔points out that new behaviors are most quickly acquired when employees receive the reward every time a behavior is exhibited -will need to have more frequent payouts in the beginning of the rollout and will want to taper those to variable over time. According to Expectancy Theory ✔✔motivation is a function not only of the perceived contingency of the rewards, but also of how much the employee values the reward, and whether or not they believe that they can perform at the required level. The Expectancy Perception asks ✔✔"Can I perform at the level required for the reward"? The Instrumentality Perception asks ✔✔"If I perform, will I receive the reward"? The Valence Perception asks ✔✔"Do I value the reward"? Law of Unintended Consequences ✔✔this principle states that not all of the consequences of a reward system change are foreseeable. Tournament Theory ✔✔advises that creating larger differences in pay between levels in the organization will create a workforce highly motivated to move up in the organization. Distributive Justice ✔✔It is also known as Equity Theory, and is based on comparisons between the ratio of employees' inputs and rewards to the ratio of inputs and rewards of others. Justice Theory ✔✔highlights the importance of reward comparisons, process evaluations, and the interactions that lead to fairness perceptions. Procedural Justice ✔✔focuses on the process by which the reward distribution was determined. For example, an employee who does not receive the pay raise that his peer received will likely have low Distributive Justice perceptions. This employee would then consider how the decision was made to arrive at perceptions of Procedural Justice. organizations can do to enhance Procedural Justice ✔✔Voice, Explanation,Multiple Sources , Correcting Mechanism Interactional Justice ✔✔refers to perceptions of the extent to which the employee was treated with due respect. Intrinsic Motivation Theory ✔✔Intrinsic Motivation Theory suggests that care should be taken with contingent rewards because they can distract employees from more intrinsic motivations for doing the work. (2) Intrinsic Motivation Theory.... ✔✔employees attribute their own behavior to being self-chosen (intrinsic) or imposed (extrinsic), and that attribution has implications for their attitudes and their motivation when the external factors are reduced. For example, when an employee works in a contingent bonus rewards system, that employee is more likely to attribute their efforts to the presence of the bonus instead of to intrinsic love for the work. If this bonus program is removed, the employee's motivation would then be reduced because he/she attributed his/her own behavior to the presence of the reward Individual-based Variable Pay ✔✔bonuses, spot awards, commissions, and piece rate are based on individual performance and are not added to an employee's base wage merit pay ✔✔is a change to future base wages or salary. Group-based Variable Pay ✔✔non-base pay rewards to the performance of teams, improvements in unit productivity, or the market valuation of the entire organization. Team-based Bonuses ✔✔are like Individual-based bonuses in that they provide a lump sum reward that does not get added into future base pay, Gain sharing ✔✔attempts to align the interests of the organization with the interests of the employees by creating a system in which they both benefit from productivity gains, service improvements, or cost savings. A portion of this savings is then distributed back to the employees who helped create the improvement. Job Analysis ✔✔ 1.Identify Job ✔✔The first step is to identify the job being analyzed 2.Observe and Interview Leadership ✔✔second step is to observe the workplace and interview the organizational leadership connected to the new job. Attention should be placed on understanding how the job interfaces with other jobs in the workplace. 3.Observe and Interview Incumbents ✔✔conduct more in-depth interviews with job incumbents to ascertain the tasks, duties, and responsibilities. 4.Consolidate Information into Job Description Draft ✔✔review the information gathered from the interviews to create the draft of the job description. 5.Obtain Feedback and Revise Job Description ✔✔The fifth step is to use a survey or interviewbased process to have the subject matter ex [Show More]

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