Worksheetsmethods of motivation at work
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is motivation?
The encouragement given to workers to work well and be more productive.
Giving orders to staff.
The number of staff who leave the business.
How is a worker on commission paid?
According to how much time is worked
According to the level of output
According to how many items are sold
If a worker is paid by the hour what does their take-home pay depend on?
How much time they have worked
How much output they have made
How many items they have sold
A worker earns £8 an hour and usually works 8 hour shifts 4 days a week. What is their typical gross weekly wage?
£448
£320
£256
Which of the following is an example of a fringe benefit?
Salary
Commission
Company Car
What can affect staff motivation?
Work environment
Mangers
Both work environment and managers
Which of the following is an example of a financial methods of motivation?
Praise
Working environment
Bonus
Which of the following is not an a benefit to a firm of having a motivated workforce?
High employee performance as workers are rewarded for efficient work.
Low staff retention and high staff turnover as many staff leave.
Easy to recruit new workers as business has a good reputation.
Whether or not a motivation system is worthwhile will depend on....
how effective it is at improving the motivation of its workers
how effective it is at decreasing sales.
none of the above.
Which of these statements is true?
Increased motivation increases costs because workers are more likely to be absent.
If a worker improves productivity, they will produce more than they used to in the same amount of time.
Motivated workers need a lot more supervision to make sure they work hard.
Different workers need motivating in different ways.
True
False
Fringe benefits are a cost to the business that may reduce profits.
True
False
A payment system based on the amount of time
employees spend at work.
Performance-related pay
Time rate
Bonus
Commission
Piece Rate
An extra payment when an employee has done a good
job.
Bonus
Commission
Performance-related Pay
Piece Rate
Time rate
Tom likes working for his company because both him
and his wife get health insurance.
Maslow's Hierarchy
Financial Reward
Fringe benefit
Bonus
To make work more interesting, a company can allow
employees to change jobs from time to time.
Autonomy
Job Enrichment
Job Rotation
Promotion
A payment system that is calculated yearly but paid
monthly.
Salary
PRP
Commission
Time rate
Which of these is a disadvantage of job rotation?
Employees may get bored
Training costs are likely to be higher
Managers' jobs will be at risk
Work timetables will be more difficult to prepare
Employees are more motivated when their job is
challenging and they are given more responsibilities.
Promotion
Job analysis
Job rotation
Job enrichment
Employees are more motivated when they work with
others and create friendships.
Social needs
Bonus
Piece rates
Commission
Jack made $4000 last month because he sold many
laptops.
Bonus
Commission
Piece rate
PRP
A payment in addition to the basic wage for reaching targets is called?
Salary
Commission
Bonus
Piece Rate
Lisa is getting a big raise next year because her
manager is impressed with performance.
Bonus
Piece Rate
Commission
PRP
