You were just hired at ACE Manufacturing and you can choose work from 7am until 4pm or from 8am until 5pm. What type of alternative work arrangement is this?

 Maslow’s theory says our needs are ___________, This means our needs that are capable of motivating behavior at any given time. Ex: physiological needs, if we’re starving, we don’t worry about anything else.

 According to Herzberg’s dual-factor theory, many people expect to get a good paycheck, but they are not actually motivated by pay. In this case, what type of factor is pay?

  This theory is based on the idea that owners have different motivation than managers. Managers are less likely to take risks and more likely to focus on short-term goals. Most companies want their managers to become more like owners than just employees.

 This aspect of the job characteristics approach is the extent to which you know how well you are performing. For example, your supervisor is telling you that you are doing a good job, or that you need to improve on a certain part of the work. Sometimes it comes during performance appraisal, but should really happen more often.

 As the boss, you make sure to congratulate your team each time they reach a goal in hopes that they will keep repeating that behavior.  What type of reinforcement theory is this?

  You came up with an idea to change the production line which resulted in reducing cost of production and were rewarded with a portion of the savings. What is this called?

  This is a type of pay incentive that is paid to individual employees as a percentage of profits or sales margins. Most salespeople are paid using this type of system.

  According to Herzberg’s Dual Factor theory, these are factors that lead to job satisfaction. Ex: Recognition or growth.

 This piece of legislation created standards regarding safety and a health in the workplace and created administrative agency that enforces those standards.