Expert answer:Individual or team reward?

Expert answer:3 Read and Respond questions Individual or Team Reward?Jack Hopson has been making wood furniture for more than 10 years. He recently joined Metropolitan Furniture and has some ideas for Sally Boston, the company’s CEO. Jack likes working for Sally because she is very open to employee suggestions and is serious about making the company a success. Metropolitan is currently paying Jack a competitive hourly pay rate for him to build various designs of tables and chairs. However, Jack thinks that an incentive pay plan might convince him and his coworkers to put forth more effort. At Jack’s previous employer, a competing furniture maker, Jack was paid on a piece-rate pay plan. The company paid Jack a designated payment for every chair or table that he completed. Jack felt this plan provided him an incentive to work harder to build the furniture pieces. Sally likes Jack’s idea; however, Sally is concerned about how such a plan would affect the employees’ need to work together as a team. While the workers at Metropolitan build most furniture pieces individually, they often need to pitch in and work as a team. Each worker receives individual assignments, but as a delivery date approaches for a preordered furniture set due to a customer, the workers must help each other complete certain pieces of the set to ensure on-time delivery. A reputation for on-time delivery differentiates Metropolitan from its competitors. Several companies that compete against Metropolitan have a reputation of late deliveries, which gives Metropolitan a competitive edge. Because their promise of on-time delivery is such a high priority, Sally is concerned that a piece-rate pay plan may prevent employees from working together to complete furniture sets. Sally agrees with Jack that an incentive pay plan would help boost productivity, but she thinks that a team-based incentive pay plan may be a better approach. She has considered offering a team-based plan that provides a bonus payment when each set of furniture is completed in time for scheduled delivery. However, after hearing from Jack about the success of the piece-rate pay plan at his previous employer, she is unsure of which path to take.(Minimum of 500 words for each question, this excludes the reference section at the bottom from your word count. You are also required to use a minimum of four scholarly external sources references. Use proper APA guidelines, you only have to make reference to the author and year of publication in your in-text reference, but APA guidelines encourage you to also provide the page number. Failure to do so will result in an incomplete with 0 points for the question)1. Identify and describe at least three advantages of offering a piece-rate pay plan to the furniture builders at Metropolitan Furniture. (500 word minimum)2. Identify and describe at least three advantages of offering a team-based incentive pay plan. (500 word minimum)3. What do you think Sally should do? Explain your reasons for your recommendation. (500 word minimum)
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3 Read and Respond questions
Individual or Team Reward?
Jack Hopson has been making wood furniture for more than 10 years. He recently joined
Metropolitan Furniture and has some ideas for Sally Boston, the company’s CEO. Jack likes working
for Sally because she is very open to employee suggestions and is serious about making the
company a success. Metropolitan is currently paying Jack a competitive hourly pay rate for him to
build various designs of tables and chairs. However, Jack thinks that an incentive pay plan might
convince him and his coworkers to put forth more effort.
At Jack’s previous employer, a competing furniture maker, Jack was paid on a piece-rate pay plan.
The company paid Jack a designated payment for every chair or table that he completed. Jack felt
this plan provided him an incentive to work harder to build the furniture pieces. Sally likes Jack’s
idea; however, Sally is concerned about how such a plan would affect the employees’ need to work
together as a team.
While the workers at Metropolitan build most furniture pieces individually, they often need to pitch in
and work as a team. Each worker receives individual assignments, but as a delivery date
approaches for a preordered furniture set due to a customer, the workers must help each other
complete certain pieces of the set to ensure on-time delivery. A reputation for on-time delivery
differentiates Metropolitan from its competitors. Several companies that compete against
Metropolitan have a reputation of late deliveries, which gives Metropolitan a competitive edge.
Because their promise of on-time delivery is such a high priority, Sally is concerned that a piece-rate
pay plan may prevent employees from working together to complete furniture sets.
Sally agrees with Jack that an incentive pay plan would help boost productivity, but she thinks that a
team-based incentive pay plan may be a better approach. She has considered offering a teambased plan that provides a bonus payment when each set of furniture is completed in time for
scheduled delivery. However, after hearing from Jack about the success of the piece-rate pay plan
at his previous employer, she is unsure of which path to take.
(Minimum of 500 words for each question, this excludes the reference section at the
bottom from your word count. You are also required to use a minimum of four scholarly
external sources references. Use proper APA guidelines, you only have to make
reference to the author and year of publication in your in-text reference, but APA
guidelines encourage you to also provide the page number. Failure to do so will result in
an incomplete with 0 points for the question)
1. Identify and describe at least three advantages of offering a piece-rate pay plan to the
furniture builders at Metropolitan Furniture. (500 word minimum)
2. Identify and describe at least three advantages of offering a team-based incentive pay plan.
(500 word minimum)
3. What do you think Sally should do? Explain your reasons for your recommendation. (500
word minimum)
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