© The Journal Contemporary Management Research 2010‚ Vol.4‚ No. 2 THE INFLUENCE OF CHILDREN ON FAMILY PURCHASING DECISIONS IN OTA‚ NIGERIA S. T. Akinyele* Abstract Children constitute an important target market segment and merit attention from a marketing perspective. The role that children play in making decisions concerning the entire family unit has prompted researchers to direct attention to the study of influence of children. This research focuses on the influence of children on family
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(2001) DOI: 10.1002/smj.170 STRATEGIC REWARD SYSTEMS: A CONTINGENCY MODEL OF PAY SYSTEM DESIGN BRIAN K. BOYD1 and ALAIN SALAMIN2 * 1 2 College of Business‚ Arizona State University‚ Tempe‚ Arizona‚ U.S.A. Ecole des HEC‚ University of Lausanne‚ Lausanne-Dorigny‚ Switzerland‚ and Compensation Development‚ Firmenich SA‚ Meyrin‚ Switzerland A limited number of studies have addressed the idea of ‘strategic’ reward systems—the matching of compensation systems to a firm’s strategy. Prior research on
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Real and Imagined Differences in Respect/Reward Systems As employees we have all felt the differences between respect amongst our co-workers. This can be real or imagined but nearly all of us‚ at some time‚ have felt this emotion. This mostly occurs when management puts forth an heir of self-importance or simply treats its employees indifferently(Pierce & Newstrom‚ 2011‚ p. 118). This benign treatment of employees lowers morale‚ causes poor work performance‚ and can cause internal strife within
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Designing A Reward System That Works In any type of business reward systems offer employees the incentive to more effectively and efficiently perform. Whether the rewards are financial‚ material‚ recognition based‚ or just beneficial they are important in helping to motivate employees in performing better and going above and beyond the minimum requirements. There are nine major factors that motivate employees to perform better. These nine factors are: “Respect for employee as a person; good pay;
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Chapter 8: Reward Management I. DEFINITIONS Wages • A wage is the payment made to manual workers and is usually expressed as a rate per hour. • In Hong Kong‚ “wage’‚ nowadays known as “Relevant Income”‚ includes all remuneration‚ allowances‚ tips‚ overtime pay‚ hardship‚ per-diem allowance‚ etc. capable of being expressed in terms of money‚ payable to an employee in respect of work done. Salaries • A salary is a fixed periodical payment to a non-manual employee.
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SUMMARY ON STRATEGIC REWARD MANAGEMENT – SYMBOLISM AND REWARDS There are numerous examples of organizations that‚ wary of the ways in which extrinsic rewards can focus employee attention to the exclusion of other considerations. Similarly‚ how‚ and for what‚ peoples are rewarded within the organization sends strong symbolic messages. Organizations‚ which recognize this‚ can use the reward system to signal strategic or cultural changes. One distinctive element of the teamwork philosophy was the
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ap=1&id=1971‚ retrieved on 8th Oct 2007). There is a wide variety of methods available for motivating sales staff‚ from recognising employees ’ achievements by simply saying ’thank you ’ to more complex schemes which combine set targets with fixed rewards. Linking sales with commission in such a way can therefore assist organizational success. Staff training and incentive solutions play a vital part in increasing staff knowledge and motivation and in improving staff retention and operational quality
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Assignment #1 – Total Rewards Dr. David Fontaine‚ SPHR Total Rewards HRM 533 July 17‚ 2011 1. Describe each of the top (5) advantages of a total rewards approach. Years ago‚ society adapted a one size fits all approach when it came to total rewards. Total rewards had been designed to accommodate a wide range of people; it was generic and did not consist of any personalization or flexibility. As the twenty first century emerged
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REWARDS OR PUNISHMENT REWARDS OR PUNISHMENT KATINA WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX JEROME BARTLEY PSYCH/538 Rewards or Punishment Children learn most of their behaviors by associating them with consequences. If a young child wants something form their parents they usually cry to get it and sometimes the parent will give in and give the child what he or she is crying for. I am against this because this is rewarding the child for their bad behavior. Why give the child a pleasurable experience
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BACKGROUND ON REWARD SYSTEM 13 2.1. The concept of reward system 13 2.2. The supporting components 14 2.2.1. Business Strategy 14 2.2.2. Reward strategy 14 2.3. The elements of reward system 16 2.3.1. Financial Reward 16 2.3.1.1. Base Pay 16 2.3.1.2. Variable Pay 17 2.3.1.3. Employee benefits 20 2.3.2. Non financial reward 22 2.4. The aims of reward system 28 2.5. Factors to assess the reward system 29 CHAPTER 3: CURRENT REWARD SYSTEM AT VID PUBLIC
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