1. How can managers use the various motivation theories you learned in this chapter to ensure that all employees do their best and work hard toward company goals?
2. How can technology make a manufacturing assembly task more motivating? How might it make the task less motivating? What theories from this chapter did you use in crafting your answer?
3. What can a manager do to increase employees perceptions of instrumentality?
4. Can you think of any behavior at work that a person might engage in that is not rewarded in some way?
5. What are some advantages of using alternative rewards? What are some disadvantages?
6. How can pay for performance both support and undermine an organizations goals for ethical employee behavior?