Question 1
Which of the following statements regarding incentive systems is
false?
◦ Profit-sharing systems provide some part of the profit for distribution to employees.
◦ Bonuses are often used at the executive levels.
◦ About half of all American manufacturing firms use productivity incentives.
◦ Increasing use of cross-training has led to increasing use of knowledge-based pay systems.
◦ The Scanlon plan is based on team productivity.
Question 2
Ergonomics is
not concerned with
◦ the design of functional and comfortable office furniture.
◦ adequate compensation schemes.
◦ adjusting and providing input to the machine.
◦ feedback (providing information to the operator).
◦ levels of illumination, noise, temperature, and humidity.
