Making incentive pay work

Want to pay for performance? Take a long-range view to avoid problems. Some incentive-pay plans are designed in a shortsighted manner by rewarding workers for the wrong efforts. A plan that pays bonuses to those who cut costs may appear sensible, but it can prove misguided. That’s because employees who are overeager to cut costs may lose sight of value-added services that could produce additional pockets of profit.

Like what you've read? ...Republish it and share great business tips!

Attention: Readers, Publishers, Editors, Bloggers, Media, Webmasters and more...

We believe great content should be read and passed around. After all, knowledge IS power. And good business can become great with the right information at their fingertips. If you'd like to share any of the insightful articles on BusinessManagementDaily.com, you may republish or syndicate it without charge.

The only thing we ask is that you keep the article exactly as it was written and formatted. You also need to include an attribution statement and link to the article.

" This information is proudly provided by Business Management Daily.com: http://www.businessmanagementdaily.com/8171/making-incentive-pay-work "