Reward and punishment are subcategories of operant conditioning. Rewards are meant to reinforce and increase behavior‚ while punishments decrease behavior. For example‚ if you want to potty train your dog‚ you would reward the dog every time it goes outside to pee by giving them a treat or petting them. On the other hand‚ if your dog pees indoors on the carpet‚ you would punish it by yelling or spanking them. Eventually‚ you will decrease the amount of reward little by little (by only feeding the
Premium Prison Punishment Reinforcement
Organizational Behavior Using rewards and punishments in a workplace to increase employee performance. 1. Punishment: For example‚ docking an employee one hour of pay for being 15 minutes late to work is punishment. From my point of view‚ a manager needs to understand what each concept is and how it applies to a situation. Then he can act according to the case. For reasons such as abuse‚ violence‚ harassment and theft‚ I think that the manager should use a punishment like a suspension or a termination
Premium Psychology Employment Punishment
Rewards Companies reward their employees with both tangible goods‚ as well as praise. For example‚ a sales department may offer a monthly bonus to the highest earner. Not all tangible rewards come in the form of money. Some companies host free lunches‚ or give away company gear to good workers. Many managers choose to reward their best employees by simply praising them for a job well done‚ or by recognizing the hard work they put in to a project. Workplace reward systems are incentive programs that
Premium Management Motivation Leadership
Gold stars‚ best-student awards and other reward-focused incentive systems have long been part of the currency of schools throughout the world. Typically intended to motivate or reinforce student learning‚ such techniques have been widely used and advocated by educators everywhere. In his speech during Singapore’s National Day Rally 2007‚ Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong stated that there will be a launch of two initiatives in secondary schools‚ namely the Malay Special Programme (MSP)
Premium Motivation
3) Should rewards and punishments be used to motivate students’ learning? I believe that rewards and punishments do play a key part in sustaining children’s interest and motivation to learn. However‚ I feel there are other key factors and methods that could be used to greater effect and am inclined to disagree with the question at hand. a) There are many educational theories on the topic of motivation but I believe the Self-Determination and Self-Efficacy theories cover some key aspects that
Premium Motivation Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Department of Management and Human Resources The Impact of Recognition on Employee Performance: Theory‚ Research and Practice Introduction Although money receives the most attention as a reinforcer and incentive motivator‚ and is even equated with reward systems by practicing managers‚ there is increasing evidence that contingently administered recognition can be a powerful reinforcer to increase employee performance. The purpose of this paper is to provide reinforcement and social cognitive theoretical
Premium Social cognitive theory Reinforcement Psychology
Extrinsic rewards are the tangible rewards given employees by managers‚ such as pay raises‚ bonuses‚ and benefits. They are called extrinsic because they are external to the work itself and other people control their size and whether or not they are granted. In contrast‚ intrinsic rewards are psychological rewards that employees get from doing meaningful work and performing it well. Extrinsic motivation is when we are motivated to perform a behavior or engage in an activity in order to earn a reward
Premium Motivation
Andrew Blackwell B.A. Philosophy & Economics‚ 3d Year 19F Westbourne Terrace London W2 3UN Class C Introduction In recent years‚ much economic theory and research has looked at the phenomena of wage rigidity and involuntary unemployment1‚ and within the domain of labour economics much attention has been devoted to the phenomenon of inter-industry wage differentials. Many theories have sprung up to explain these phenomena‚ and one of these‚ Efficiency Wage Theory‚ has attempted to shed light on
Premium Economics Employment Wage
REWARD SYSTEM One of important attributes of work organization is the ability to give reward to their members. Pay‚ promotions‚ fringe benefits‚ and status symbols are perhaps the most important rewards. Because these rewards are important‚ the ways they are distributed have a profound effect on the quality of work life as well as on the effectiveness of organization. Organization typically rely on reward system to do four things : 1. Motivate employees to perform effectively. 2. Motivate
Premium Motivation
und Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften Lehrstuhl für Psychologie‚ insb. Wirtschafts- und Sozialpsychologie (Prof. Dr. Klaus Moser) Relationships between Leader Reward and Punishment Behaviour and Group Processes and Productivity Date: 14-7-2011 Team Management (SS 2011) Course: RUW 33701 Theory paper Lecturer: Study year: 1st Study major: International Business Studies Area of study: IBS (Erasmus) Student
Premium Psychology Kurt Lewin