How do rewards influence manager actions?
manufacturer, was losing money and was very close to bankruptcy. Management
believed that one of the problems was low productivity and as a result, asked
middle managers to speed up the production. The employees who made the
motorcycles were told that the priority was to get the motorcycles made and
shipped on schedule, which was usually very tight. Middle managers were judged
by their ability to meet shipment schedules.
a. What is the rationale that would lead to a desire to
speed production in the face of increasing costs and declining productivity?
b. What type of behavior do you this performance measurement
system would create in the sense of the priorities that middle management would
establish for the production process?
c. What type of problems would this performance measurement
system create?
d. How, if at all, would you modify this system?





