1. What is an advantage of having employees participate in decisions about incentive pay plans?

A. Employees can make the process of creating these plans more complex.

B. Employees know what kinds of behavior can help the organization perform well.

C. Employee participation simplifies plan administration.

D. Employees won’t see whether coworkers are displaying the desired behaviors.

E. Employee participation spares the organization from the work of creating a spirit of trust.

2. Courtney is the human resource manager at Automation Specialists. The company’s executives want to give employees an ownership stake in the company, so employees will think more like owners, focusing on how they contribute to the organization’s success. What kind of pay system could Courtney suggest that would best support the desired attitude at all levels of the organization?

A. stock options for executives

B. an employee stock ownership plan

C. a profit-sharing plan

D. the Scanlon plan

E. balanced scorecards