By Bob Normand - Want to provide incentives related to better employee performance? Here are some tips to help you design an effective incentive plan. ^new (Added: 20-Jul-2007 Hits: 134 )

By Bob Normand - Incentive plans should not result in arbitrary distributions of money casually decided upon by senior management. Instead, a good incentive plan must be quantified, must be a predictable result to the employee and must be directly related to measurable performance beyond the norm. This differentiates incentive plans from savings or retirement plans. ^new (Added: 30-Jul-2007 Hits: 64 )

By Joel Spolsky - A view that hoping to improve performance via incentive pay is at least sometimes, not a good idea. ^new (Added: 11-Jul-2007 Hits: 87 )

By Janet Wiscombe - Put away your cash. Whether it's productivity, safety, or another business result, public praise and non-cash rewards are strong motivators. ^new (Added: 28-Jun-2006 Hits: 319 )

By Joel Spolsky - Most software managers have no choice but to go along with performance review systems that are already in place. If you're in this position, the only way to prevent teamicide is to simply give everyone on your team a gushing review. But if you do have any choice in the matter, I'd recommend that you run fleeing from any kind of performance review, incentive bonus, or stupid corporate employee-of-the-month program. (Added: 27-Jul-2005 Hits: 427 )

By Christina Morfeld - This article explains fundamental concepts related to stock options. (Added: 14-Sep-2002 Hits: 342 )

By NA - Performance appraisal has been one of the most debated management practices for several decades. It has generated a wide variety of viewpoints. Here I will concentrate, due to paucity of time and space, on appraisal objectives and its linkages with pay and rewards. (Added: 24-Apr-2003 Hits: 1262 )