Gainsharing and Employee Involvement

by Graham-Moore, Brian; Ross, Timothy L.; Ross, Ruth Ann

• ISBN13: 9780871798756
• ISBN10: 0871798751
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-09-01
• Publisher: Bna Books

Summary

You can improve competitiveness, productivity, labor relations, customer service, and more -- with a program that rewards employees for your organization's success.

In this expanded edition of the successful book Gainsharing: Plans for Improving Performance, the authors show you why gainsharing works -- and how you can build an effective gainsharing program.

You get guidance on several types of alternative compensation strategies including participative management, pay-for-performance, and contingent/variable compensation. The authors share:
-- insights on gainsharing -- and its use with employee involvement programs
-- strategies for improving quality and customer service
-- coverage of special issues in the public, not-for-profit, and service sectors
-- formulas for a reward structure that will further your organization's goals
-- common pitfalls -- and how to make your program successful in the long term
-- examples of gainsharing organizations -- including a 19-year case study -- with statistics on their performance
-- a glossary o

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Understanding Gainsharing	p. 3
Review of the Literature	p. 15
Employee Involvement - The Key Link to Successful Long-Run Gainsharing	p. 45
Formulas for Developing a Reward Structure to Further Organizational Goals	p. 55
Solving Some of the Measurement Issues	p. 84
Why Employment Involvement Gainsharing Works and Sometimes Doesn't	p. 106
Making Productivity Programs Last	p. 121
Nineteen Years of Experience with the Scanlon Plan: Southwest Corp	p. 138
Gainsharing in Nonprofit and Public Sector Organizations	p. 161
Gainsharing and Unions: Current Trends	p. 179
Integrating Quality and Customer Service into Gainsharing Calculations and a Case Study	p. 192
Managerial Perceptions of Employee Involvement Gainsharing: A Case Study and Survey	p. 202
Some Education Recommendations for Successful Employee Involvement	p. 213
Gainsharing Application in the Service Sector	p. 221
Attitude Change Versus Performance Improvement: One Look at the Long-Term Results	p. 230
Gainsharing and the Future	p. 240
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