This document discusses different types of incentive compensation plans. It describes individual incentive plans like piece rates, commissions, bonuses, and merit pay that reward individual employee performance. Group incentive plans reward work teams or departments based on group output. Organizational incentive plans cover all employees, such as gain sharing plans that provide additional pay based on company performance, and profit sharing plans that distribute a portion of company profits. The document also briefly outlines incentive compensation components for executives.
2. What are incentives?
are rewards given to employees
performing beyond the standard
requirements.
Also referred to as variable pay
3. Factors to consider in establishing and
maintaining incentive systems
They must be tied to performance. Efforts and
rewards must be directly related to each other.
It must be fair and desirable.
They must be designed to cater to individuals
who have different needs. This means that
there must be a variety of incentives to make
sure that a certain type of incentive matches
the unique and particular needs of any
employee.
4. They must consider the specific
environment and limitations of the
organization.
They must be reviewed periodically to
find out if they are still effective.
Changes are necessary if the
incentive system is not encouraging
employees to perform as expected.
5. Types of Incentives
Individual incentive plan
Group incentive plan
Organizational incentive plan
6. INDIVIDUAL INCENTIVE PLANS
are those designed to motivate the
individual employees to perform beyond
standard requirements.
Requisite:
Individual contribution must be the
emphasis of the organization.
The job must be designed to allow the
individual employees to work
independently and with autonomy and
discretion.
7. Individual incentive plans may be
classified into the following:
1.Piece rate system
pays individual employees based on the
number of units produced by each. It is
either straight or differential.
Straight piece rate plan pays
employees a certain rate for each unit
produced.
Differential piece rate plan, two rates
are established: one for production within
standard and another one for production
above standard.
8. 2.Commissions
is a form of incentive usually paid to
sales employees. It is based on a
percentage of sales in units or pesos.
it is maybe paid using any of the two
arrangements:
straight commission the employee
receives as an incentive the total amount of
sales made times his rate.
A small salary plus a commission when
the employee exceeds the budgeted sales
goal.
9. 3.Bonuses
- an extra pay payment given to
employees for good performance.
4.Merit pay as individual pay
increases based on the rated
performance of individual employees
in a previous time period.
10. GROUP INCENTIVE PLANS
are those designed to reward work
teams, project members, or
departments. Instead of individual
output, the emphasis of group
incentive is on group output.
Teamwork is encouraged and poor
performers are under pressure from
other group members.
11. ORGANIZATIONAL INCENTIVE
PLANS
are rewards designed to cover all
employees in an organization.
Organization wide incentive plan
consist of gain sharing, profit sharing,
and employee stock ownership.
12. GAIN SHARING PLANS
these are company wide group
incentive plans that provide additional
pay to employees based on group
performance.
the objective of this is to motivate the
employees to increase production or
reduce costs.
13. PROFIT SHARING PLANS - are
those that reward employees using
the profits of the enterprise as basis.
Just like gain sharing plans, groups
rather than individuals are rewarded.
14. Profit sharing plans may be distinguished
according to how they are distributed:
1. Deferred plans where the individuals
shares in the profits are distributed at
retirement.
2. Distribution plans where the individuals
shares in the profits are distributed after
profits are declared.
3. Combination plans where part of the
shares in the profits are distributed at
retirement and the remainder as soon as
the profits are declared.
15. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP
PLAN offer company stocks as an
incentive to employees for good
performance.
16. INCENTIVES FOR PROFESSIONALS
INCENTIVES FOR EXECUTIVES
the ability of executives to influence
employees to perform provides
sufficient reason to consider carefully
the kinds of incentives they deserve.
The following are the basic
components of executive
compensation:
17. 1. base salary the compensation paid
to executives for the simple reason that
they are holding on to their jobs.
2. short term incentives or bonuses
when achieving short term goals
3. long term incentives or stock plans
the executive is required by the
company to own some shares of stocks
4. perquisites special benefits given to
executives. Also referred to as perks.