Ramona\'s Renos Team compensation often presents a dilemma for management. If a
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Ramona's Renos
Team compensation often presents a dilemma for management. If a team has high outcome interdependence, high performing members may experience reduced motivation.This is especially a problem for firms who rely heavily on team cooperation in order to complete work tasks.One solution is member compensation based both on individual and on team performance.
In this exercise, please read the mini-case and answer the questions that follow.
Ramona's renovation (“reno”) business specializes in transforming basements into top-of-the-line family entertainment rooms. Employees are organized into teams for each project. Members of each project team are compensated equally based on the entire renovation being completed on schedule, to a high standard of quality, and at planned costs.
Recently, Ramona has heard many complaints from her top performers. For example, Grant consistently stays late on job sites to make up for time lost during the day, even when his coworkers go home. Casey said that his tiling skills are far superior to others in the company, so he lays twice as much tile as a coworker would in the same amount of time. Many times, he ends up waiting for others to finish so everyone can move to the next phase. Juan was upset by some team members' attitudes because he is committed to completing the project on time, while they seem to be only there to socialize and have a good time.
After hiring a consultant to assess the situation, Ramona is considering implementing a system in which individuals are rewarded for outstanding contributions, judged by her job site visits and project manager reports, combined with the group rewards already in place. She is hoping the combined rewards will help her keep the high performers happy while still emphasizing the team goals to complete the project.
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value:
2.50 points
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3a. Ramona's plans to implement a combination of team ...
Ramona's plans to implement a combination of team rewards and individual rewards will create
a) hybrid outcome independence.
b) task outcome interdependence.
c) goal outcome interdependence.
d) hybrid outcome interdependence.
e) task outcome independence.
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Multiple Choice3a. Ramona's plans to implement a combination of team ...
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2.50 points
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3b. Casey's comments about having to wait ...
a) Casey's comments about having to wait for others to finish before the next phase of work suggest what type of task interdependence?
b) Comprehensive
C)Reciprocal
d) Hybrid
e) Sequential
f) Pooled
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Multiple Choice3b. Casey's comments about having to wait ...
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value:
2.50 points
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3c. Juan's goal is to complete the project...
a) Juan's goal is to complete the project on time, while others seem to have different goals to socialize. This reflects low
b) task independence.
c) goal interdependence.
d) task interdependence.
e) hybrid independence.
f) goal independence.
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Multiple Choice3c. Juan's goal is to complete the project...
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value:
2.50 points
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3d. Ramona considered whether the wasted time%u2026
Ramona considered whether the wasted time waiting for other workers could be reduced by creating pairs of specialized workers at similar ability within the larger team. This is what type of task interdependence?
a) Hybrid
b) Comprehensive
c) Pooled
d) Sequential
e Reciprocal
Explanation / Answer
1. The correct option is d. hybrid outcome interdependence
2. The correct option is e) Sequential
3. The correct option is f. goal interdependence
4. The correct option is e. Reciprocal.
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