Zespołowe stymulowanie wzrostu wydajności pracy. System „Improshare''

Abstract

Stimulating productivity through the participation of employees in gains resulting from its increase makes it necessary to distinguish between two levels of productivity: the acceptable level and the stimulated level. A prerequisite for the implementation of such motivation systems is the prior attainment of the first of the mentioned levels. Such systems may be divided into two groups. To the first one belong the systems in which a key role is played by the normative share of labour costs in the value of production (Scanlon Plan, Rucker's system). To the second group belong the systems based on the norms setting the time- -standards for manufacturing particular products. In the latter systems the effects of increased productivity are calculated in terms of number of man-hours saved. To these systems belongs the "Improshare" system, to whose presentation the author devotes the main part of his article. This system is characterized by the predetermined ceilings of the awarded increase of productivity and by buying out labour norms by virtue of an agreement concluded between management and personnel if productivity permanently exceeds this level.