| motivation | reason why employees work hard and effectively for the business |
| wage | payment for work, usually paid weekly |
| salary | payment for work usually paid monthly |
| commission | payment relating to the number of sales made |
| profit sharing | system whereby a proportion of the company's profits is paid out to employees |
| bouns | additional amount of pay above the basic pay as a reward for good work |
| performance related pay | pay related to the effectiveness of the employee where their out put can easily be measured |
| share ownership | shares in the company are given to the employees so that they become part owners in the company |
| appraisal | method of assessing the effectiveness of an employee |
| job satisfaction | enjoyment from feeling that you have done a good job |
| fringe benefits | non-financial rewards given to employees |
| job rotation | involves each worker doing a specific task for a limited time until they have to rotate to do a different task |
| job enlargement | extra tasks to a similar level of work are added to a worker's job description |
| job enrichment | looking at jobs and adding tasks that require more skill and/or responsibillity |
