Some think the best way to motivate and encourage people to work hard is to pay them based on how much they produce and sell. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

Motivating and encouraging employees are some of the responsibilities of a manager to increase their

performance

.

However

, I strongly disagree that basing their salaries on their rates of

production

and sales would the most effective method.

To begin

with, the

performance

in many cases cannot simply be quantified in terms of sales or

production

. A teacher’s job,

for example

, is to teach classes, access homework and provide students with feedback, none of which involves producing or selling any goods. In

this

case, it is the

performance

of her students and their levels of satisfaction with aspects of her

performance

,

such

as rapport or punctuality that decide how successful he has been.

Furthermore

, the

performance

of many workers is greatly affected by external factors beyond their control. The state of the economy, unexpected political developments and extreme weather conditions can all have significant impacts on how much a worker can sell or produce. A hurricane,

for instance

, can easily devastate a farm and all its produce without its workers being responsible for any of the damages. Basing wages on sales or

production

rates would actually does not motivate workers in

such

cases.

Moreover

, some may argue that it is difficult to access anything other than a worker’s output, making any other form of appraisal less effective.

Although

, managers these days have tools

such

as questionnaires and customer relations management platforms that allow them to form a relatively clear picture of a worker’s overall

performance

. In conclusion, I think deciding how much an employee should earn based solely on their sales and

production

figures would both impossible and unfair in most, if not all, cases.

Instead

, employers should look at a more diverse set of

performance

indicators including customer satisfaction and punctuality.