Question

Consider an apple orchard owner deciding how to incentivize his fruit pickers to get them to pick more apples he should: a. ​To pay the pickers an hourly rate plus a bonus b. ​To pay the pickers an hourly rate c. ​To pay the pickers per pound of apples picked d. ​To not pay the pickers

Answer 1

Answer:

c. ​To pay the pickers per pound of apples picked

Explanation:

In an hourly rate, employees will be paid based on the time that they spend on the job. The productivity of the employees will not be a factor in their payment. As long as they spend equal amount of time in the workplace, they will be paid the same. This will provide the employees with no incentive to be more productive.

An incentive will be created if the employees are paid according to their workload. Meaning that the more productive they are, the higher the payment that they will receive. In this particular case This will make the employees will become motivated to pick as much apple as possible.