Bringing Out the Best in People: How to Apply the Astonishing Power of Positive Reinforcement - Hardcover

Daniels, Aubrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070153582 ISBN 13: 9780070153585

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1994

Synopsis

Organizational psychologist Aubrey C. Daniels explains in this guide, the key to managing effectively has always remained the same: "Create positive consequences for workers when they exhibit actions and behaviours you wish to increase, and undesirable consequences for the behaviours you wish to decrease." That's what "Bringing Out the Best in People" can help every manager to do. Revealing the scientifically proven staying power of positive reinforcement, Dr. Daniels shows executives at every level how to use his tested performance management system to: define reinforcers that work and tailor them to meet individual employees' needs; set fair performance measurement standards and implement and maintain them with minimal cost and effort; provide constant feedback and reinforcement - so employees always know exactly how to improve performance and when they've achieved it Simply by discovering what reinforces each person, Dr. Daniels makes clear that any organization can attain the kind of individual performance that adds up to great organizational performance. And he demonstrates how to build effective reinforcers into compensation and incentive packages, work rules, performance appraisals, and other in-place business mechanisms. Backed by performance management case studies at 3M, Xerox, Conagra, and other major firms, "Bringing Out the Best in People" gives managers more than the tools to permanently revitalize productivity. It shows them how to transform their employees' work into something they're ready, willing and eager to do.

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Review:

This is an excellent book with good ideas that can make a real difference -- Marketing, January 2, 2003

From the Back Cover:

A powerfully positive system for gaining maximum performance from every employee.

What motivates people? What encourages employees to work to their fullest potential, not just for a short while but for the long haul? Many managerial fads promising quick fixes have come and gone, but none have approached the success experienced by organizations that have employed Aubrey Daniel's groundbreaking motivational methods. Bringing Out the Best in People, New & Updated Edition, provides the latest and best motivational methods currently in use at such major companies as Xerox, 3M, and Kodak. Applying scientifically based behavioral stimuli to the workplace while making it fun at the same time, author on performance, Aubrey Daniels, describes practical, precise, data-oriented methods to help you implement a management system that will maximize the long-term performance of every aspect of your company.

All-new material shows you how to:

Create effective recognition and rewards systems in line with what today's employees want;Stimulate innovation and creativity in new and exciting ways; Overcome problems associated with poorly educated workforce.

Here, you'll learn the secrets of:
Finding reinforces that work - and tailoring them to meet individual employees' needs.Setting fair performance measurement standards - and implementing them with minimal cost and effort.Providing continual feedback - so employees always know exactly how to improve performance...and when they've achieved it. And much more!

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0070153582
• ISBN 13: 9780070153585
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208