Comments on: Why target-based bonuses encourage cheating, and how to motivate instead http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2010/05/19/why-target-based-bonuses-encourage-cheating-and-how-to-motivate-instead-game-theory-study/ Articles on game theory and personal finance Tue, 22 May 2012 15:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: $10 if you guess who will be fired next – boss demonstrates how not to motivate employees - Mind Your Decisions http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2010/05/19/why-target-based-bonuses-encourage-cheating-and-how-to-motivate-instead-game-theory-study/comment-page-1/#comment-11945 $10 if you guess who will be fired next – boss demonstrates how not to motivate employees - Mind Your Decisions Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:05:58 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=2372#comment-11945 [...] proper ways to use incentives to motivate employees. I have written about how incentives can help improve productivity and even reduce employee [...] [...] proper ways to use incentives to motivate employees. I have written about how incentives can help improve productivity and even reduce employee [...]

]]> By: john http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2010/05/19/why-target-based-bonuses-encourage-cheating-and-how-to-motivate-instead-game-theory-study/comment-page-1/#comment-6598 john Fri, 21 May 2010 04:26:13 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=2372#comment-6598 great blog! This blog post is exactly the critical thinking I am looking for compared to garbage AP news. Your style reminds me a lot of Freakonomics. I think I would want to be under a the linear bonus model. great blog! This blog post is exactly the critical thinking I am looking for compared to garbage AP news. Your style reminds me a lot of Freakonomics. I think I would want to be under a the linear bonus model.

]]> By: Robert http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2010/05/19/why-target-based-bonuses-encourage-cheating-and-how-to-motivate-instead-game-theory-study/comment-page-1/#comment-6590 Robert Wed, 19 May 2010 16:28:36 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=2372#comment-6590 pick up a copy of Drive by Daniel Pink. It talks a lot about the science of monetary incentives. It seems that any bonus is usually going to decrease overall productivity. pick up a copy of Drive by Daniel Pink. It talks a lot about the science of monetary incentives. It seems that any bonus is usually going to decrease overall productivity.

]]> By: Shiny http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2010/05/19/why-target-based-bonuses-encourage-cheating-and-how-to-motivate-instead-game-theory-study/comment-page-1/#comment-6589 Shiny Wed, 19 May 2010 14:27:18 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=2372#comment-6589 I wonder if this is true in the education system. In continuous assessment environment where students are assessed through the academic period (rather than just a single examination), you may have fixed cut-off marks for grades (target-based) or relative grading (tournament). I wonder if this is true in the education system. In continuous assessment environment where students are assessed through the academic period (rather than just a single examination), you may have fixed cut-off marks for grades (target-based) or relative grading (tournament).

]]> By: JBB http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2010/05/19/why-target-based-bonuses-encourage-cheating-and-how-to-motivate-instead-game-theory-study/comment-page-1/#comment-6588 JBB Wed, 19 May 2010 09:48:19 +0000 http://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/?p=2372#comment-6588 I wish I had a good answer for this dilemma. I will say, it only gets worse when the rewards are non-monetary. When the (assumed) reward is, say, a promotion into a position which will (presumably) become vacant soon, the backstabbing is much, much worse. As Scott Adams of Dilbert fame says: All goals motivate weasel behavior. I wish I had a good answer for this dilemma. I will say, it only gets worse when the rewards are non-monetary. When the (assumed) reward is, say, a promotion into a position which will (presumably) become vacant soon, the backstabbing is much, much worse.

As Scott Adams of Dilbert fame says: All goals motivate weasel behavior.

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