Hrm/531 Week 4

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Part A: The professor was driving to work one day, and another driver ran a red light, then hitting him. After this incident, whether the situation was harmless or not does not matter; as we saw with Watson's study, with little Albert and the white rat/rabbit. (Reference: Watson exposed a child to a series of stimuli with a white rat and a rabbit, then observing the child's reactions. The child initially showed no fear response on either animal. The next time Albert was exposed to the white rat, Watson made a loud noise by hitting a metal pipe with a hammer. The child began to cry after hearing the loud noise. After repeatedly pairing the white rat with the loud noise, Albert began to cry simply after seeing the rat.) And just like little …show more content…

Thorndike's law of effect states that a response followed by pleasurable consequences are more likely repeated. And oppositely, a negative consequence would result in the person less likely to repeat the action. With this in mind, we can optimize the factories payment plan resulting in better and more efficient productivity. I will be discussing three payment options, two new plans, and the current factory plan. Within these plans I will be discussing why the two new plans are more optimal for factory productivity, and how the current plan can be improved. For our new payment plans let's try to conceive some numbers to explain this further and in more detail. Overview: Payment plan A: Completion of 50 IPODs every 2 weeks, (25 IPODs per/week). Payment plan B: Completion of 85 IPODs every 3 weeks, (28+- IPODs per/week). Payment plan C: Current plan example, 40 IPODs every 2 weeks (20 IPODs per/week). The average worker will produce 20 IPODs a week. However, if they were to work more efficiently and have some positive incentive behind them, these workers could produce 25 IPODs a week, with very little changes. So, on average, a regular worker will produce 40 IPODs every 2 weeks, but if they were to work a bit more efficiently they could produce 50 IPODs within these same 2

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