Answer to Question #186439 in Management for mischelle

Question

How can reinforcement be administered effectively?

Answer 1

Positive reinforcement is a management tool to reward desirable outcomes from your employees. Providing some kind of reward to reinforce a good outcome creates incentives to repeat the outcome in future. Managers have a lot of tools at their disposal to provide positive reinforcement. They include; increased authority on job, excellent performance rating, participation in high-level discussions among others.