A formative evaluation of the gainsharing system of a small, public-sector, research & development organization

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dc.contributor.authorOsmond, Roberten
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:28:03Zen
dc.date.adate2009-01-31en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:28:03Zen
dc.date.issued1995en
dc.date.rdate2009-01-31en
dc.date.sdate2009-01-31en
dc.description.abstractGainsharing plans have been in existence since the late 1930s when the Scanlon Plan was implemented by Joseph Scanlon at the Empire Steel and Tin Plate Company of Cleveland. Since that first implementation, gainsharing has spread to encompass 15% of American corporations with over 500 employees (N.Y.S.E., 1982 cited in Gowen, 1990). Changemasters, Inc. (CMD) is a small, public-sector, research and development organization. CMI has had a gainsharing system in place since 1987. Over the years CMI's gainsharing system has been altered and modified to incorporate the experiential learnings in the areas of motivation, compensation management, and gainsharing. This study documented the evolution of CMI's gainsharing system and evaluated it to determine whether or not it was meeting the desired goals of the program. The study found the CMI gainsharing plan to be effective at fostering organizational profitability/budgetability, employee retention, quality of work life, morale, information sharing, and organizational reward sharing. Recommendations aimed at enhancing CMI's gainsharing system were also presented.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvii, 185 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01312009-063231en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01312009-063231/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/40839en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1995.O866.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 34424756en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectrewardsen
dc.subjectincentivesen
dc.subjectwhite collaren
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1995.O866en
dc.titleA formative evaluation of the gainsharing system of a small, public-sector, research & development organizationen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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