marketing

Jo Smith
MBA 515-Management
Dr. Little
December 4, 2003

“Motivating Employees”

Businesses and organizations are increasingly implementing new and innovative incentive programs in order to motivate employees, increase productivity, and reduce absenteeism. One such company is International Paper (IP), a liquid packaging firm that manufactures juice and dairy cartons, located in Plant City, Florida. According to Sandy Smith (2002), International Paper has recently begun using rewards and recognition programs in order to motivate its employees to pay greater attention to safety practices. Age-old trends of rewarding employees based on accident statistics are a thing of the past, according to Smith (2002). Instead, IP is looking for ways to motivate its employees to improve safety practices at the plant.
According to Seth Marshall, President of Safety Pays Inc, “The point of motivational programs is to make the work force pay attention to the safety infrastruct...