Paper 2 · Motivation
Under a profit-sharing scheme, employees are motivated because
Athey are paid the same amount every month
Bthey receive their payment before any work is done
Cthe scheme replaces the basic wage entirely
Dtheir reward rises with the outlet's own success
Explanation: Profit sharing aligns the worker's interest with the employer's: waste, poor service and lost custom now cost the worker directly. Its weakness is that any one person's effort has only a small effect on total profit, so the link between effort and reward is weaker than under commission.
Derived from ZIMSEC Business Enterprise Skills Paper 2, Specimen Paper, Q3