Recognition programmes 'should encourage collaboration'

Date: 05/03/2009

Recognition programmes must not simply focus on individual accomplishments but also reward teamwork and collaboration, businesses are being advised.

A scheme that recognises and rewards working together can reinforce a culture of cooperation, explains Harvard Management Update.

It suggests that incentives and recognition highlight the philosophy that performance is increased when people collaborate.

To assess how a recognition scheme encourages teamwork, the news provider suggests firms look at how it encourages staff to learn from one another, what follow-up action is taken and the proportion of reward and recognition given for individual and team efforts.

It says of recognition schemes: "They can turn the ideal of productive and creative collaboration into a reality".

Earlier this week, one businessman told Smart Business Philadelphia that recognition schemes should be central in the workplace.

Steve O'Kane said communication is the first requirement in motivating employees. ADNFCR-2060-ID-19059719-ADNFCR