Word: rewards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...labored under the Germans: "A Frenchman abroad should be his country's advocate rather than a witness for the prosecution." He had the temerity to criticize the Gaullists: "Because this group is taking part in the fight outside France and constitutes a normal 'foreign legion,' it claims the reward of ruling the France of tomorrow. It's absurd. The essential characteristic of sacrifice is that it claims no rights." In his politics as well as his piloting, Saint-Exupery proved an inveterate soloist...
...subordinate performs, a manager can now simply look into a worker's computer dossier and immediately see, for instance, an exact record of how many letters a week a secretary has been handling on her word processor. The manager can compare one worker objectively with all the others, then reward the speedy ones and warn the laggards. Not all employees find the surveillance oppressive. In fact many, particularly the hardest workers, prefer the new evaluative technique because they see it as a matter-of-fact measurement of their output as opposed to a boss's personal opinion. Says R. Douglas...
...People flights and of travelers stranded for hours in Newark, Denver or San Francisco. Chairman Burr protests that "we're as professional as any airline out there," but the stories have evidently hurt. One People way of fighting back: a two-month-old frequent-flyer program known as Travel Reward, which awards free flights to steady customers in the same manner as standard airlines...
Harvard fundraisers probably won't be seen passing the hat at September's 350th celebration, but judging by the alumni the University chose to invite as class representatives, attendance at the event is in part a reward for past giving and service to the alma mater--with the implicit hope that such generosity continues after the big party...
During four years of paper writing, I have usually found that extra effort is rarely rewarded. Quickly tossed off five-and 10-pagers often receive better grades than complex examinations of issues; this is in large part due to the fact that section leaders rarely can be bothered to read through subtle and complex essays. Exams are usually designed to reward students who can regurgitate facts and buzzwords; a professor last month told section leaders only to give points for "concepts" and "facts" mentioned by him in lecture...