Duckworth Industries – Incentive Compensation Programs Case
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Duckworth Industries - Incentive Compensation Programs Case In the current case, Team A examines Duckworth Industries, Inc. - an industrial manufacturer - in order to evaluate its current and proposed incentive compensation programs. Analysis and recommendations follow. Duckworth Industries, Inc., has several incentive compensation programs for different levels of employees, each designed to address different problems or productivity issues. For plant-level employees, Duckworth has an attendance bonus program to reduce tardiness. For employees up to the shift supervisory level, Duckworth has a quality incentive plan to reward those who ensure high quality in their products and services. Duckworth also has a profit-sharing plan for all employees. Profit sharing rewards employees for increasing the company's profitability. Duckworth offers individual incentive plans for all sales and supervisory personnel to improve accuracy, turnaround time, and sales growth. The annual incentive compensation plan is reserved for senior managers, some of which also participate...

