INTRODUCTION
In today's business world, employee recognition is one of the most important concepts to ensure the success of almost any corporation. However, they way it is implemented and its specific successes depend on the company and how they go actually pursue employee recognition. Each company has a unique attitude or vision toward employee recognition, making their program a one-of-a kind plan. It is a statement of a mission, vision, and also values. A lot of companies are starting to make up their own programs. Recognition is basically a huge part of the meaning of the word "purpose".
Mark Twain even once said, "I can live for two months on a good compliment". Most employers recognize that employees need to know what kinds of behaviors are expected by the overall culture of the organization that they belong to.
In this report we want to show how employee recognition is seen by the educational business world, how it is put into use by the actual businesses, by comparing and contrasting information between some corporate examples, and the theories behind how they are supposed to be implementing this concept. You will see many contrasting ideas between companies and even a lot or correlation of plans to implement as well.
THEORY
The theory behind employee recognition is directly based on the Reinforcement Theory, which says that reinforcement conditions behavior. The thought that, "you can get anyone to do anything if you administer the right consequences" (Rozell), is the thought closely related to what is behind to what really brought employee recognition about. Education, communication, and encouragement are supports of employee recognition and support the Reinforcement Theory. This concept of rewarding an employee's ...