During the Napoleonic wars some 200 years ago, one of the most decisive victories in the war came when Lord Horatio Nelson of the British Royal Navy soundly trounced the French and Spanish fleets off the coast of Spain, securing British domination of the seas for the next century. One wouldn’t know that by watching the “reenactment” of the battle.
Bob Nelson on Recognition: Why Managers Dont Recognize Their Employees
Although the concept of positive reinforcement and the related principle that you get what you reward are well-founded in the psychology literature, the effective use of positive reinforcement by practicing managers is uneven and often totally lacking in day-to-day business operations. My Ph.D. study explored the conditions that enable or inhibit the use by managers of non-monetary recognition (NMR).
The Study