Organizational Behavior

What Type of Reinforcement is Steve using? State and explain. What is the result of this type of reinforcement? Steve uses the positive reinforcement, which means a reward or other desirable consequence that follows behavior. Providing positive reinforcement after a particular behavior motivates employees to maintain or increase the frequency of that behavior. Steve wants Leon to keep ahead of the elevator and told Leon that “every time you got a shipment weighted before the next elevator load I will let you take a few minutes to go down to the canteen.” The behavior is Leon got a shipment weighted before the next elevator load, the reward is Steve let Leon to take a few minutes to go down to the canteen. And the result of this reinforcement is that Leon was pushing the final roll from the last elevator load out to the dock and next elevator load hadn’t arrived yet. Steve let Leon to the canteen. Over next couple of weeks Leon was always caught up when the first shift took over.

What Type of Reinforcement is Ray suggesting when viewed from Leon’s perspective? Explain. What is the result of this type of reinforcement? Extinction reinforcement is Ray suggesting when viewed from Leon’s perspective. Extinction decreases the frequency of the behavior, especially behavior that was previously rewarded. If rewards are withdrawn for behaviors that were previously reinforced, the behaviors will probably become less frequent and eventually die out. When Leon got a shipment weighted before the next elevator load, the reward is Steve let Leon to take a few minutes to go down to the canteen Ray withdraws the reward from Leon’s so that is the reinforcement. And the result of this reinforcement is that Leon is still slow and keep busy but never could stay ahead of the elevator.

What is Steve concerned with and what is Ray concerned with in terms of how they want to deal with Leon? Steve concerned that Leon never stays ahead of the elevator. As the night went on, the...