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What are some advantages of offering a piece-rate pay plan to the furniture builders at Metropolitan furniture? Explain why?

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What are some advantages of offering a piece-rate pay plan to the furniture builders at Metropolitan furniture? Explain why?

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1. What are some advantages of offering a piece-rate pay plan to the furniture builders at Metropolitan furniture? Explain why?

The issue in this case is that the individual work makes up more of the employees time than the team-based work. If the team-based work was the majority of the work performed, the team-based incentive pay plan would be an ideal choice. Because the majority of the work is individual work that is performed, a team-based incentive pay plan is ...

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