Assessment of Reward System: On the Case of Federal Courts
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2015-05
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Addis Ababa University
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The main objective of this study was to assess the reward system of Federal courts; while the specific objectives were: (1) To assess the financial reward system of the organization.(2) To assess non-financial reward system of the organization.(3) To assess the attitude of employees towards the Reward System. The study was based on both primary and secondary data in form of questionnaires and literature respectively. The study was descriptive in nature and it employed quantitative techniques of data collection system. In this study samples were selected based on proportional stratified sampling technique, after selecting the sample for the distribution of the questionnaire random sampling data collection technique were applied. And data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation in the table format. the findings revealed that, majority of the employees were Female, age group of 18 to 29, had a diploma and serve above 10 years in the organization. And both payment and benefit packages of financial reward scored below the minimum satisfactory point. Like the financial reward, the components of non-financial reward promotion, recognition, working condition and work content gained less than the minimum satisfactory point. Based on the findings this study concluded that both financial as well as non financial rewards provided by the organization were unsatisfactory and the employees were working in a state of dissatisfaction. Based on this, the study recommended that the organization should communicate its employees with regard to the current status of reward system provided by the organization also the organization must create an opportunity for its employees in order to participate on the formulation phase of reward system. in order to solve the existing problems with regard to financial rewards Federal Courts either press on Ethiopian Civil Service Agency to improve its current salary scale and benefit packages or federal courts should be an independent organization to formulate their own financial reward scale and package With regard to promotion packages the organization should lay down the foundation of fair, transparent and equitable promotion package. In order to enhance the moral of employees the organization should instigate staff appreciation and recognition ideas like selecting employee of the month, Golden hand shake, post thank you note on an employee’s door and include an employees in a special meeting
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Financial Reward, Non- financial reward