a cash bonus on something you didn't need, but when given only the choice of a reward, you are forced to pick something you want. Satisfying an employees needs should be the role of compensation and satisfying wants is therefore the role of incentives. These types of rewards also have memory value. These rewards are longer lasting than cash, which is spent and gone. They remain in your house or office and are a reminder of y!
             our accomplishments. Therefore these rewards provide a continuous, long lasting reminder of one's success, the efforts that went into achieving it and a fond remembrance of the person or organization that gave it to them. These types of rewards are also more flexible. You can customize them to promote different goals, such as teamwork, or reaching certain goals.
             "Employee appreciation doesn't have to be complicated or expensive", states Karen Rubin. The key to recognition programs is to be timely, creative and consistent. (Sunoo, 1999) Studies have shown that what tends to motivate employees to
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