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R ewards are used to acknowledge employee behaviour and performance in organizations and include all forms of monetary and non-monetary compensation, promotions and recognitions. Reward systems are one of the most potent modes of control and the criteria of getting rewarded reflect organizational structure, culture and values. There is a popular conception that rewards should be always tied to performance parameters. These are generally in the form of incentives or variable pay and follows directly from defining and evaluating performance parameters for employees. The Compensation Trends Survey of 2012 by Deloitte อก