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  • Understanding What Motivates Workers Is a Key Task for Management

    Understanding What Motivates Workers Is a Key Task for Management

    Principles of Management Assignment: Report Title: “Understanding what motivates workers is a key task for management” Index Introduction………………………………………. 2 Motivations and Assumptions about People……… 4 Behavioral Sciences……………………………… 7 Major Motivation Theories………………………… 9 Motivation in Practice……………….……… 15 Other Strategies……….……………………… 16 Conclusion …………….…………………….. 17 Learning Outcomes…………………………… 17 Acknowledgements…………………………… 17 References……………………………………. 18 Introduction If we stand back and recall to ourselves the true and simplistic meaning of the word motivation, “The set of forces that cause people to

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    Essay Length: 2,180 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Motivation in the Workforce

    Motivation in the Workforce

    Motivation in the Workforce Managing employees is cited as being the biggest problem to small business owners. This is because employers very often don't know how to handle employees. Effectively managing employees is a skill acquired through training and practice. Many books have been written on the subject, and courses are regularly offered through educational institutions. Motivation theories were developed or built upon the "human relations" findings. The new focus for motivation theory was on

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    Essay Length: 4,088 Words / 17 Pages
    Submitted: March 11, 2009 By: July
  • Motives for British Imperialism in Africa

    Motives for British Imperialism in Africa

    Motives for British Imperialism in Africa Before the Europeans began the New Imperialism in Africa, very little was known about the inner parts of the continent. However, after some explorers delved deeper into the heart of Africa, the Europeans soon realized how economically important this area was, and how much they could profit from it. At the time, Britain had only small occupations of land in Africa, but after they realized that they could make

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    Essay Length: 5,649 Words / 23 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Edward
  • What Motivates Indian It Companies to Go for Inorganic Growth

    What Motivates Indian It Companies to Go for Inorganic Growth

    What Motivates Indian IT companies to go for inorganic growth Recently there has been a trend for the IT companies to make acquisitions abroad. This articles looks why strategic acquisitions make sense and the reasons the Indian IT companies are following the inorganic path for growth • Gaining access to key markets and customers, building delivery capabilities and domain expertise, expanding business into a new geographical area or enhancing a particular type of business expertise

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    Essay Length: 920 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Steve
  • Critical Analysis Modest Motives

    Critical Analysis Modest Motives

    Modest Motives Ursula K Le Guin expresses her motive for going to the South Pole: And the desire was as pure as the polar snows: to go, to see - no more, no less. I deeply respect the scientific accomplishments of Captain Scott’s expedition, and have read with passionate interest the findings of physicists, meteorologists, biologists, etc.; but having had no training in any science, nor any opportunity for such training, my ignorance obliged me

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    Essay Length: 1,838 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Relationship Between Organizing Businesses, Structure of Businesses and Employee Motivation

    Relationship Between Organizing Businesses, Structure of Businesses and Employee Motivation

    Introduction to discussion When a person wants to begin a business, he must take into consideration the different types of ownership and organizations. Ownership may be a sole proprietorship, a partnership, or even a corporation depending on the type of business. Once the business has begun, the structure of the business has to be equivalent to the type of business or managers who will be running the different parts of the business. In order for

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    Essay Length: 1,630 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Job Motivation

    Job Motivation

    http://www.term-papers.us/ts/bb/bmu273.shtml There are people out there in the workforce that believe they are obligated to do their best at their job simply because that is what is expected from all of us as humans. On the other hand there are those out there that want to only do as much as they can get away with doing. No matter which one of these employees you are or are working with companies and employer’s need to

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    Essay Length: 2,716 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Victor
  • The Role of Affective and Motivational Factors in Statistics Performance in University Students

    The Role of Affective and Motivational Factors in Statistics Performance in University Students

    When faced with the prospect of having to complete a statistics course at university, students either fall into a state of anxiety about failing the course or they form a belief that they will do well. This is due to their perception of self-efficacy. Perceived self-efficacy is, as stated by Bandura (1994) & Pajares (2002), the construct of a person’s beliefs in their ability to perform in certain tasks including academic tasks. It has been

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    Essay Length: 1,968 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Structure, Communication, Culture, and Motivation of a Company

    Structure, Communication, Culture, and Motivation of a Company

    Structure The structure of a company is very important in order to be a successful company. Some companies tend to leave all the decisions and ideas to the top executives or consultants. Other businesses let anyone who works for the company to have a proposal introduced no matter what position the employee holds in the company. The company I work for would be considered “bottom- up”, which means any employee can come forth with

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    Essay Length: 442 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • William Lowell Kane - Motivation

    William Lowell Kane - Motivation

    Motivation William Lowell Kane was born into a family of established wealth and status. As far as William’s father was concerned, the expectation, in fact the reason for his birth, was for William to assume the position of president and chairman of the family bank. In order to understand the actions of the character of William Kane, one must understand the motivations involved. Motivation can come from many diverse sources. One of the strongest motivators

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    Essay Length: 641 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Motivation for Employees

    Motivation for Employees

    Can your motivation recommendations for FMC Green River be effective at other companies? Why or why not? Use the text, other materials, and your own experience to support your argument. If you use other sources, cite them using APA guidelines. The motivation could be effective for a lot of other companies as well as Green River. I believe that with hard work and a set plan you can accomplish anything. The difficulty that other companies

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    Essay Length: 659 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Hard Workers

    Hard Workers

    When people work long hours, those people tend to miss out on lots of activities. Everyone knows someone who works like the Energizer Bunny: "they keep going, and going, and going"! There are three workaholics in my family: my aunt, Lula; my sister, Shemika; and my cousin, Latricia. They work all the time and miss out on family activities all the time. My aunt works all the time that we barely get to see her.

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    Essay Length: 580 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • What Is Motivation?

    What Is Motivation?

    The word "motivation" is often used to describe certain sorts of behaviour. A student who studies hard and tries for top grades may be described as being "highly motivated", while her friend may say that he is "finding it hard to get motivated" to study for an exam or to start an assignment. Such statements imply that motivation has a major influence on our behaviour but they don't really tell us how. A Definition of

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    Essay Length: 895 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Bred
  • Theories of Motivation in the Workplace

    Theories of Motivation in the Workplace

    Theories of Motivation in the Workplace At one time, in the workplace, the only type of “motivation” necessary was a command from the boss for an employee to do something (Lindner, 1998). However, times have changed and so have bosses and employees. Ever since the middle of the 20th century, various business experts and academicians have developed theories of motivation to help direct employees toward better and stronger productivity. The main theories that tend to

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    Essay Length: 498 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Business Motivation

    Business Motivation

    Motivation is the tendency to expend effort to achieve a goal and the desire to accomplish an aim or participate in an endeavour. Motivation towards better performance depends on the satisfaction of needs for responsibility, achievement, recognition and growth. Needs are felt, and their intensity varies from one person to another and from time to time, and so does the extent to which they are motivating. Attaining goals leads to feelings of self-respect, strength and

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    Essay Length: 319 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Workplace Motivation Paper

    Workplace Motivation Paper

    Workplace Motivation Paper The job of the manager is to get things done through his or her employees. In my workplace, our company has put in to affect several motivational strategies to assist their management through their train program. In this training program the company uses extrinsic motivation to assist in the development of our staff. This training program is based on four levels of training and development; at each level of the employees’ development

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    Essay Length: 1,094 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Victor
  • Importance of Motivation - Kathy Kudler

    Importance of Motivation - Kathy Kudler

    Importance of motivation Most motivation theorists assume that motivation is involved in the performance of all learned responses; that is, a learned behavior will not occur unless it is energized. The major question among psychologists, in general, is whether motivation is a primary or secondary influence on behavior. That is, are changes in behavior better explained by principles of environmental/ecological influences, perception, memory, cognitive development, emotion, explanatory style, or personality or are concepts unique to

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    Essay Length: 2,203 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: July
  • Workers Comp

    Workers Comp

    It shouldn't hurt to go to work. But in 1998, nearly 6 million U.S. workers were injured at work or became sick because of their jobs. Most working Americans know that they are protected by workers' compensation laws if they are injured on the job. But many are unaware of the prominent role played by organized labor in securing these historic legal protections. Workers' compensation laws became necessary at the turn of the century, when

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    Essay Length: 458 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: regina
  • Workers’ Participation in Management

    Workers’ Participation in Management

    Workers participation in Management Employee Involvement in management: Tough Choices for Unions Unions face a number of questions when they try to develop a response to an employer's demand for an Employee Involvement (EI) program. Is this an attempt to circumvent or even to bust the union? Should the union agree to participate, or should the union resist the effort to implement EI? Where can the union turn to find information and advice in dealing

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    Essay Length: 2,283 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Steve
  • Undocumented Workers and the Law of Worker’s Compensation

    Undocumented Workers and the Law of Worker’s Compensation

    Immigration Law Seminar Final Paper Assignment Jada Brisentine November 30, 2006 Undocumented Workers and the Law of Worker’s Compensation United States citizens enjoy an abundance of rights under the American system of labor laws. Such rights include a minimum wage, unemployment, sick leave, worker’s compensation, often they include medical insurance and paid vacation. The working American citizen has little to fear from an employer because should an employer violate a worker’s rights, an American citizen

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    Essay Length: 1,638 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Mike
  • Motives

    Motives

    Motives for writing come in different shapes forms and sizes. Motives drive the need for writing and without motives, most of the greatest writers would have never created some of the masterpieces modern society has come to known. Although motives are abundant, two obtrude from the rest. These two are the main exigencies that George Orwell believe causes writers to write. The necessitate for finding the truth for the sole purpose to use that information

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    Essay Length: 503 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Yan
  • Motivational Theories

    Motivational Theories

    Motivational Theories There are many different ways to motivate. It's amazing how often we use these at work and at home. These five types of motivational theory have been identified as the major groups: need; reinforcement; equity; expectancy; and goal getting. First is the Need theory which focuses on what people require to live fulfilling lives. People need different things. The need will turn into a drive or motivation to fulfill that need and eventually

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    Essay Length: 938 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Janna
  • Maslow’s Therory of Motivation

    Maslow’s Therory of Motivation

    Maslow's theory of motivation includes five increasingly higher-level needs. Maslow calls these needs physiological, (hunger, thirst, shelter, sex, etc), security, (safety, protection from physical and emotional harm) social, (affection, belonging, acceptance, friendship) self-esteem, (self respect, autonomy, achievement, status, recognition, attention) and self-actualization, (doing things) 1. Maslow points out that hierarchy is dynamic, the dominant need is always shifting. The hierarchy does not exist by itself, but is affected by the situation and the general culture.

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    Essay Length: 566 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Jon
  • Discuss the Strength and Weaknesses of Content and Process Theories of Motivation

    Discuss the Strength and Weaknesses of Content and Process Theories of Motivation

    Question: “Discuss the strength and weaknesses of Content and Process Theories of Motivation” People are an organisation’s most valuable and expensive resources but they are the most difficult element of an organisation to manage. People posses a variety of talents and they will react differently in different circumstances, in fact, they are unpredictable. Unlike machines, individuals are interchangeable which creates problems for organisations, for example, a person may work well one day but not the

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    Essay Length: 1,095 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Demographic Breakdown of Unemployment and Non Labor Force Workers in the Nation

    Demographic Breakdown of Unemployment and Non Labor Force Workers in the Nation

    Demographic Breakdown of Unemployment and Non Labor Force Workers in the Nation There are many different age brackets, genders, and ethnicity that make up unemployment in the labor force. Some of the same people who were once in the labor force also make up the workers who are not counted in the labor force anymore. Unemployment is important to the economy and the society that we live in because the more people without any jobs

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Max

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