Topic 1: Work Motivation A highly motivated employee can be said to have good direction and high levels of effort and persistence (Arnold et al.‚ 2005). It is therefore safe to assume that high levels of motivation lead to higher performance levels. This essay will explore the phenomenon of ‘what motivates people’ in 2 ways. One focuses on the employee and will be examined by using the ‘Goal Setting Theory’ (GST) by Locke et al. (2002). The other focuses on the job itself and will be examined using
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DABUR INDIA LTD. - GLOBALIZATION CASE ANALYSIS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR BUSINESS DECISIONS (EABD) CASE SYNOPSIS Set in June 2007‚ the case is about an Indian enterprise attempting what few other consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies from emerging markets have attempted to do i.e.‚ move beyond national geographical boundaries to the global arena. In most emerging markets‚ including India‚ CPG is a local business characterized by indigenous players aspiring to rule at provincial levels. Very
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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction Motivation is the set of forces that cause people to behave in certain ways to raise the individual performance of the people in an organization. Individual performance is generally determined by three things: motivation‚ ability and the work environment. Among these three determinants motivation is the most important. Motivation plays a vital role to increase productivity‚ mobilization of work‚ proper utilization of human resources and proper coordination
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1056-9219.htm IJCOMA 18‚4 Employee motivation: a Malaysian perspective Rafikul Islam and Ahmad Zaki Hj. Ismail Department of Business Administration‚ International Islamic University Malaysia‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the motivating factors of employees working in various Malaysian organizations. Design/methodology/approach – A survey method
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business‚ the year 2001 must be considered the date of the company revival. Whitbread is the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group controlling market – leading businesses in boarding house and eating place sectors. Andy Harrison‚ who will be Chief Executive Designate of Whitbread PLC when he joins
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Q.1…… Answer…… Entrepreneurship is the tendency of a person to organize his own business and run it profitably‚ exploiting the qualities of leadership‚ decision making‚ managerial caliber‚ etc. Risk Talking Risk-taking in its true sense indicates that risk is ignored in taking decisions and actions. We should rightfully use the word ‘risk averse’ for the entrepreneurs. Risk averseness implies taking ‘calculated’ risk and expecting premium for the risk taken. As the risk goes up the expected
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what truly motivates an employee. A business also needs to know how to correctly act on this understanding to make sure that they can motivate their employees to deliver better work‚ to stay with the company for a long time and many other purposes. The aim of this report is to examine the options a company has to motivate it’s employees. The author will take the model used by Microsoft in the 1980’s as a vantage point to further delve into the many facets of employee motivation. What was the philosophy
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Acquisitions on Employee Motivation- Telecommunication Merger in the UK A case of T-Mobile and Orange Mobile Merger Abstract Over the past one decade‚ mergers and acquisitions increased at a record rate globally‚ especially in the United States. The telecommunication sector experienced no exclusion to this phenomenon and the three major telecommunication mergers included MCI and Verizon‚ Sprint and Nextel‚ and BellSouth and AT&T. As a result‚ the telecom playfield faced a whole new level of competitiveness
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REWARDS AND EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION The study examined the influence of rewards (payment‚ promotion‚ recognition and benefits) on employee work motivation. Subjects for the study consisted of one hundred and sixty seven employees of commercial banks of Kohat‚ Pakistan. Data for the study were gathered through the administration of questionnaire. The data collected was subjected to appropriate statistical analysis using “Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Analysis
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The case on Chiba International Inc. deals with the challenges faced by a Japanese company¶s manufacturing plant set up in rural Georgia to adapt the philosophy of the company to its American workforce and culture. Ken Morikawa‚ the general manager for administration and John Sinclair‚ the American personnel head of the company are determined to find out how Chiba International‚ another Japanese company based in California‚ has successfully translated its corporate philosophy into
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