influence over their educational achievements. Studies have shown that their sense of personal control over the educational process is one of the most significant factors in arousing and maintaining individuals’ interest and involvement in learning activities. This sense of personal control is known as Locus of Control (LoC). (Nodoushan‚ 2012‚ p. 123) LoC indicates how a person believes about control over life events; LoC refers to whether individuals relate their success or failure to their own
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What is locus of control? Is a measurement of how you control your grades. Locus refers to an individual’s belief in their rewards. It can also be a spectrum from internal to external. The two types of locus are internal and external locus control. Internal control means that if you don’t earn an excellent grade on their test then they will realize that they need study so they can be rewarded with an excellent grade and external control means that they got an awful grade as long as of the teacher’s
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There are numerous studies showing the relationships between the locus of control and age‚ personality‚ gender‚ so on‚ and so forth. Julian B. Rotter developed the idea of locus of control in 1954 in an attempt to better understand humans (Mearnes‚ 2009). Studies show the younger a person is‚ the more external their locus of control will be and that with age‚ their locus of control will become more internal. Locus of control‚ defined by the Oxford Dictionary of Psychology‚ is a cognitive style
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RICHARD BRANSON’S VIRGIN GROUP —Problems— Although certainly notorious‚ Richard Branson’s Virgin Group has experienced several problems. In the short-term‚ brand overextension has become a threat since the company has entered multiple markets. Brand overextension leads to damaging the comprehensive Virgin brand. Since the Virgin brand itself is the company’s greatest asset‚ protecting the brand image is critical. The Virgin brand image has a connotation of value and lifestyle. Due to many joint ventures
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Locus of control is an allocation of responsibility for the events in your life. The underlying question regarding the locus of control does you believe that you control your own life. Firstly‚ I think for me I most agree with the locus of control assessment. I personally agree with the test saying I have a high internal locus control or rather I believe that my rewards and success in life are the results of my own behavior. For the most part‚ things like luck and chance don’t really exist and
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Upon finishing the two exercises‚ I have concluded that external locus of control plays a huge part in my life. I found multiple correlations between the two scores‚ I have always taken everything lightly and I have procrastinated until the last minute to do things‚ I have told lies on why I couldn’t do the work multiple times to my instructors‚ I lack motivation to follow through with my plan of action (Trust me I have made a lot of those). I feel like something is missing from my life which makes
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Entrepreneur’s Biography Submitted by: Erik Hoyer Submitted to: Sean Wise Course: ENT 526 Date: November 11‚ 2010 Richard Branson Overview Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is one of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs. He was born in London‚ Enlgand in July 18‚ 1950. This British entrepreneur is best known for his Virgin Group‚ who has over 360 companies under the Virgin brand. His first succesful business just started when he was just 16 years old‚ with a student magazine.
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Locus of control describes to what extent a person believes that his life and destiny is in his own hands or‚ alternatively‚ to what extent his life is controlled by other factors. Therefore‚ lucus of control is separated into to different types. External locus of control‚ when person believes that external factors that cannot be changed influence his/her life and it cannot be controlled‚ and internal locus of control‚ when a person believes he is the master of his/her own destiny (Gilian F.)
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Sir Richard Branson Case Study Bus 520 Lucas jackson Overview – Virgin Group‚ Ltd. The Virgin Group‚ Ltd. is a British based venture capital organization founded by Richard Branson‚ incorporated in 1989. The focus of their business group is travel‚ entertainment‚ and lifestyle‚ and while actually incorporating as a venture capital group in the late 1980s‚ they had a number of activities in the 1970s. To date‚ Virgin has created more than 300 companies globally‚ employing over 50‚000 people
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Leadership style of Sir Richard Branson and Knight Bill Gates Table of Contents 1. Executive summary 3 2. Introduction 4 3. Get to know Sir Richard Branson 5 4. Get to know Bill Gates 6 5. Leadership styles used by Sir Richard Branson 7 6. Leadership styles used by Knight Bill Gates 10 7. Comparison of the leadership styles of Sir Richard Branson and 12 Knight Bill Gates 12 8. Which of the two characters seemed to be more effective
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