CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background of the study of Job Satisfaction and Employee Performance in Total Nigeria Plc. The Total Nigeria PLC is a privately held‚ owned and managed industrial lubrication‚ oil and gas manufacturing company spread across the geographical regions and districts in Nigeria. The company has been a part of the Nigeria manufacturing landscape since 1962 and has earned the reputation as one of the key suppliers for lubrication equipment‚ oil and gas products in the industry
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Designing High-Performance Jobs Improving the performance of key people is often as simple—and as profound—as changing the resources they control and the results for which they are accountable. by Robert Simons You have a compelling product‚ an exciting vision‚ and a clear strategy for your new business. You’ve hired good people and forged relationships with critical suppliers and distributors. You’ve launched a marketing campaign targeting high-value customers. All that remains is to build
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manufacturing jobs and re-design them in ways that will make them more intrinsically motivating to employees. The CEO’s goal is to improve employee job satisfaction and performance‚ and reduce absenteeism and turnover. How should Donna proceed? In answering this question‚ draw extensively on Hackman and Oldham’s Job Characteristics Model. Specifically‚ describe to Donna the core job characteristics (CJCs) the model identifies that might need attention. When these characteristics are present in a job‚ tell
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Selection Method and Job Performance HRM 301 Assignment 4-3 5/1/12 By use of the original five programmers the correlation value was strong but due to the high p-value the information would not likely be supported in hiring new people due to the validity. Without valid results from a test the test should not be used in during the selection process of new employees. It is very important that the design of a selection process is handled carefully and accurately to ensure that the company is
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Effect of Mood on Job Performance Ming-Hui Kan Professor Stephen J. Famiglietti ESLG 0455 G05 Capstone Research Project October 28‚ 2011 Outline Thesis Statement: Mood has a strong effect on job performance. Positive mood results in higher quality of work and negative mood reduces task performance. Employers/employees should do everything they can to maintain a positive mood at the workplace. I. Introduction A. The Relations Between Mood‚ Work Attitudes and Work Performance B. The Hypothsis
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Absenteeism and Job Performance Introduction Absenteeism has long been considered a significant and pervasive problem in industry. As a result‚ theories have been developed and numerous studies conducted to identify the causes of absenteeism. Probably one of the most common theories is the notion that absenteeism is caused by employees avoiding a painful or dissatisfying work situation. By the same token‚ this hedonistic theory would predict that employees who find their job more challenging
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Paulett Esteban Class: 802 Unit 4 Performance Task 05/22/14 N.S.L.A. Henry Ford once said‚ “Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” In an effective team everyone collaborates to become successful. Joshua Davis the author of “La Vida Robot” and Walter Isaacson‚ author of an excerpt from Steve Jobs share similar views on what makes an effective team. Both authors believe an effective team consists of individuals who have distinctive and noteworthy
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Isn’t it bizarre that we don’t realize how much stereotype ties to an individual identity can impact our students’ performance? Some factor that contributes to such impact are being a minority‚ the environment and one identity. This essay will be based on scholarly journal “An Experimental Study of the Effects of Stereotype Threat and Stereotype Lift on Men and Women’s Performance in Mathematics” in sync with Community College Student Engagement media article. I will be comparing and contrasting
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 Conceptual Background This paper will discuss about job satisfaction and its relation with job performance and absenteeism. Job satisfaction has been defined as a pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job. Stephen P. Robbins based in his book (Organizational Behavior‚ 12th edition) described job satisfaction as a positive feeling about one’s job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics. Job satisfaction is one of dependent variable of organizational
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training and development on employee’s performance and accordingly on organization’s performance. Another objective of this paper is to stress on the importance given by the Egyptian Organizations to training and development as well as their opinions of training and development’s effect on their employees. The backbone of this study are the literature review that highlights the role of effective training and development in improving the employees performance‚ as well as a questionnaire conducted to
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