Gamification in the Workplace The paper examines a new trend in workplace design called “gamification”. Gamification is defined as using concepts derived from video games and applying them in businesses to enhance motivation‚ raise productivity and lower turnover. The areas of effect discussed are motivation‚ cooperation‚ productivity and employee happiness. The text looks at which characteristics of video games make them so engaging and translates them into examples from the workplace. It presents
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Public Relation Definition Public Relation is a management function that involves monitoring and evaluating public attitudes and maintaining mutual relations and understanding between an organization and its public. Public could include shareholders‚ government‚ consumers‚ employees and the media. It is the act of getting along with people we constantly come in touch with. The defeated definitions were "Public relations is the management function of researching‚ engaging‚ communicating
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shall be used in the following essay in unearthing the real issues behind security and why it remains the talk of this new era. To begin with‚ security is heart of every foreign policy of any state but the question of what constitutes being secure‚ security breach or generally in what context security shall be viewed opens doors to a lot of interpretations. Realists view the concept of security from a traditional perspective‚ which meant military‚ war to mention a few (Lawson‚ 2003: 80). This is the
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Current Issues in Language Studies 1(2009)/P. Faber‚ P. León‚ J. Prieto/ Semantic Relations‚ Dynamicity‚ and Terminological Knowledge Bases SEMANTIC RELATIONS‚ DYNAMICITY‚ AND TERMINOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE BASES Pamela Faber a ‚ Pilar León b ‚ Juan Antonio Prieto c Abstract The linguistic and conceptual shift in Terminology has led to a more discourse-centered approach with a focus on how terms are used in texts (Temmerman and Kerremans‚ 2003). This shift has affected the construction
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Autism in the Workplace 2013 A child just turned 16 months old a week ago‚ they have spoken no words‚ and have had little to no signs of joyful expression; these are severe red flags that this child may be suffering from a condition known as Autism. Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)‚ are general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development. Autism appears in very early brain development; however‚ the most obvious signs of autism and symptoms tend to emerge between 2 and
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international relations can be traced back to thousands of years ago; Barry Buzan and Richard Little‚ for example‚ consider the interaction of ancient Sumerian city-states‚ starting in 3‚500 BC‚ as the first fully-fledged international system.[3] The official portraits of King Władysław IV dressed according to French‚ Spanish and Polish fashion reflects the complex politics of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Thirty Years’ War The history of international relations based on sovereign
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bullies can exist in the workplace as well. And these bullies do not just pick on the weakest in the group‚ rather‚ any subordinate in their path may fall prey to their torment‚ according to Dr. Gary Namie‚ director of the Workplace Bullying and Trauma Institute. Dr. Namie further says workplace bullies are not limited to men-women are at least as likely to be bullies. However‚ gender discrepancies are found in victims of bullying‚ as women are more likely to be targets. What motivates a boss to be
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Bully at Work by Ruth and Gary Namie‚ is an astonishing resource on workplace bullying. Gary introduces the main themes of the book by giving an example of his former boss‚ a bully. He also defines the victims of this social epidemic as Targets. Workplace bullying‚ like childhood bullying‚ is the tendency of individuals or groups to use persistent aggressive or unreasonable behavior against a co-worker or subordinate. Workplace bullying can include such tactics as verbal‚ nonverbal‚ psychological
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in the Work Place Motivation in the Work Place What is motivation? According to Kendra Cherry in her article What is Motivation?‚ it’s defined as “the process that initiates‚ guides and maintains goal-oriented behaviors” (Cherry‚ 2013). In the Essential Manager’s Manual‚ it’s defined as “the will to act” (Heller & Hindle‚ 1998). So what we need to know is what creates motivation; what happens that sparks action and greatness in the workplace? Before greatness is achieved‚ basic needs must be
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In the early years women are define as the second sex. They should act accordingly to what the society would want them to be and that is to be submissive to their beloved. In the film entitled Iron Jawed Angels we saw that men do not want women to interfere in the political aspect and they tend to neglect the rights of the woman to have an equal opportunity to them. Men neglected the rights of the woman because they are classified as the second sex. Men tend to characterize women as a house wife
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