THE STUDY Employee morale Employee morale describes the overall outlook‚ attitude‚ satisfaction‚ and confidence that employees feel at work. When employees are positive about their work environment and believe that they can meet their most important needs at work‚ employee morale is positive or high. If employees are negative and unhappy about their workplace and feel unappreciated and as if they cannot satisfy their goals and needs‚ employee morale is negative or low. Employee morale is defined
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MEANING OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Executive Compensation is defined as a financial compensation received by an executive of a firm. It typically includes elements like salary‚ bonuses‚ shares‚ stocks benefits etc. In simpler words it is a legal agreement between two consenting adult parties. It is an important aspect of Corporate Governance and is determined by the board of directors. In spite of being voluntary agreement these compensation benefits are condemned of being unjust and non transparent
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Performance Management and Executive Compensation: Ethical Challenges and Agency Issues Introduction In the history of modern economies‚ from the late 1800s to today businesses have faced ethical challenges regarding compensation for executives and its relation to job performance. In response to major economic crises during the 20th century‚ the United States enacted broad-based legislation measures as attempts to prevent what were seen as ethical challenges and agency conflicts surrounding
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members as a correct way to perceive‚ think and feel in relation to those problems Gareth Morgan has described organizational culture as: "The set of the set of beliefs‚ values‚ and norms‚ together with symbols like dramatized events and personalities‚ that represents the unique character of an organization‚ and provides the context for action in it and by it." Types of Organizational Culture Organisational culture can vary in a number of ways. It is these variances that differentiate one organisation
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received $203 million as executive compensation. Although this award was inflated by Eisner ’s exercise of stock options‚ many examples of compensation in millions and tens of millions raise questions on how CEOs should be paid. Critics dispute that CEOs are deserving of their pay. CEOs downsize companies or perform badly‚ yet continue to draw a substantial salary. Unlike low level managers‚ it seems there is no formula for executive compensation. The disparity between the executive pay in US and that
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Management Changes Affects Employee Morale As the world changes‚ many organization may create changes to their company structure in order to remain successful and look good amongst shareholders. These organizational changes may be beneficial for the company overall. However‚ it may affect the remaining employee’s morale. Some organizations changes such as layoffs‚ reduce work hours‚ a stagnate in benefits increases and rewards may result in management trying to figure out a way to motivate and gain
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of attitudes. Each employee has attitudes that range over the entire spectrum of human behavior. All managers have a constant concern for the morale of the group‚ which they lead. However‚ considerable confusion prevails over the use of the term morale because of variation in defining characteristics of the term. In certain cases job satisfaction and morale is considered as individual concern; in other cases job satisfaction is considered as individual phenomenon and morale as group phenomenon
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SCHOOL MBA: ACCOUTING THEORY 1 – (ADMN 631) LECTURE: JAMES KWAME OTIEKU A PRESENTATION ON EARNINGS MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION BY EMMANUEL MENSAH ID NO: 10328957 AND PETER OPATA NYAKO ID NO: 10329653 1st October 2009 EARNINGS MANAGEMENT AND EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Introduction Accounting standards define the accounting language that management uses to communicate with the firm’s external stakeholders. By creating a framework that independent auditors and
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Accounting Theory Assignment Executive Compensation [pic] Introduction Executive compensation together with corporate governance systems has received an increasing amount of attention- from the press‚ corporations‚ financial academics and also the government. An executive compensation plan is a major application of the agency theory study and‚ thus‚ an agency contract between the shareholders and CEO’s of the business‚ which attempt to align the interests of the owners and the managers
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Executive Compensation: An agency problem: The globalized world of today has seen many scandals derived from the compensation schemes that are granted to top-level executives from their respective organizations. The compensation policies put in place in organizations are a result of a fundamental agency problem‚ the problem being that of the principal and the agent relationship. The issue arises due to the principal who hires the agent to perform day-to-day management tasks and oversee operations;
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