Essays on Herzberg

Literature Review

Overview The research question is essential for any study; as it will enable the researcher to focus on a particular subject to do research. The research question for this study is the effect of direct communication between the CEO and the employees when it comes to Job satisfaction. The question allows the researcher to focus on the concept of job satisfaction, internal communication the roles of both the CEO and the employees, and the factors that influence communication enhancement. Internal communication is the frequency of interaction between the upper level of management and the lower level of management (Bloom, ...

Personal Review on Self-Assessment

Understanding the concept briefly, Psychological Capital (PsyCap) is an assessment of gather positive capacities of an individual at a workplace through four psychological elements, which could produce effective outcomes after an adequate training. PsyCap comprises of four positive psychological capacities namely hope, optimism, self-efficacy, and resilience. The score of PsyCap indicates the productivity, stress tendency, and well-being of an employee at a workplace (Steeneveld, 2016). Evaluating personal PsyCap scores, I scored 16 points in “self-efficacy” that refers to the broadness in performance and role activation at a workplace. I affirm the accuracy in scored points since my personality during ...

Zappos Incorporation is a shoe and clothing online store, which is famous for its proper attitude to all their customers. Employees are well-trained in order to satisfy people`s needs and provide the best service to every potential client. The authorities provide the staff with a good salary, great working conditions and exciting opportunities for advancement. The differences between organizational commitment and job satisfaction will be provided in this paper. Job satisfaction is the inherent factor of the working process, but nowadays fewer and fewer employees may boast of such an advantage of their jobs. If viewing Zappos from ...

Chapter 2: Literature review

Introduction This chapter presents the literature review appraisal that exists and is linked to work contentment and inspiration subjects and how these issues are closely related to industrial performance. The chapter discusses the concept of motivation, job satisfaction, and project management and employee satisfaction. Organizational performance as well as its continuity largely depends on critical assets, employees and the managers' capabilities to create and sustain motivating environments of the employees and other human assets. The primary challenge that managers are faced with today is keeping their human capital such as the employees satisfied and motivated. Therefore, all managers must ...

Chapter 5: Findings and Discussion

In all types of organizations, including cross culture project team in all organizations, the concepts of job motivation is crucial since it plays significant roles in impacting the productivity of organization within which they operate. This study was aimed at finding factors that influence project team members motivation and how this affects the project performance within the finance industry in a multinational and multicultural setting. It was also to address factors that motivate project team members at the commencement of projects thus exploring how project managers alter them to influence the team member needs and priorities. It is the ...

The article “One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees?” by Frederick Herzberg discovers the main drivers for employees to get their real and unique motivation. The main goal is the organization’s productivity and profitability. However, the author focuses on the controversial points of the employee’s psychology of having a job or searching for a new job as the opposite sides of being satisfied with one job as a result of a high extent of dedication, responsibility, and self-interest. At this point, the article is not solely about motivation, but it is about the features of how ...

Job Overview

The individual interviewed for the report is an administrative assistant in a K-12 school district. The employee’s position is located in the Office of Information Technology in a support facilities building. Part of the administrative assistant’s role is to serve as an assistant for the director of technology, while the other portions involve reconciling the department’s budget, assisting technicians with payroll questions and payroll system entries, ordering office supplies, taking and routing phone calls, filing, and receiving departmental orders. The administrative assistant is responsible for using multiple online applications to manage payroll, work order and ordering ...

Part A

Abraham Maslow hierarchy of needs and Herzberg Two-Factor theory are some of the motivation theories that underlie the switch to the new scheduling system at Montego Bay. Abraham Maslow Hierarchy of needs postulates that human beings have a set of five needs arranged in a definite order with three low-level level needs (physiological needs, safety needs, and social needs) and two high-level needs (esteem needs and self actualization needs) (Griffin, 2016). The scheduling system generates work schedules based on the daily performance metrics. Consequently, employees like Sylvia find themselves with lesser hours with which they are not able to ...

7. Describe three different leadership styles and give examples of a situation in which each style could be most used effectively.

Autocratic Leadership- Leader makes decisions without consulting others. The manager takes the decision, announces it and then ‘sells’ it to his subordinates. Works best in situations like a new start-up where the employees are new and await directions. Participative or Democratic Leadership - Decision making is collectively shared between the managers and the employees. The manager presents a tentative decision which may be subject to change. The manager may present the problem, seek suggestions and then ask the ...

The most significant motivational theories are Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Alderfer’s ERG Theory, Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory, McClelland’s Acquired Needs Theory, and Goal Setting Theory. These theories are similar as they focus on motivating employees. All theories are of the view that it takes time to get all the needs that are required for motivation. Each theory, however, enables the employees to select goals and needs that will be helpful in motivating them. Maslow focuses on self actualization, esteem, belongingness, safety, and psychological needs, Alfderfer emphasizes on growth, relatedness, and existence, Herzberg stresses on motivators ...

A recent news article stating that the corporate is doing away with formal dress codes is a pointer to the fact that employees' attitude and job satisfaction is not solely linked with monetary aspects. Subtle factors as recognition, developmental opportunities, work ethics, and teamwork play as crucial morale boosters. It is for this reason that HR managers are adopting pleasing tactics as Flexi time, work-from-home options, and employees' socialization. Some employers have even gone to the extent of introducing 'fun while working' concept to steer away the mundane feelings that might stifle employees' morale and productivity. Succinctly, employees' work ...

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SWOT analysis for Primark.4 Strength4 Weakness.4 Opportunity..4

Threat5

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Motivation6 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.6 Herzberg’s Two-factor theory..6

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Marketing.7 Primark Marketing Mix8 Price.8 Product.8 Place.8 Question five9 Demand and price9 Quality..9

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How globalization drivers affect Primark..10

Cost Drivers10

Government Drivers..10

Technological Drivers11

Market Drivers11 7b. The most Important Drivers (Technological drivers) .11 References..12 Question One 1. a) SWOT Analysis for Primark Strength The primary strength Primark enjoys is a large market. Primark has already concurred most of the European market and is expanding in the United States market. A large market is strength since it provides Primark with a large base of ...

General Problem Statement

Homelessness is a worldwide phenomenon observed in all nations regardless of economic development status. Many often believe homelessness is only a result of financial distress but there are many instances wherein homelessness is a result of other circumstances; advocates of the financial viewpoint – Miller, Herzberg, and Ray (2012) – claimed the urgency of addressing economic problems of society to effectively deal and combat homelessness. In contrast, Wright (2009) emphasized political and social origins of the problem rather than economic ones In the hopes of helping the problem, Hodas and Myers highlighted social and educational issues in schools that impact children ...

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Background With particular focus on Dewar’s book, A Savage Factory, this report examines how the failure in manipulating various organizational behavior principles in the right manner can lead to massive mistakes and the ultimate collapse of the organization. It is the memoir of Robert J. Dewar who has worked at Ford Motor Company, one of the biggest automotive companies in the world. This report aims to summarize the history of workers and managers and their attitude towards work. The workers and managers discussed were mainly responsible for controlling the quality of the products and sale ...

Description and relationship of the primary functions of management

In healthcare administration, management functions can be described to mean key duties rendered upon the organization’s management in the running of a health organization. These functions can be broadly categorized as planning, organizing, controlling and leading/directing.

Planning

Planning involves the creation of necessary steps required in deciding the future position of a health facility in a strategic manner. It is regarded as a traditional model used by managers because it offers insights into the management on problems that hinder the performance of their organizations. Again, it requires the management to foresee future internal and external socio-economic facts that are ...

Introduction

Weak relationships among medical care workers are often found or evidenced by malpractices’ reports by some nursing and medical cases. Unresolved challenges often result to one group avoiding the other with the last persons becoming the troublesome individual or party. Kaluyu memorial hospital in Nairobi, Kenya has been experiencing a related scenario where there are conflicts and tension among doctors, nurses and other hospital employees most of whom avoid tasks given and even looking forward to the end of their shifts. The hospital has been incurring losses that result from the unhealthy relationship among staff members of the organization. ...

Organization Behaviour

1 Task 2 - Analyse the scenario Motivation is the force that drives people into action and encourages them to exert more effort towards carrying out something. Employees who are well motivated are more comfortable and will have feelings of happiness and fulfilment. Johansson and Heide (2008) points out that besides, being well motivated workers tend to produce high-quality results and are more productive than their counterparts. In the case study, the workforce is less. They are overwhelmed in the course of their duty. They are not able to work overtime because their terms of service are contractual. The ...

Human Resource is considered as the most detrimental in contributing to the organizational success. This is why HRM programs are often linked to the strategic organizational goals (Martell & Carroll, 1995). Human Resources should not be observed as a cost that requires minimization but rather is should be regarded as an organizational asset (Lahteenmaki & Vanhala, 1998). The intense competition in the organization of the 21ST century has made it necessary for the organizational health to frame better HR policies and practices that can increase the organizational performances. According to Human Resource Management is a coherent and strategic way of managing ...

2016-04-09

References 12 Introduction As we know, the labor resources are the main resource of enterprises. The results of the company and its competitiveness depend largely on the quality and effectiveness of the above mentioned resources. The difference between the labor force and other types of resources lies in the fact that each employee may waive the conditions offered to him and can require changes in working conditions, retraining or even voluntary redundancy. The concept of “labor resources of the enterprise” characterizes its potential workforce. Employees can be organized in labor unions and to act as a separate subject of ...

Executive Summary

Apple Inc. is a multinational information technology company that designs a number of IT products such as Mac Laptop, iPod, iPad and iPhones among others. The company employs a vertical integrated strategy hence able to control its operations. The company over the years has recorded major profits and this can majorly be attributed to its motivated employees, leadership structure, negotiation and change management strategy. The company’s continued success mainly stems from its motivated employees. By considering the hierarchy of needs, Herzberg’s two way theory and expectation theory, Apple’s employees are wholesomely motivated. With regards to leadership, ...