Essays on Rewards

Various types of rewards work for me to motivate me to achieve a particular set of goals and these could either be at an intrinsic or extrinsic level. The intrinsic types of rewards that work well for me include the enjoyment of performing the task, the lack of boredom as performing a given task will be engaging to the mind and also the feeling of accomplishment for fulfilling a certain task. At an extrinsic level these types of rewards may vary from pay for task completed, bonuses received afterward and the praise from mentors, colleagues or even family. For ...

Introduction

Compensation and benefit system is a division of the human resource management that is aimed at making policies concerning workers’ benefits. Compensation benefits can be referred as all the benefits that employees receive and are part of the salary, and which is given to employees as a reward for their labor. Compensation benefits can be divided into three major classes. These benefits can either be direct, indirect or non-financial (Lissy, 11). In direct compensation, the company pays its employee in form of salaries, remunerations, commissions and bonuses. In indirect compensation, firms and other enterprises reward their employees in other ...

Part 1

Of the many borrowed principles which are currently in use in the professional nursing world, the social exchange theory has proved to be very crucial as regards to the relationships which care providers have with their patients. The stability of relationships between different persons in the society is based on the interactions which they have amongst themselves. Furthermore, the benefits which an individual stands to gain from their relationships are what make them enter into coalitions (Cook et al., 2013). A balance in the relationships between different parties is the primary goal for people forming such coalitions. The core ...

Video Games and Watching – Essay Plan

1. Topic For the sake of this assignment, I chose the topic “Video Games and Watching,” as it is a fascinating topic for me. I have had a long relationship with video games as a main part of my leisure time throughout my life, and so I feel very close to this subject in particular. Furthermore, the ways in which gamification has infiltrated our lives in the last few years is also fascinating to me, whether through creating rewards-based productivity apps or streamlining other behavior in ways that follow game theory (Whitson, 2013). The rise of reality TV competitions ...

Through the Lens

Abstract Starwood Hotel and Resorts Worldwide, Inc is a perfect corporation to analyze using the Porter’s Five Forces strategy. Special focus is on the following; the company’s market, product differentiation, the uniqueness of the suppliers, and cost of change and how the competitors in the same market are performing. The analysis also unearths the competitive strategy used by the competitors and how it threatens Starwood Hotel. Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide is in a vibrant market and due care should be taken while trying to analyze the firm. Due to this, we going to apply the Porter’ ...

Introduction

Nordstrom, Inc. is the company of interest in this discussion. Nordstrom, Inc. is an upscale retailer native to America that sells brand name and private label accessories and apparel merchandise. Initially, the founders started the company in 1901 as a shore store. Since then, the company has grown tremendously, and is now offering a variety of products and services beyond shoes including fragrances, cosmetics, and jewelry. Throughout this report, Nordstrom’s brief background, financial overview, business sector, target market analysis, business operations as compared to competitors, as well as strategies to sustain the business will be discussed.

Company Overview

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Total compensation comprises a combination of monetary and non-monetary rewards offered to employees so as to motivate them to be more productive in the workplace. Motivating employees is also one way of retaining them at the organization and is, therefore, one of the objectives of the human resource management (Wilson 57). The results of a well designed and implemented total compensation include an enhanced performance at the individual and organizational level, employee loyalty and improved job satisfaction (Heneman 33). The Makey Company holds a belief that excellent customer service is an essential element for any business and holds this ...

Learning allows our brains to record and preserve beneficial behaviors and know how to avoid harmful ones. The consequences of the experiences we have or observe are stored in our memory as knowledge to influence our future behavior. The paper explores behavior change through a focus on the learning theories; classical and operant conditioning.

Operant Conditioning

It is a form of learning in which the response to a voluntary behavior influences whether or not the behavior will recur; this occurs through the use of reinforcements and punishment. Following the experiments of B. F. Skinner, we can conclude that a person or ...

Perrier, an iconic brand in the world of mineral water, started to experience some problems the year after it great success of 1989. The previous year it had remarkably sold 1.2 billion bottles of mineral water, almost half to the population in the United States. The reason for their remarkable sale can be attributed to the absence of potential competitors in the market. The people had no choice, and therefore, they had to buy Perrier’s bottled water. However, in the year 1990, a minute quantity of benzene detected in the bottle reduced its sale by almost fifty percent ( ...

COLEEN COLOMBO AND COLLEAGUES RESIST MORTGAGE FRAUD

SYNOPSIS The year 2004 had impacted the life of US citizens in various ways. It provided opportunities for the citizens to be the homeowners. The case study is based on that time period. Coleen Colombo was one of the employees of BNC in the California Branch. Coleen was a senior underwriter in the company since 2003. The branch performed several duties related to providing loans to the clients and as an employee of the company Coleen did an outstanding job in her position. However, the thing ended up with some unexpected outcome and provocation suit was recorded in the ...

Ineffectiveness of Incentive Pay Programs

Today, most companies are employing incentive pay programs to promote the motivation and productivity of their workers. The move is cultivated by the pervasive assumption that a promise of an award encourages employees to increase their output and productivity. However, this is not usually the case. Incentive pay programs manipulate employees even more than seniority and merit pay programs. The programs tend to stimulate temporal compliance, especially in certain workplaces (Martocchio, 2013). The crux of the problem is connected to the unsuitable psychological assumptions among employees. In fact, research has shown that this is the major factor that undermines ...

Introduction

Nurses play an integral, challenging, and complex role in the healthcare system. Nurses are considered as the backbone of the complex and diverse system that comprises patients and a multidisciplinary team of experts. Nurses are educated and trained to cater to a large group of patients and often seek continuing education and upgrade their skills and knowledge. It is only through clinical exposure that nurses learn and implement new strategies and techniques. Nurses are known to transform the healthcare system by acting as mediators between the patient population and the medical team (physicians and other allied healthcare members). Through ...

Introduction

The concept of leadership is not new in the business world. The management of every company provides the deep focus on the leadership in order to motivate the employees. In order to get the success, the company must create motivation in the employees because the motivation develops the enthusiasm in the employees. The concept of leadership indicates that when the employees of the company become motivated so that they will utilize their full efforts that will help the company in its success. The management of the company is responsible to make the employees more effective that will help to ...

A Review of the Literature

If asked to name the “national dish of Britain,” the average person is likely to say, “there is nothing more British than fish and chips,” but he or she might be wrong as it all depends on the criteria used to determine the national dish (Castelow, 2013). If popularity is the yardstick, then fish and chips would miss the mark, since each year in the UK it is outsold by hamburgers, fried chicken, pizza, and Indian and Chinese food (Alexander, 2009). And while this is true, fish and chips still play a vital role in the economic success of ...

Describe the transactional and transformational leadership characteristics that Don Green and Michael Budman possess.

According to the available literature, some assumptions are held regarding the transactional leadership. Transactional leadership style believes that leaders are motivated by the reward and punishment the satisfaction of such leaders is on seeing the company excelling (Kurland, Peretz and Hertz-Lazarowitz 8). They also believe that social network works best with a clear and defined chains of command from the top. Again, they believe that the primary purpose of the subordinates in the organization is doing what they are instructed to do. Transactional leadership involves a situation where leader works by creating a clear structure of what should be ...

Life is a process of continuous learning, this is what I have realized in assessing all that I have learned in taking this course. This course allowed me to become conscious about the reason why many people constantly seek knowledge, and it made me appreciate the saying that knowledge is power. Learning is a cycle that starts from what one already knows, going toward other aspects that needs further understanding and knowledge expansion. Further, I realized that constant learning is important in many aspects of life, and especially so one needs to make critical decisions. A person should not ...

With today’s high demand for information and technology, there is no doubt that businesses offering related services are highly valued. The information and technology industry is a booming field that provides more opportunities for employment and professional growth. One of the companies that serve within this field is Accenture. Accenture defines itself as “a global professional services company” which “provides consulting services in digital, technology and operation” (“Accenture Success,” n.d.). Before adopting the name Accenture in 2001, the company was known as Andersen Consulting, the business and technology division side of an accounting company called Arthur Andersen. Currently, ...

A Review of the Literature

If asked to name the national dish of Britain, the average person is likely to say, “fish and chips,” but he or she might be wrong. It would all depend on the criteria used to determine the national dish. If popularity is the yardstick, then fish and chips would miss the mark, since each year in the UK it is outsold by hamburgers, fried chicken, pizza, and Indian and Chinese food (Alexander, 2009, n.p.). But if cultural identity and national pride are the measure, then fish and chips is likely to win hands down (Zaino, 2013, n.p.). Surprises of ...

Leadership is the political, psychological, or social influence of an individual or a group of individuals on a group of other people. Leadership is viewed as both a trait character and in addition a relational concept whereby one individual impacts others. It is a process by which a person influences a group of people to achieve a common goal. A leader has personal skills that give him a distinctive difference and allows him to be listened to and followed by a group of people. Leadership can also be defined as an influential authority based on the relationships the leaders ...

As the new president of the company it implies that I am in charge of every aspect that regards the company’s goals and objectives, the greatest impact that I could have on the company is creating a culture that allows everyone to work toward the same direction, this may include encouraging common practices and beliefs that the team members can share, providing a disproportionate effect on how it feels to team members, developing a climate and culture that has an impact on how much the employee will engage, directly impact amount of effort they apply and their inclination ...

Abstract

This paper is about the need to foster employee engagement in organizations, as the concept has significant impacts in business management. The study acknowledges employee engagement (EE) as emotional commitment that employees develop to meeting organizational objectives. The paper appreciates that employees require empowerment, recognition, and reward for their contribution to the development of EE. The paper utilizes the case study of Putteridge Solutions plc to show an example of an organization that needs to implement EE to experience better results. Different tools are used in measuring the concept, with employee survey being a common approach, as it helps ...

REFLECTIVE REPORT: DEVELOPMENT OF A REWARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Reflective Report: Development of a Reward Management System Overview of the situation The purpose of this report is to reflect on the organisational structure and management system at Sur University College in Oman. Sur University College offers a number of very important services to students and the community alike, but there are certainly struggles that the organisation experiences as well. The college is a diverse learning environment, and the organisation as a whole employs a number of staff, which often has a compounding influence on the overall fluidity and efficiency of internal organisational culture. Underperformance is sometimes a problem ...

REFLECTIVE REPORT: DEVELOPMENT OF A REWARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Reflective Report: Development of a Reward Management System Overview of the situation I reflect my experience at TSB Bank, Benford branch in 2016. The bank was underperforming since the employees were unable to meet the monthly set targets. This situation impacted the bank’s revenue as well as the provision of services to customers. Even after several meetings between the head of operations and employees, the situation worsened each month. A team of specialist was set up to investigate the issue. I was given the mandate to lead this team, and our core task was to identify the problem ...

Introduction

Changes and developments in the technology and in the internet led to enhancements in the creativity in relation to marketing. In addition, technology enabled numerous innovations to build up. To cope with the continuous change in the innovations, the companies started to focus on the differentiation of applications and activities to reach the consumers through diversified communication devices. The key aspects of the communication devices are mobile devices. In today’s diversified business environment, mobile phones, smart phones, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant), notebook and tablets PCs are considered key mobile devises. The earlier described mobile devices are able to ...

Development of Performance and Reward Management system in Nokia

Performance and Reward Management are very critical functions of Human Resource Management especially in Multinational firms which employ a diverse workforce. The performance Management and Reward management systems in these organizations have to address country specific issues to make them more effective. Well formulated policies for performance and Reward Management achieve important HRM objectives such as motivation, employee satisfaction and loyalty and low employee turnover. However changing workplace environment and external factors necessitate that these policies are reviewed and reformulated regularly to keep them aligned with organizational strategies as well as external environment. Due to the global implications of ...

Q. 1: The article discusses the role of a sales manager in the relationship selling process. This is achieving by exploring the five critical components that entail management of the relationship selling process. The performance of a salesperson is examined in the article based on the perspective of the manager and the salesperson. Role perceptions and motivation are termed as the key elements in management of salespersons in an organization. The recruitment and selection of a sales force in an organization is investigated in one section of the article where the objectives of sales training and various training techniques ...

Behavioral interventions can be grouped as either antecedent-based interventions (ABI) or consequence-based interventions (CBI). CBI is a group of practices in which the problem behaviors are addressed by manipulating the reinforcement or punishment stimuli following an observed behavior, whereas ABI refers to a group of behavioral interventions that are concerned with the modification of environmental factors that are believed to precede problem behaviors (Tullis, Cannella-Malone, & Payne, 2015). Therefore, ABI strategies are implemented before the problem behavior occurs, so their unique quality is the possibility of problem behavior prevention, which makes the behavioral change easier to maintain compared to results ...

Power and how it relates to leadership.

In leadership, power can be used as an attribute to mean various factors. First, a leader can be termed powerful when followers are willing to abide by his or her rules without questioning. On the other hand, power can be used to mean the ability of a leader to influence others without necessarily having to apply force or brutal measures. Power can either promote or ruin the leadership path of a manager. Salovaara (2016) asserts that a leader who uses the different types of power to influence others in a positive way will create a work friendly environment. On ...

Cross Cultural Management

The Case study presented here is that of a banking organization, Premuris Investments based in Southern California. The head of the organization, Marianne Whitaker is concerned about the behavior and performance of one of her financial advisors who is a Thai national hired only six months before. The employee named Pongpol Chatusipitak or ‘Moo’ as he liked to call himself did not appear to be motivated enough yet he was important to the company as he could generate substantial business from the large Thai community residing in California. Marianne tried to assess the possible reasons behind his behavior in ...

Introduction

Human Resource Management a distinctive approach to the employment management consist of two main forms of existence – one is in academic discourse and activity and other is in form of practice in organizations to employ people and have employment relationships. Human Resource management gains a competitive advantage where the value of the service is determined by the quality or how close it fits into customer needs. Establishing the human resource practice has a positive influence on company’s bottom line. Human Resource management builds a commitment, productive workforce and takes up the responsibility in increasing the employee engagement and ...

When employers are developing structures for internal compensation for their employees, it is important that they determine the way it wants their rates to compare relative to the existing markets. For instance, they could match, lead, or lag the market depending on their financial standing and performance expectations (Paul & Elder, 2012, pg. 347). Alternatively, they could employ a combination of the three options to match their performance needs.

Benefits of Leading the Market in Overall Compensation and Benefits

The strategy of leading the market entails paying rates that are in excess of what is prevailing in the marketplace. The benefits that accompany this strategy include an increase in the ...

Introduction

The word competency has become a buzzword in every working environment, and every organization is striving to employ competent and skilled workers to enhance their general performance. However, the skill of employees is believed to deteriorate with time. The rapidly changing technologies and customers’ needs are also making many traditional skills obsolete or irrelevant. Therefore, the only solution to maintaining and improving competency and relevant skills is employee training. Adequate employee training is critical in developing new skills that have increasingly become indispensable. Also, quality customer service is one of the main factors that define the success of business. ...

Auto repair industry is probably the most accident prone industry throughout the world and is an issue of major concern for the ILO, employees, government authorities and employers. Not only does health and safety related accidents and diseases have traumatic effects on the auto repair workers, they require owners to pay huge compensation and medical bills to the victim and penalties for OSH violations. The major health and safety hazards comprise of accidents or deaths caused by getting crushed under inadequately supported vehicles, toxic emissions from exhausts, asbestos fumes, cuts and bruises from tools, burns, eyesight damage, stress and ...

Abstract

This essay examines the role of ethics in organizations or companies and how ethics can be taught and instituted in such entities. The research identifies that most organizations are set up to attain specific goals. In the case of companies, the main motive for creation is to attain the highest level of profits for shareholders. Ethics seem to reduce the economic returns of a company in the short run. This is in the form of direct costs for monitoring compliance and indirect costs in the form of lost opportunities. However, in the long-run, ethics seem to be beneficial rather ...

According to careful estimation, Millennials, today, account for the highest percentage of total population in the U.S. as well as across the world as also shown in the figure provided below.

The Millennial Generation in Numbers

Figure 1. Goldman Sachs (2016). Millenials Coming of Age. Retrieved from http://www.goldmansachs.com/our-thinking/pages/millennials/ Youth participation in total population has always been critically important and center of attention for authors, thinkers, and scholars around the globe as they endeavored to investigate the role of the young generation in different dimensions such as social, economic, environmental, religious ones. (PWC, 2016). What is applicable to organizational dynamics? Due to their growing influence, ...

Problem Statement

During my practice in the cardiac care unit of 20- bed hospital, I witnessed that most nurses were stressed due to overtime and work- pressure as the ratio of patient to nurse for patient care delivery was 4:1. Such ratios exert huge pressure on the nurse as he/ she has to be attentive to each of her patient as and when needed. Additionally, cardiac care unit’s demands nurses to be highly attentive as most patients admitted need frequent help due to their critical condition. Such situations in which nurses have to handle so many patients’ single- handed increases ...

Psychology

Psychology

What are minimal groups? How does group membership lead to prejudice and discrimination? Minimal groups are groups used in research methodology in social psychology. The groups are used for researching the minimal conditions that are necessary for discrimination to take place between the groups (Otten, 2016). Group membership leads to discrimination and prejudice by making people conform to the set of behaviors associated with the group they belong. The people conform as a result of the social norms which are considered to be the appropriate behavior in the group.

What is modern racism, and how is it studied?

Modern racism is one of the belief systems that ...

Racial inequality has always been rampant in many societies, as it is reflected in white privilege seen not only in the United States but also in Canada, Australia, Israel, and in many countries in Asia and Africa. In white privilege, there is racial advantage on the benefits of the Whites, as they enjoy greater earnings, life expectancies, and access to high-quality education and healthcare services, as compared to the Blacks. This is the effect of what is called stigma—a sociological concept that Erving Goffman developed in his book in the year 1963. Kowal (2011) repeated the words of ...

International Investments Diversification

International Investments Diversification The term global portfolio refers to a group of investments, assets and securities held in foreign markets rather that the domestic market. Traditionally, investors have preferred to focus on international portfolio investment when it comes to the investment in marketable securities. As opposed to the only domestic portfolios, the international portfolio yields more value for the same level of risk. Ideally, an investor should analyze the global stock market to identify the markets that are related to their domestic stock/ securities market in terms of risks and rewards (Agati, 2007). This helps investors reduce their anxiety ...

There are many theories as to how a person may become who he or she is. Some people believe that they are directly shaped by the events that happen in a person’s past, while other thinkers state that people go through different dialectical stages that led up to one’s current state. In this sense, there are many elements that one must be aware of in order to adequately analyze one’s life development. Three of the most important development theorists are B. F. Skinner, John Watson and Erik Erikson; these three men founded Operant Conditioning, Behaviorism and ...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was incorporated in the year 2010 in order to transform the healthcare services in such manner that it enhances the healthcare outcomes in the country. It is also focused on reducing the cost of healthcare while ensuring that the healthcare services are made available by means of effective availability and distribution. The quality of healthcare system has been objectified to be increased under the prevalence of ACA, whereas the rate of uninsured citizens is also emphasized so that the effective distribution of the healthcare services can be implied (Gable, 2011). The population in the ...

Racial inequality has always been rampant in many societies, as it is reflected in white privilege seen not only in the United States but also in Canada, Australia, Israel, and in many countries in Asia and Africa. In white privilege, there is racial advantage on the benefits of the Whites, as they enjoy greater earnings, life expectancies, and access to high-quality education and healthcare services, as compared to the Blacks. This is the effect of what is called stigma—a sociological concept that Erving Goffman developed in his book in the year 1963. Kowal (2011) repeated the words of ...

Managing organizational behavior is an approach to create effective human behavior in the organization. It investigates the actions and attitude of the employee towards each other and organization. It affects the individual and organizational performance and may create complexities in the organizational culture. I have chosen the case study of HealthSouth Corporation that covers the impact of ethical leadership on employee job performance and the company growth. HealthSouth Corporation is providing health care services and based in the United States. The organization is serving the nation with the team of best employees. It is specialized in different health care ...

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Introduction

Retaining the efficient human resources, especially the top talent is in fact very essential for organizations for its smooth functioning as well as to remain competitive. Strategic measures have to be adopted by firms in view to keep the talented work forces on board. As the work forces appear to be diverse in their needs and expectations, the Human Resource (HR) managers need to identify specific and effective ways to strategically deal with the employees. It is noticed that in matters associated with retaining top talent, providing any one or two factors that influences job satisfaction would ...

National Bank of Canada

National Bank of Canada is among the largest commercial banks in Canada, with its headquarters located in Montreal, Canada. The bank’s history dates back in 1859 when francophone businesspersons founded it (Cheffins, 1998). The bank has approximately 452 branches located in most of the Canadian provinces and approximately 2.4 million clients. The bank also has partnerships, subsidiaries and representative offices in other countries through which it serves both Canadian and non-Canadian customers. The bank has a public company ownership structure and its shares trade in Toronto stock market. This paper discusses in details the organizational structure, managerial practices, ...

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans was first released in 1929, but the story itself feels as though it has been told time and again through the ages. In this film, a married man meets a woman—a dangerous, beautiful woman—who tries to lure him away from his dutiful wife. What begins seemingly as a crime story evolves into exactly what the title suggests: it is the song of two humans and their relationship to each other over the course of the film (Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 1929). It is important to note that Sunrise is ...

Management in Sporting Industry

Management in Sporting Industry Sports industry has been prominent in recent years, making it possible for people who are naturally attracted to sports to pursue sports-related courses in various fields that suit them. To make it even more interesting, women have also been involved in internationals sports particularly football, drawing more attention towards international football. The fact that women are also engaging in international football is a positive aspect to all people across the world especially women, to see that they can actually do what they love and what they are most passionate about. On the same note, even ...

Communication and Motivation at the Workplace

There is a lot of pressure on the auto mobile firm after the recall of the faulty auto parts from the market. There appears to be a huge communication gap between the employees and management and no motivational measures to encourage the workforce. Effective communication is mandatory in both personal and professional life. Almost all managerial decisions and actions require some form of communication. For information and ideas to register with the receiver, the communications needs to be effective. The two major problems troubling the company are lack of effective communication and motivation.

Identification

A growing trend in the work ...

Workforce engagement has become a vital issue for many organizations, and an area of interest to both researchers and practitioners. As per Macey et al (2011), workforce management is the association between a company and its workers. An engaged workforce is possible when employees are fully committed about their job duties and so engages in activities that enhance the interest and reputation of the organization. A company with high workforce engagement tends to outperform those with low workforce engagement. The achievement of desirable levels of workforce engagement is influenced both positively and negatively by a number of factors. Studies ...

CLOSING CASE:

Teams Fuel Global Innovation at Whirlpool Cross functional team at Whirlpool Charles Jones came up with cross functional teams with his expertise and knowledge regarding the products that need maximum benefit at Whirlpool. He was actually hired to build a better and a global division that enhanced the cross functional teams, as such he was a Vice president of the company. there were reasons as such to select the cross functional team at Whirlpool because the design of the products matter and as such the new product development part has to be carried with some consequences that led to ...

Introduction

The aim of the assignment is to develop an outline with the purpose of making suggestions for improving the involvement of employees. Hence, the paper has been divided into diverse sections that include a description of the importance of job involvement and the ways involvement of employees can be enhanced.

Factors that affect organizational performance

There are both internal and external factors that affect the performance of organizations. The paper discusses the employee related internal factors that make a significant impact on the performance of the organization. These factors include job satisfaction, employee involvement, and motivation.

Job satisfaction:

Job satisfaction is the level at which employees ...

1. When staff work together as a team they can complement each other and deliver a consistent level of service.

True

2. A key to creating a team environment is recognising both team and individual contributions to achieving the goals of the group.

True

3. Simple rules can apply to any interpersonal relationship, but are essential for a leader. What are four simple rules that apply to leaders? 1. Focusing on creating positive partnership with subordinates in order to increase the quality of cooperation with them. 2. Paying particular attention to the ideas, needs, and problems of employees in order to ...

Executive Summary 3

Introduction 4 The Workforce as a Competitive Advantage 5 How to Value and Retain Employees 7 Proper Recruitment Strategies 7 Staff Socialization 8 Training and Development of Staff 8 Compensation and Rewards 9

References 12

Executive Summary All the resources of an institution are crucial in the development and achievement of the objectives of a given business entity. It is essential for the management of an institution to properly manage the resources. However, the human capital is regarded as the most vital resource of an institution. Its skills, competencies, knowledge, and innovativeness, are essential in the growth of human resource management. ...

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 ...

Every business aspires to achieve its goals and objectives. Attainment of success is an involving matter that requires the commitment of all those tasked with various activities within the enterprise. Failure or underperformance from any individual presents harmful impacts on the stability and financial capability of an establishment (Whitten, Giesecke & Ogunnaike, 2015). This paper explains John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success; the model’s relevance to the modern business environment and the validity of the models aspect. John Wooden’s pyramid of success plays a significant role in enhancing the success of businesses in the contemporary times. The model ...

Fall Risk on Med/surgical Unit: A comparative Study of Using 5ps of Micro-system Framework to Deming Quality Improvement Theoretical Framework

Introduction

In the current health care environment, people are increasingly aware of the care quality of different health facilities. Therefore, hospitals and other health organizations take extensive efforts to enhance the quality of their overall health outcomes. In a medical/surgical unit, the issue of patient fall can adversely affect patient recovery, and hence, the overall health outcomes of the organization. This paper will compare fall risk on med/surgical unit using 5Ps of micro-system framework to Deming quality improvement theoretical framework.

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Introduction

The primary objective of this report is to analyze the concept of flexible working and psychological contracts. Also, it aims at evaluating the influence of flexible working in an organization. The first part covers literature review of psychological contract and its impacts on business performance. Psychological contract is a notion that the employee and employer have a mutual relationship whereby both have expectations. According to CIPD (2016a) flexible working is whereby the employees have a degree of flexibility on work schedules such as working four days a week, part-time work, job-sharing, and annual hours. Flexible work improves retention and ...

Introduction

The primary objective of a copyright law is to protect the ideas, time and imaginations of the producer of a particular work including the effort contributed towards the individual work. The owner of the concrete work is assured of individual rights such as:

Produce other works established on the original work

Duplicate or imitate his or her work Circulate original copies and any other copies through sale or charter Live performances of the work in public Public exhibition of the work The owner of the work can assign individuals to accomplish any of the rights provided by the law. If the copyright owner decides to transfer the ...

Organisational behaviour is a study of business organisations and how the separate component parts come together to work to attain optimal results and attain synergistic effects. This is often done by evaluating the different business units in an organisation and how they work together under a specific leadership in order to ensure that the people, assets and resources of the organisation works to attain the highest and best results. Organisational behaviour aims at bringing together components of an organisation to ensure effective work and efficient utilisation of resources at the lowest possible cost. The purpose of this paper is ...