of Blue Cross Blue Shield Betty Bogart Kaplan University Author Note Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Betty Bogart‚ Student‚ Kaplan University‚ 1801 East Kimberly Road‚ Davenport IA 52807. The Changing Face of Blue Cross Blue Shield Since their founding as individual companies in the early 20th century‚ Blue Cross Blue Shield has grown to become one of the largest insurance companies in the United States. Blue Cross coverage for hospital care and Blue Shield
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Three types of motivational theory can be seen in different organization. The theories are: Maslow’s hierarchy theory‚ Herzberg’s theory and vroom’s theory. Maslow’s theory indicates that where motivation fulfills the demand and needs of an employee. Maslow discovered the theory in 1943. This theory can be shown as pyramid. There are down to top approach in this theory. A new comer always needs his job for satisfying himself by getting food and shelter which is a psychological need. The second lower
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A STUDY OF EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION TECHNIQUES AT MTNL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This research was conducted for MTNL‚ Thane and the subject of the research was ‘To study the employee motivation techniques at MTNL’ The objective was to study the important factors which are needed to motivate the employees‚ also to study the effect of monetary and non-monetary benefits provided by the organization on the employee’s performance and to provide the practical suggestion for the improvement of organization’s
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Last accessed 2nd December 2012. Evan Davis . (2007). Value Engineering. Available: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/evandavis/2007/05/value_engineering.html. Last accessed 3rd December 2012. Donkin‚ R‚ (2001) "Western Electric Discovers Motivation" from Donkin‚ R‚ Blood Sweat and Tears:The Evolution of Work pp.161-177‚ London: TEXERE Publishing Ltd Ritzer‚ G‚ (2008) "Efficiency: Drive-Throughs and Finger Foods" from Ritzer‚ G‚ The McDonaldization of Society pp.57-78‚ London: Sage Publications
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Living Above Ground The inspirational true story of Homer Hickam in October Sky reminds us all to strive for our goals and never give up‚ even in the face of adversity. However‚ Homer was fighting for a great deal in his pursuit of rocketry‚ he was even fighting for his life. Born in a coal mining town‚ son of a foreman‚ Homer seemed destined to work the mine when he grew up. But in October Sky‚ Homer has to overcome what the mine represents: isolation and death. The life of a coal miner is
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Motivation Larry Page and Sergey Brin‚ the founders of Google Inc.‚ did not want to apply the traditional culture of corporation based on extrinsic rewards system only and where employees are stuck in a cubicle for hours without sharing ideas or experiences. As the traditional “Do a great job and you will be recompensed with a increment in your salary”. Larry Page and Sergey Brin‚ wanted to create something more‚ an innovative culture in which Human Resources will be call “People operations”‚
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Case Study 1: Blue Cloud Gets Agile BUSI 504 Leading Organizational Change Liberty University Spring 2015 – Session B Abstract This paper will analyze the implementation process of Agile into a Blue Cloud Development by CEO Shel Skinner. The case discussion will answer what the trigger event was that led Shel Skinner to adopt Agile; evaluate the change implementation steps followed by Skinner; the behavioral changes that are required of Agile; the variation of employee feedback regarding
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I. Introduction to Motivation Motivation is the inner state that causes an individual to behave in a way that ensures the accomplishment of some goal. In other word‚ motivation explains why people act as they do. The better a manager understands organization members’ behavior‚ the more able that manager will be to influence subordinates’ behavior to make it more consistent with the accomplishment of organizational objectives. Because productivity is a result of the behavior of organizational members
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Motivation may be defined as psychological forces that determine the direction of a person’s behavior in an organization. Motivation is central to management because it explains why people behave the way they do. A persons’ behavior tells how motivated they are to do their job at a higher performance level. There is intrinsically and extrinsic sources for motivation (Gareth‚ 2009) There are also two motivational theories which explains how an employee can be motivated. Intrinsic behavior is
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considered by the organisation. The pyramid that is typically used to describe Maslow’s (1943) theory (Appendix 2) shows the process in which employees rise from one step to the next. Maslow’s (1943) pyramid allows employees to evaluate their personal motivation within set stages‚ with basic needs at the bottom and higher needs at the top. Although there are limitations to this theory “Maslow’s theory has attracted two main criticisms. First‚ it is vague and cannot readily predict behaviour. Second‚ it’s
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