Assignment for International Business Critically evaluate McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y. How far is it applicable to management and employee motivation in contemporary Chinese organizations? Student Name: Xin Guo ID 6511517 Module code: X10FCD I give permission for this paper to be used for future research and training purposes. Yes Critically evaluate McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y. How far is it applicable to management and employee motivation in contemporary
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Theories of Intelligence Abstract Theories of intelligence have been studied and researched by numerous psychologists. This essay will discuss the different theories‚ the person(s) who formulated them‚ and the relevance of each. This essay will also be used to show how important human interaction and the environment can be in overall human intelligence. Theories of Intelligence
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1. INTRODUCTION Motivation is an important element in organizational learning due to its ability to enable employees to function effectively. There are several theories of motivation which can be useful to managers in motivating employees of organizations. You may ask yourself what motivation is. Well‚ motivation is that drive you have within you to get something done‚ what drives you to work as much as you do‚ for example‚ a student will want an A in a test‚ he will be motivated to study hard and
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There are many different theories surrounding suicide. This essay shall briefly describe Durkheim ’s Sociological Theory of suicide and Freud ’s Psychoanalytic Theory. Psychological autopsies shall then be discussed which have contributed to Shneidman ’s shared characteristics of suicide. Suicide victims and prevention will also be discussed. Durkheim ’s Sociological Theory of suicide identifies three different types of suicide - egoistic‚ altruistic and anomic. Egoistic suicide victims feel that
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The Educational Theory of Lev Vygotsky: an analysis |Researched and Written by: |[pic] | |M. Dahms‚ K. Geonnotti‚ D. Passalacqua. J. N. Schilk‚ A. Wetzel‚ | | |and M. Zulkowsky | | Introduction Born in Czarist Russia in 1896‚ Lev Vygotsky lived a relatively short life‚ dying of tuberculosis
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Queer Theory After initially making what I ’m sure is a common misconception nowadays‚ researching the Queer Theory has brought me "up to speed" so to speak‚ on what this new-aged‚ misunderstood set of beliefs actually means. To begin‚ the Queer Theory is‚ "a set of ideas based around the idea that identities are not fixed and do not determine who we are" (Butler 1990). Basically‚ this definition can be broken down into several parts. Not only does the Queer Theory deal with
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the study of linguistic politeness. It is quite difficult to give a proper definition to politeness. The researches on linguistic politeness started from the middle of 1970 ’s‚ however‚ it was in the late 1980s that the researchers tried to put forward their definitions of it. DEFINITION OF POLITENESS According to Webster ’s Third New International Dictionary (Grove (1976))‚ politeness is defined as: showing or characterized by correct social usage: marked by or exhibiting appearance of consideration
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various experts‚ professors and authors. All these researches and discussions have given rise to various Leadership Theories. A review of the leadership literature reveal has given rise to various theories like “The Charismatic Theory”‚ “The Trait Theory”‚ “The Behavioural Theory”. . A basic introduction of the various theories is been given in the table below. Leadership Theory Time of Introduction Major Tenets Charismatic Leadership 1920s and 1970s and 1980s Effective leaders inspire subordinates
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CONTINGENCY THEORY Contingency Theory is a class of behavioral theory that claims that there is no best way to organize a corporation‚ to lead a company‚ or to make decisions. Instead‚ the optimal course of action is contingent (dependent) upon the internal and external situation. The leading practitioners of which were Tom Burns‚ Joan Woodward‚ Paul Lawrence‚ Jay Lorsch‚ and Fred Fiedler‚ an otherwise theoretically eclectic group who were nevertheless united in their belief that no single organizational
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Pizza Store Curve Theory February 10‚ 2013 Operations Management/OPS/571 Professor John Quesnel In this paper the approach is to understand the formulation of learning curve theory and objective is to maximize profits and increasing organizational performance for Mario ’s Pizzeria. The three fundamental assumptions followed by the learning curve theory are total time for completing a task decreases with the increased repetition‚ improvement percentage decreases
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