INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT‚ BUSINESS‚ AND ADMINISTRATION VOLUME 15‚ NUMBER 1‚ 2011 Motivating by Enriching Jobs to Make Them More Interesting and Challenging Fred C. Lunenburg Sam Houston State University ABSTRACT Job enrichment is a job-design strategy for enhancing job content by building into it more motivating potential. Expanding on the work of Frederick Herzberg‚ Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham provide an explicit framework for enriching jobs. Based on their own work and the
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Purpose – The purpose of the present paper is to advance a testable model‚ rooted on well-established control and self-regulation theory principles‚ explaining the causal links between change-related sensemaking‚ interpretation‚ readiness and subsequent behavioural action. Design/methodology/approach – Following a review of the two motivation theories and clarification of change-related sensemaking‚ interpretation‚ and readiness concepts‚ the paper proposes a series of research propositions (illustrated
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What is a Reflective Journal? A reflective journal is a way of thinking in a critical and analytical way about your work in progress. It shows how different aspects of your work interconnect. The journal can record: • where your inspiration comes from • how you make use of your ideas to develop your work • your awareness of the cultural context (setting) in which you work This context includes: other artists’ work and their ideas; the ideas of critics and theorists; social‚ political‚ aesthetic
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Title of Article : Effectiveness of Multimedia in Learning & Teaching data structures online Author and brief background : Sahalu Junaidi‚ King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals. Dhahran‚ KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA Journal Title and Vol. Number : Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE Volume: 9 Number: 4 Article 7 Date of submission : October 2008 ISSN 1302-6488 I. INTRODUCTION Globalizations make everything easier and fast in everywhere with direct communication
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What are the entry barriers to the Las Vegas Casino Resort market? When one thinks of casinos‚ one cannot escape from Las Vegas. Despite Nevada legalizing gambling in 1931‚ today‚ the notorious Las Vegas strip is dominated by several key players and the reason why this is so is due to the barriers to entry‚ defined as obstacles faced by potential new entrants‚ existent in the Las Vegas casino resort market. The entry barriers are explained below. Government Policy While the lucrative nature
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“ Journal 1-2” A year ago I went to see the movie the “Vow” and my greatest takeaway was related to a phrase that Leo (one of the main characters used) throughout the film. “My theory is about moments‚ moments of impact. My theory is that these … flashes of high impact actually end up defining who I am.” When I returned home‚ this led me to think about my life and some of the moments of impact that I have experienced over the years. When I was 17‚ I thought I wanted to save the world so I
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Japan and Germany. The company believes that the increasing trend of going green and concerns about the environment in Japan and Germany will merge significant profits shortly after entering those two markets. Anna’s Car has evaluated various market entry strategy alternatives and is now hesitating between direct exporting or foreign direct investment for Germany and franchising or joint venture for Japan. Direct Export The main advantage of direct exporting for Anna’s Car is going to be fact that
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Journal Article Critique I. INTRODUCTION This journal article studies about the “Asian and Euro-American parents’ ethnotheories of play and learning: Effects on preschool children’s home routines and school behaviour.” It was written by Parminder Parmar‚ Sara Harkness‚ and Charles M. Super; Pamar is from the Pennsylvania State University‚ and the other two researchers came from the University of Conneticut‚ both universities can be found in the USA. The article is studying and discussing about
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Overview Introduction The first reflective learning journal I worte has bad achievement‚ since I was confused to write it with no direction and also I did not ask for help.However‚the significant point is that I have learnt a lot from the first journal‚not only knowing the structure of journal‚ but I also learn how to assess and improve my personal skills and interpersonal skills. From now on‚I pay attention to the second reflective journal from week 4 to week7.I think I will obtain a lot of useful
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The threat of entry into an industry depends on the barriers of entry that are present with the reaction from existing competitors that the entrant can expect. Next hold a strong piece of the market share even though it’s not a large amount. It would be difficult for a new competitor to enter the retail clothing industry in Dublin as there are already a number of key players such as Next‚ River Island‚ Topman‚ Penneys and Dunne’s Stores. There are six major sources of barriers to entry‚ looking at
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