Running head: MOTIVATION IN THE WORKPLACE Organizational Communication Capstone Project Motivation in the Workplace: Theory and Practice Author’s Note: OLRM 250 Organizational Communications Dr. Jeffrey Yergler Sandy Johnson August 18‚ 2011 sajo69@msn.com MOTIVATION IN THE WORKPLACE Abstract 1 There are few things worse in an average person’s life than working at a job you detest. What is even worse is that your manager does nothing to make it better. Motivation‚ whether is it personal
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Chapter 01 Consumer Behavior and Marketing Strategy Multiple Choice Questions 1. Why is China very attractive to marketers around the world? A. because it represents a collective approach to marketing in contrast to the traditional individualist approach used in the United States and other western cultures B. Chinese consumers are very brand loyal C. they are the heaviest users of the Internet D. Chinese teens are easier to understand because they are less "trendy" than teenagers from other
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Robust Routers seeks to extend a job offer to Joe Tech to come on board as an Associate Product Manager for the Terabit Router Group. Having interned at Robust Routers the previous summer‚ Joe Tech was familiar with the company and the advanced work it has accomplished in the technology industry within the last decade. His experience of working alongside Leigh Bultema‚ one of RR’s brightest workers‚ aided not only in a job being offered to him after his internship‚ but more importantly that of his
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goals- Leadership is thus about motivation." Table of Contents Topic Page Number 1 Executive Summary 3 2 Leadership 3 2.1 Leadership Definition 4 3 The Four Main Phases of Leadership Theory 4 4 Motivation 7 4.1 Motivation Models and Theories 7 5 Motivation and Leadership Styles 8 6 Case Study- Royal Bank of Scotland Group: Motivation and Leadership 10 7 Conclusion 11 References 14 1. Executive Summary This paper is about leadership and motivation. One of the main issues is whether
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An Empirical Study of Consumer Switching from Traditional to Electronic Channel: A Purchase Decision Process Perspective Alok Gupta* (agupta@csom.umn.edu) Bo-chiuan Su (bsu@mgt.ncu.edu.tw) Zhiping Walter (Zhiping.Walter@cudenver.edu) ALOK GUPTA (agupta@csom.umn.edu) is an Associate Professor of the Department of Information and Decision Sciences‚ Carlson School of Management‚ University of Minnesota‚ USA. He received his PhD in Management Science and Information Systems from the University of Texas
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INTRODUCTION Consumer behaviour study is based on consumer buying behaviour‚ with the consumer playing the three distinct roles of users‚ payer and buyer. Consumer behaviour is the study of when‚ why‚ how‚ and where people do or do not buy products. It blends elements from psychology‚ sociology‚ social anthropology and economics. It attempts to understand the buyer decision making process‚ both individually and in groups. It studies characteristics of individual consumers such as demographics
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Motivation is the process of attempting to influence others to do their work through the possibilities of gain or reward. Employee work motivation and performance will be analyzed from the perspective of motivation theory as the central for the analysis. Motivation involves getting the members of the group to pull weight effectively‚ to give their loyalty to the group‚ to carry out properly the purpose of the organization. Employee motivation is one of the major issues
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CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR | Mehreen NoorHira AminSadia Arooj Presented to: Sir Sikandar Aziz | INTRODUCTION As management team members of a marketing company‚ we are asked to introduce and market a product in Pakistan and use different persuasion and marketing techniques to convince the people about the effectiveness and usability of that specific product. In this context‚ we have selected a purely Pakistani
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American Journal of Scientific Research ISSN 2301-2005 Issue 79 October‚ 2012‚ pp.40-47 © EuroJournals Publishing‚ Inc. 2012 http://www.eurojournals.com/ajsr.htm Analysis of Factors Affecting Consumer Brand Preference in Brand Alliance Strategy Vahid Shokri Aliabadi Corresponding Author‚ MBA‚ Faculty of Virtual Education University of Isfahan‚ Isfahan‚ Iran No.5‚ 2nd Fl.‚ Eghlimi St‚ Southern Sohrevardi Ave Tehran (15657) Iran‚ P.O.BOX 15745-511 E-mail: shokri.ui.ac.ir@gmail.com Tel: 98-913-326-0868
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Tech Savvy or Out of Touch Keith Watterton English 111 Professor D. Domi. 15 September 2010 Keith Watterton Professor D. Domi 15 September 2010 Tech Savvy or Out of Touch I was at Best Buy to buy a new laptop for school; the store was busy that day. I headed over to the computer section the line at the geek squad desk was about twenty-deep‚ and all of the blue shirts walked heads down with a purpose‚ because they were helping other customers. All around boxes were flying out the
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