Theories of Motivation Motivation: “The process that account for an individual’s intensity‚ direction‚ and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal.” Motivation is the result of the interaction of the individual and the situation.Individuals differ in their basic motivational drive.The level of motivation varies both between individuals and within individuals at different times. EARLY THEOREIS OF MOTIVATION 1950’s: These three theories are: Hierarchy of needs theory Theories X
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Devin Vasquez Mr. Moore APUSH 3 28 November 2011 Abraham Lincoln and the Struggle for Union and Emancipation President Lincoln knew that he would not have an easy job when he took the Presidency. South Carolina had threatened to secede if Lincoln was elected into office and true to their word; South Carolina seceded four days after Lincoln was sworn into office. Then within the following six weeks‚ six more states also seceded from the Union. And with this‚ President Lincoln
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Discussion HW #2 Discussion Section #: 14748 Lecture Section #: 14738 Chapter 15 Case Incident 1: Creative Deviance: Bucking the Hierarchy? 1. I believe it is possible for an organization to deliberately create an “anti-hierarchy” to encourage employees to engage in more acts of creative deviance. All things being equal‚ the broad span of control leads to efficient organization while a narrow span of control results in hierarchical organization. However‚ span of control can be affected by
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innovations‚ or inventions‚ including Abraham Darby. Darby was an iron founder‚ copper smelter‚ brass manufacturer‚ but what Darby is best known for is his invention of coke as a source of fuel. This allowed Darby to make an impact during the Industrial Revolution. Without Darby’s findings of coke as a source of fuel‚ energy would have been much harder to find or to make to allow many factories to be in business as well as allow the electric machines to run. Before Abraham Darby even thought about the
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the world in 1450-1750 were functioning under some kind of social or economic class. In the west‚ there were more opportunities for jobs. Southern and Eastern Asia also saw a continuation in the Caste System and the scholarly dominance. Social hierarchies and identities changed The Spanish conquest of the New World and establishment of profitable colonies led to a restructuring of the social order Between 1492 and 1750‚ the Spanish created settlements along the coasts of Central and South America
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The Bias Hierarchy Social Darwinism was a theory that took Charles Darwin’s idea of natural selection and subjected it on people. It proposes that for people to survive in their environment they have to evolve. Herbert Spencer was a huge believer of Social Darwinism and also believed in teleology‚ which ranks people from best to worst (Ormsbee). He believed in the “survival of the fittest” and inferior people (poor and dark-skinned people) should be taken out (Ormsbee). This type of thinking is
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To what extent do audiences need art galleries to view art works? Art galleries are essential to the art world‚ however‚ is not the only source for audiences to view art. To begin with‚ art and artwork is defined as the application of human skill‚ creativity and imagination. Taking this into consideration‚ individuals need to examine the nature and purpose of art galleries as a facility to collaborate‚ organize and display a collection of artworks. As art however‚ is any expression of human creativity
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3. Carefully select workers who possess skills and abilities that match the needs of the task‚ and train them to perform the task according to the established rules and procedures. 4. Carefully select workers who possess skills and abilities that match the needs of the task‚ and train them to perform the task according to the established rules and procedures. George Elton Mayo (1880 -1949) Mayo had discovered a fundamental concept. Working places should be like as a social environments
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Utilitarianism‚ total happiness should be maximized whether by performing actions that would accomplish that which will bring happiness or by following the rules which when followed will bring happiness. Therefore‚ a utilitarian would agree that there is need to relieve poverty because with poverty total happiness would not have been achieved. Poverty would prevent people from being happy and therefore poverty could be relieved by providing the poor with job opportunities‚ money and other necessities in
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Case 3: Creative Deviance – Bucking the Hierarchy? One of the major functions of an organizational hierarchy is to increase standardization and control for top managers. Using the chain of command‚ managers can direct the activities of subordinates toward a common purpose. If the right person with creative vision is in charge of a hierarchy‚ the results can be phenomenal. Until Steve Jobs’ regrettable passing in October of 2011‚ Apple had used a strongly top-down creative process in which most major
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