Four contingencies of reinforcement: 1. Positive Reinforcement Purpose: Serve to strengthen desired behavior Method/How: Gives bonus or present that is powerful and durable‚ praise Essential Element: Correct timing and consistency (Directly after the desired behavior) Example: Teach child correct manners Consideration: Modifications in behavior should equal to the reinforcement 2. Punishment Purpose: Decrease inappropriate behavior Method/How: Can carry out through 1)
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1.0 Total Quality Define total quality & quality. Total Quality: an approach of doing business that attempts to maximize the competitiveness of an organization through the continual improvement of the quality of its products‚ services‚ people‚ processes‚ and environments Quality: a dynamic state associated with products‚ services‚ people‚ processes‚ and environments that meets or exceeds expectations and helps produce superior value. List the elements of total quality 1. Strategically based: Comprehensive
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Principles and Practices of Management Assignment A Marks 15 Answer all questions. 1. What were the Hawthorne studies? What effect did they have on the Management practices? 2. What steps can an organisation take to increase the motivational force for high levels of performance? 3. Explain briefly various Management Functions. What is the basis for saying that planning is the most crucial management function? Discuss. 4. Explain the MBO Process. 5. Elucidate the relationship between
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FACULTY OF OUM BUSINESS SCHOOL MAY 2014 BBPP1103 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT MATRICULATION NO : 890223075366001 IDENTITY CARD NO. : 890223075366 TELEPHONE NO. : 0124548042 E-MAIL : eshas@oum.edu.my LEARNING CENTRE : PENANG table of contents page 1.0 introduction 2 2.0 ARTICLE 1 4 3.0 ARTICLE 2 7 4.0 ARTICLE 3 10 5.0 CONCLUSION 12 6.0 ATTACHMENT 13
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Issue paper one: Productivity and Quality Management Executive Report Prepared by G.Y. Attanayake MBA/2003/1448 Course : MBA 501 Managing Business Operations Dr. Travis Perera and Mr. A.K.L Jayawardana July‚ 2003 POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT University of Sri Jayewardenepura TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO. EXECUTIVE SUMMERY 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 MEASURING PRODUCTIVITY IN THE MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE SECTORS 1.1.1 Productivity Defined and Explained 5 1.1.1.1 Why Productivity
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Xeros’s management practices would support the result they obtained? How do these practices lead to accomplishing the three leadership through quality objectives? 2. Discuss the meaning of quality is a race without a finish line. What is it significance to Xerox‚ or to any organization? When facing business threats from competition‚ Xerox ‘s president David Kearns becomes convinced that Xerox needed a long-range‚ comprehensive quality strategy as well as a change in its traditional management culture
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LITERATURE REVIEW a) The Fundamental Principles of TQM (Improvements and Development In the Public Service – Report by Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ahmad Sarji Bin Abdul Hamid‚ Chief Secretary To The Government). Government departments can practice TQM successfully if they have a conducive work environment. The conducive environment will foster the development of a quality culture which will then become a way of life in the organization. To create such an environment‚ Government departments
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Goal Setting: A Managers Role vs. the Employee ’s Role "How do you get your employees to perform better?" "Are your employees focused‚ motivated‚ organized and driven?" "What goals have been established for your employees?" These are a few of the many questions I asked to multiple managers within the company that I work for. Being a relatively new employee‚ working there for a little over a year‚ I wanted to ask these questions. Not to see how different managers felt about specific
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Electronics NV and then with IBM. Why do you think Diebold choose this mode of expanding internationally? What were advantages and disadvantages of this agreement? Diebold didn’t have the need to expand its business across the boarders before the 1980’s since they already had a massive demand inside of the United States. They used a key international business alliance‚ distribution alliances when they thought it was time to export their ATM machines internationally. Distribution alliances‚ such as
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION I. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively. Management comprises planning‚ organizing‚ staffing‚ leading or directing‚ and controlling an organization (a group of one or more people or entities) or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. Resourcing encompasses the deployment and manipulation
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