From a very young age‚ I had aspirations of becoming an engineer‚ because I wanted to build machines that did not require direct human energy inputs to operate. I achieved this for the first time a few weeks later‚ designing a vehicle that carried it’s energy stored in rubber-bands; it wasn’t a roaring success‚ but the fact that it wasn’t perfect only increased my desire to learn more about engineering. Soon afterwards‚ I became a serious motor sport enthusiast‚ and to understand the sport more
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Activity 5 Topic 6: Motivation and rewards In this topic you have covered an important theory of motivation called Expectancy Theory. Let’s apply this theory to your university study‚ specifically the upcoming essay assessment. There are three expectancy factors that will affect your motivation to succeed: * Expectancy is your belief that working hard on your essay will result in the production of a good quality piece of work (i.e. a least a high pass or credit although more able students
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MOTIVATION Concept of Motivation: Motivation is a psychological concept which acts as a force that propels a person to act or not to act in a certain way. Robert D. Irwin defines motivation as “Motivation means a process of stimulating people to action to accomplish a desired goal”. A manager needs to coordinate several factors of production and these factors can be classified into non human and human factors. The efficiency of non human factors such as material‚ machine‚ etc depends on the technology
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Manuel González Jiménez Ms. Parker English-1301-P.78 September/14/2012 Civil Engineering Civil engineer is a very important career in our lives. This career is the one that organizes the cities. Civil Engineers are responsible to do constructions such as bridges‚ roads‚ streets‚ drainage‚ and all the constructions that keep us communicated and living totally comfortable‚ being a civil engineer brings you a very huge and important responsibility because all the work that you will do is for the
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study Many researchers and authors have defined the concept of motivation. It has been defined as: * The psychological process that gives behavior purpose and direction (Kreitner‚ 1995) * A predisposition to behave in a purposive manner to achieve specific‚ unmet needs (Buford‚ Bedeian‚ & Lindner‚ 1995) * An internal drive to satisfy an unsatisfied need (Higgins‚ 1994) * The will to achieve (Bedeian‚ 1993). Motivation is defined as the inner force that drives individuals to accomplish
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in my major and formed a clearer concept of Civil Engineering. In my opinion‚ the task of CE engineers and researchers is to court the needs and convenience of humanity. To achieve this goal‚ Sound structure is indispensable‚ because it plays a key role in every CE project. I cultivated valid skills in structure analysis and design through major courses‚ such as Structure Mechanics‚ Theories of Structure design‚ Concrete Structure‚ etc‚ and additional reading. I think I am well prepared
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEER DESCRIPTION “Electrical engineers design‚ and evaluate the manufacture‚ testing‚ installation‚ operation‚ and maintenance of electrical and electronic components‚ equipment and systems.”1 Electrical engineers work with an array of equipment and machinery‚ such as transformers‚ switches‚ electrical appliances and types of generators‚ and are considered in fields involving communications‚ radar‚ aerospace guidance‚ medical and biomedical research
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1. The Concept of Motivation Each concept or idea has its own history determined by the general evolution of human thought. For many years‚ the understanding of the term and the research on motivation were dominated by the so-called drive reduction theories. Psychologists identified a large number of human needs (both biological and psychological ones)‚ all of them causing inner tensions‚ which had to be released in one way or another. In 1964‚ Atkinson (quoted in Williams and Burden‚ 1997: 113)
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The use of Expectancy and Reinforcement Theories of Motivation Expectancy theory refers to the cognitive or mental process of a person in regards to choosing or making a choice. It explains the process a person goes through to make a choice. There are three components to this the Expectancy theory they are Expectancy‚ Instrumentality‚ and Valance. The expectancy component is a person’s belief that the effort they put forward will lead to a certain type of performance. The instrumentality component
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Maybe the place to begin is to give the definition of the Motivation; the Motivation is the willingness to use high levels of effort towards organizational goals‚ conditioned by the effort’s ability to satisfy some individual needs. Motivation is an important thing that managers need to understand what motivates their employees to have good performance. By motivating the employees‚ the organization can get benefits from that for example‚ employees can increase their performance and productivity
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