Is it important for a manager to consider Equity Theory when striving to improve an employee’s job satisfaction and motivation? Understanding what motivated employees and how they were motivated was the focus of many researchers following the publication of the Hawthorne Study results (Terpstra‚ 1979). Five major approaches that have led to our understanding of motivation are Maslow ’s need-hierarchy theory‚ Herzberg ’s two- factor theory‚ Vroom ’s expectancy theory‚ Adams ’ equity theory‚ and
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reports. The six ratios considered are current ratio‚ quick ratio‚ profit margin‚ operating ratio‚ debt-equity ratio‚ and debt-asset ratio. These ratios were compared over time‚ against its close competitors‚ which are Amazon.com Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.‚ and against a calculated industry benchmark. Based on our findings‚ we conclude that Indigo is financially healthy. For example‚ current and quick ratios are both higher than its competitors and its industry benchmark. Operating ratio indicated that
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A. Debt Management Ratios (Leverage Ratios) The extent to which a firm uses debt financing‚ or financial leverage‚ has three important implications: 1. By raising funds through debt‚ stockholders can maintain control of a firm while limiting their investment 2. Creditors look to the equity‚ or owner-supplied funds‚ to provide a margin of safety‚ so the higher the proportion of the total capital that was provided by stockholders‚ the less the risk faced by creditors 3. If the firm earns more
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Public Concern in the Childcare Sector: Child to Staff Ratios Public Concern in the Childcare Sector: Child to Staff Ratios At the end of 2012‚ it was announced that the Government were looking to relax their child to staff ratios for childcare in England. The reason for this is that they though it would make more available spaces for childcare‚ and lower costs for parents. Britain has some of the highest childcare costs in the world‚ with many mothers with two or more children saying it does
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TRS 101 AZ Justin Danforth Professor Rope September 29th‚ 2013 Fides et Ratio When looking at the context of the Fides et Ratio‚ John Paul II expresses on “crisis of meaning” in contemporary society. Throughout this section John Paul II offers examples on how the crisis of meaning has emerged. John Paul II touches on “scientism” and “pragmatism” and how these have affected modern society and are believed to be steering individuals in the wrong direction. John Paul II also includes other
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Consider the view that only form matters when properly appreciating art Art appreciation is the understanding of the timeless qualities that characterise all great art‚ and personally i feel is a subjective matter; what I find aesthetically pleasing may not apply to everyone else. There are many reasons why we value art; because it informs us‚ because of its expressive quality‚ and because of its artistic quality. In this case‚ the latter is being discussed‚ that good art
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life and the killing process is often brutal. David Foster Wallace describes the scene of the Maine Lobster Festival in his article “Consider the Lobster”.Wallace specifically highlights the main attraction‚ the World’s Largest Lobster Cooker‚ as a publicly acceptable form of publix slaughter. He goes on to describe the process to kill a lobster; it is boiled alive. When it is placed in the boiling water‚ it often attempts to “hook its claws over the kettle’s rim like a person trying to keep from going
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Roasters. Within the report we will focus on the financial Ratios for both companies spanning from the years 2010 to 2012 and compare the two while discussing the trends within both and deciding which company is best to invest in. 1. Liquidity & Activity Ratios- What are the trends? Liquidity and Activity Ratios consist of: Current Ratio‚ Acid-Test (Quick Ratio)‚ Receivables Turnover‚ Inventory Turnover‚ and Asset Turnover. Current Ratio is the determination of a firm’s ability to meet current
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4.5. EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS Table 4.14 KMO and Bartlett’s Test Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy. .896 Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity Approx. Chi-Square 4.120E3 df 528 Sig. .000 Bartlett’s test of sphericity indicates whether the correlation matrix is an identity matrix‚ which would indicate that the variables are unrelated. The significance level gives the result of the test. Very small values (less than .05) indicate that there are probably significant relationships
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Lynn Bi Ms. Winn APEL: Period 6 March 2‚ 2015 When The World is Flat With the acceleration of communication and transportation within the past century‚ the world has undergone transformative changes of globalization – “the inexorable integration of markets‚ transportation systems‚ and communication systems to a degree never witnessed before” (Friedman). A new global culture where products‚ ideas‚ and technologies have an unprecedented ease of exchange has enabled nations‚ businesses and individuals
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