Motivating Employees Motivation is defined as the reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way. Motivation is one of the most important factors in employee performance and in keeping a business afloat. Workers with hourly wages are motivated to work more hours because working more hours means more money in their pocket. Motivation is an abstract concept‚ one can not see motivation in another person‚ only the results of it. Why is motivation important? Well there would be no reason
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As the chief executive of Barnes & Noble (BKS) from 2010 to 2013‚ William Lynch might have had one of the most difficult jobs in the retail business. He made it harder still by running a large chain of bookstores as though it were a tech startup. Burning through about a billion dollars‚ the company built its own e-reading devices‚ which were well-received‚ and then its own tablet computers‚ which weren’t. Barnes & Noble sold so few tablets over the holidays last year that it actually lost money during
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JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY Employee Branding at a pharmaceutical company Bachelor Thesis in Business Administration Authors: Niclas Månsson Erik Thorsén Mikael Törnqvist Tutor: Jönköping Jean-Charles Languilaire JUNE 2010 JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY Acknowledgement We would like to thank all participants at Company X for their involvement and especially express our gratitude to the CEO for his support. We also thank
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Motivation of employees is an important part of the success of the business. “Psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed that all people seek to satisfy five basic kinds of needs: physiological needs‚ safety needs‚ belongingness needs‚ esteem needs‚ and self-actualization needs.” (Jones & George‚ 2011‚ p. 303) If the needs‚ within reason‚ of the employee are being met‚ than it’s only makes sense that the employee will exceed goals‚ be happier at the workplace‚ and have more motivation to continue
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motivation and the fact that‚ there is no ready made solution or an answer to what motivates people to work well (Mullins‚2002). Mullins (2002) also classifies motivation into Intrinsic and Extrinsic types. Intrinsic motivation involves psychological rewards to enhance job satisfaction‚ such as the opportunity to use one’s ability‚ a sense of achievement‚ receiving appreciation and positive recognition or being treated in a considerate manner (Mullins‚ 2002:P490). Such methods ensure employees are constantly
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executive officer of a large scale company in any field is no easy task. In the pharmaceutical industry the technical specifications make it all the more difficult. The general job description of a CEO in this field is to control daily operations and greatly influence strategic direction‚ working directly with the Board of Directors. The right candidate must have significant senior executive experience leading a biotechnology‚ pharmaceutical and/or medical device company with full profit and loss responsibility
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1. Introduction After candidates recruited by the company‚ the human resource supervisor should face a very important problem‚ that how to motivate the employees to improve the integrate quality and work positivity. Motivational technique is one of the most effective ways. While motivation techniques are not difficult to master‚ they are often neglected‚ but it does not have to be that way (Weiss‚ 2011). The advance of motivation theories made human resource management entered a higher phase
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Introduction: Change is a basic part of life. Leaders‚ whether it be the CEO of the company or you‚ must anticipate forces that will cause changes‚ identify opportunities that will require changes‚ react to unforeseen events that make changes imperative‚ and work with others to overcome the predictable reactions to change‚ which almost always include some amount of resistance‚ often to a significant degree. As a leader‚ you sometimes need to be conservator of values and institutions that
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benefits to the employees ought to exceed the benefits to the company.” - John Kasich An employee is an individual who was hired by an employer to do a specific job. Employees may work part-time‚ full time or temporary‚ barters his or her skills‚ knowledge‚ experience‚ and contribution in exchange for good compensation and benefits from an employer. As cited by Yeng Remulla‚ (2010)‚ employee benefits are becoming a major part of what employees are looking
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What are the effects of pay satisfaction on employees’ mobility: apply to VietNam Student : Nguyen Thi Quynh Trang Abtract This paper examines the impact of pay satisfaction on employees’ mobility. I find that there is an association between organizational structure‚ payment policies and this have a great effect on the labor mobility. A survey/ questionnaire is conducted to understand the empoyees’ attitude and give employers an over view on their staff while
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