International Organizational Behavior. 2nd ed. NJ‚ USA: Pearson Education 3. Garg‚ R.K. & Ma‚ J. (2005) Benchmarking culture and performance in Chinese organizations. Benchmarking: An International Journal. Vol.12(3)‚ pp.260-274 4. Head‚ T.C. (2011) Douglas McGregor’s legacy: lessons learned‚ lessons lost. Journal of Management History. Vol. 17(2)‚ pp.202-216 5. Huang‚ X.‚ Shi‚ K.‚ Zhang‚ Z. & Cheung‚ Y. L. (2006) The impact of participative leadership behaviour on psychological empowerment and organizational
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The organizational culture lacked leadership. At different times the leadership needed to intervene and alleviate the situation. Effects of culture and structure on Benton: The culture and structure usually define the employees’ motivation and behavior. Both were not compliant with Benton as she was a kind of person who wanted to take initiatives‚ to learn and to contribute but both‚ the culture and structure restrained her from doing so which resulted in her frustration. How did Benton get into
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recognized as challenges for managers in this economy sustained developing world. In order to pull through‚ the strategy that improving level of wage for worker is utilized frequently‚ but the importance of this strategy is arguably overstated. In 1960s Douglas McGregor develops human motivation theory using concept of Theory X and Theory Y to analyse this issue. According to McGregor(2000)‚ Theory X tends to believe that human is innately lazy‚ they will postpone accomplishing task if possible and are not
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Running head: AMERICA AND THE MOVIES OF THE 1920’S February 13‚ 2012 US HIS II ABSTRACT The movies of the 1920’s provided one of America’s most forms of entertainment after World War One. Americans were able to spend a little extra and enjoy such events as they were not devastates during with war. The movies for the American people began soon after the invention of automobiles. The movies provided communications and entertainment and soon began to open the American people to ideas
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If the thought of war which is a bunch of people trying to kill another group of people doesn’t scare you then when you have people who are in charge of the soldiers’ lives that are corrupt shows how trivial the soldier’s life can be. During the scenes of action especially with Col. Dax running trying to regiment 701 out of the trenches again shows the madness that is in this film. Dax tries to get them out of the trenches but the soldiers will not move because they know they will die. When Dax goes
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory Maslow‚ Abraham. 1908-1970. American psychologist and a founder of humanistic psychology who developed a hierarchical model of human motivation‚ in which a higher need‚ ultimately that for self-actualisation‚ is expressed only after lower needs are fulfilled. Self-actualisation needs Self-actualization is the fulfilment of the person’s dreams and aspirations. “Even if all these needs are satisfied‚ we may still often (if not always) expect that a new discontent
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19 STARS : A Study in Military Character and Leadership Puryear‚ Edgar F. (1971). 19 STARS New York: Presidio Press 19 STARS was written by Edgar F. Puryear‚ Jr. I do not know much about the author. I completed a thorough search but was unable to find any information. The one thing that I do know of him is that he is fascinated with the study of leadership because he has written other books on it; examples include George S. Brown‚ General‚ U.S. Air Force: Destined for Stars‚ American Generalship:
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free railroad ticket home. 8. Several thousand remained‚ however‚ along with some wives and children‚ in the unsanitary shacks during the steaming summer heat. Among the were a small group of committed Communists and other radicals. 9. General Douglas MacArthur‚ the army chief of staff‚ ordered the army to disperse the veterans. He described the Bonus marchers as a “mob…animated by the essence of revolution.” With tanks‚ guns‚ and tear gas‚ the army routed veterans who 15 years before had worn
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CASE STUDY: Merger of Zipcar and Avis Budget Group On January 2‚ 2013‚ Zipcar announced that it would be acquired by the Avis Budget Group. This merger may let staff members of both companies to feel uncertain and uncomfortable‚ especially of Zipcar and they feared that company was swallowed. Motivational problems related with finance were of major importance to employees of both companies and here too. The senior management and executive members of Zipcar company sought to gather and discuss
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Theory X and Theory Y Douglas McGregor (1906 - 1964) is one of the forefathers of management theory and one of the top business thinkers of all time. He was a social psychologist who became the President of Antioch College. He later became a professor of management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (he was succeeded by Warren Bennis). His book The Human Side of Enterprise (1960) had a profound influence on the management field‚ largely due to his Theory X and Theory Y. McGregor developed
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