ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS UNDERSTANDING MOTIVATION The Oxford Dictionary defines Motivation as a reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way; desire or willingness to do something; enthusiasm. People spend a considerable part of their lives at work‚ so it is not surprising that they expect to be rewarded and satisfied with the job that they do. Motivation is concerned with why people do things as well as what drives them to behave in a particular way. Understanding what motivates
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1.1 Organisational structure outlines individuals’ tasks and responsibility within the business usually impacting the overall culture as well. This is to achieve their goals. Every business usually groups people in two ways; function and product. The matrix structure is where there are more than one reporting line for employees i.e. individuals’ which have more than one formal manager. (https://www.google.co.uk/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=hNVWU77pB-zR8gfe4YHYCg#q=what+is+the+matrix+structure) KBR
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model CHAPTER OVERVIEW Managers need to develop their interpersonal or people skills if they are going to be effective in their jobs. Organizational behavior (OB) is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals‚ groups‚ and structure have on behavior within an organization‚ then applies that knowledge to make organizations work more effectively. Specifically‚ OB focuses on how to improve productivity‚ reduce absenteeism and turnover‚ and increase employee citizenship and job
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ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR (ASSIGNMENT) Submitted To: Prof. Devashree Korlekar Contributed By: Div: (MMS-A)Mehak Gumber - 07 Akshay Herwadkar - 08 Priyanka Jadhav - 09 Nirav Jain - 10 Shantanu Naik - 11 Noopur Kakade - 12 CASE STUDY: DIFFERENT STROKES Summary: John and Shekhar were
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Case Study 1 - Dick Spencer Clinton E Harris Texas A&M University – Commerce February 1‚ 2014 Introduction Dick Spencer has lived the typical American businessman’s success story. A young college graduate is hired into an entry level sales position and establishes himself early on as a highly productive employee. As the years progress‚ Dick’s success has advanced him up the corporate structure to senior leadership. The advancements have come at the price of his first marriage
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An Analysis of the Dick Spencer Case The career of Dick Spencer presented in the assigned case offers several opportunities for the business student to examine principles of management using a realistic example of the modern business environment. This paper undertakes to perform an analysis of Mr. Spencer’s career in order to identify and explore those factors that contributed to his early career success as a sales person as well as those factors that contributed to significant challenges experienced
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Chapter 1: Business Model: is a framework for making money. It is the set of activities which a firm performs‚ how it performs them‚ and when it performs them so as to offer its customers benefits they want and to earn a profit. Components: Positions‚ Resources‚ Costs‚ Industry Factors = Profitability. Determinants of profitability: Industry factors: Competitive Forces: exerted by suppliers (is high – bargaining power over industry firm; extract high prices raising costs; lower quality supply)‚ customers
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Outlook Oil and Gas revenues has been the mainstay of UAE’s economy accounting for one- third of the country’s GDP. Sitting atop 8%of the world’s proven oil reserves (97.8 bn barrels) and almost 5% of the world’s natural gas (5.8 trillion cu meters); the UAE’s extraordinary hydrocarbon wealth gives it one of the highest GDP per capitas in the world. UAE is a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) since joining in 1967. The emirate of Abu Dhabi is the centre of oil
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COMPLEXITY As an organization grows‚ there is a necessity to grow from generalist to specialist organization. Organization structure is all about grouping the people and the tasks in the best way‚ that tells them what to do and what not to do. In small organizations‚ there is random communication amongst people‚ but in large organizations communication clustering starts happening. People start clustering‚ communicating with people depending on their need. For example‚ Sales people cluster with
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CHANCE/ADDITIONAL CHANCE CANDIDATES) EXAMINATION COMMENCING W.E.F. 2ND APRIL‚ 2013 (THEORY EXAMINATIONS) TIME OF EXAMINATIONS: 2.00 p.m. to 5.15 p.m. (The candidates must be on their seats at 2.00 p.m. sharp as per date-sheet below. The answer-books with Optical Mark Reader (OMR) front covers will be distributed at 2.00 p.m. 15 minutes time in the beginning of each paper is budgeted for filling up the OMR Sheets properly under the instructions and supervision of invigilators. The question paper will be distributed
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