1 MEANING OF MOTIVATION Motivation has been variously defined by scholars‚ usually one or more of these words are include in the definition: desires‚ wants‚ aims‚ goals‚ drims‚ motives and incentives. “Motivation” is a Latin word‚ meaning “to move”. Human motives are internalized goals within individuals. As Berelson and Steiver state: “A motive is an inner state that energizes‚ activates or moves and directs or channels behaviour toward goals”. Definition of motivation “According
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CHAPTER TWO 2.0 AN OVERVIEW OF SHELL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN NIGERIA 2.1 Introduction This chapter will provide basic knowledge of Shell Nigeria Oil Company and its operation in Nigeria‚ in particular regarding its ethics‚ performance‚ social involvement‚ contribution to national income and its contribution to keeping the environment green. Since the Rio Conference of 1992 the code of conduct for all extractive industries including crude oil mining companies has underlined the following principles that
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This paper explores corporate governance for a publicly listed major television cable company in the United States of America called Cablevision System Corporation. Attempts are made to assess the effectiveness of the corporate board by comparing their performance with the fundamental functional requirements of corporate board members in accordance to corporate governance professor Bob Tricker. The company’s conformance and performance are reviewed since both falls under the responsibility of the
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Accountancy Business and the Public Interest 2012 A Critical Examination of the Multinational Companies’ Anti-Corruption Policy in Nigeria by *Olatunde Julius Otusanya Department of Accounting‚ University of Lagos‚ Nigeria Sarah Lauwo Kent Business School‚ University of Kent‚ UK Gbadegesin Babatunde Adeyeye Department of Accounting‚ University of Lagos‚ Nigeria *Address for Correspondence: Department of Accounting Faculty of Business Administration University of Lagos P. O. Box 354‚ Unilag Akoka
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Chapter 1: Globalization and the Multinational Enterprise Multinational enterprise (MNE) - Company that has operating subsidiaries located in foreign countries Transnational corporations - Managed at a global perspective rather than from the perspective of a single country GLOBALIZATION AND CREATING VALUE IN THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE Building firm value (generating profit and value for shareholders) requires combining 3 elements: (1) an open marketplace (2) Strategic management (3)
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Do All Carrots Look The Same? Examining the Impact of Culture on Employee Motivation by Justine Di Cesare and Golnaz Sadri Introduction Motivation is fundamental to human behaviour. Bartol and Martin (1998) define motivation as the force that energises behaviour‚ gives direction to behaviour‚ and underlies the tendency to persist. Similarly‚ Greenberg and Baron (1997) define motivation as “the set of processes that arouse‚ direct‚ and maintain human behaviour toward attaining some goal”
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Sony corporation is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Tokyo‚ Japan‚ and one of the world’s largest media conglomerate with revenue of US$ 88.7 billion ( as of 2008) based on Minato‚ Tokyo. Its name is derived from Sonus‚ the Greek goddess of sound. The first market mix element is Product. A product is anything that can be offered to a market for attention‚ acquisition‚ use or consumption that might satisfy a need or want. Product decision normally base on Brand name‚ Functionality
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– Dickens Cohort Jan 2013 Company Valuation - Elbit Systems Ltd. The following document will try to describe the financial assets and the portfolio of “Elbit Systems” and a company valuation. As part of my military service I spend some time in different project in Elbit Systems‚ working with their R&D department. For the company valuation I’ll use Discount Cash Flow (DCF) method. After valuating the company I’ll calculate the discount premium rates that can serve investors
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INTRODUCTION This case study illustrates the pivotal role played by inspirational speeches in boosting the performance of individuals in a company. It quotes the speeches delivered by Erik Weihenmayer and Trisha Meili at CISCO systems and Plug Power Inc.‚ respectively as examples‚ to demonstrate how their success stories assisted in creating a positive impact among their employees and inspired them to steer their goals along the path parallel to that of the organization. It claims that infusing
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Multinational business relies on its imports and exports around the world. Factories may be set up in different areas of the world and have their business based on the import and export of raw materials‚ which is what is done by most of them. Developing countries can gain more from multinationals since they help increase labor and its opportunities‚ which then means that the average income of a person will increase allowing them to spend more and lead a better life-style‚ which helps the tax bases
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