THE IMPACT OF MOTIVATION ON JOB SATISFACTION AMONGST EMPLOYEES OF A NATIONAL BROADCASTER XOLANI ENOCH TYILANA SHORT DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree MAGISTER COMMERCII in BUSINESS MANAGEMENT in the FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT at UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG STUDY LEADER: PROFESSOR WOLHUTER BACKER OCTOBER 2005 Acknowledgements I dedicate this work to my country South Africa. I also want to express my sincere gratitude to my family
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Effect of technological environment on the behavior of employees The effect of development of tools and technology on the evolution of human activity has long been a major concern for researchers of social behaviour. Marx one of the founding fathers of sociology in his works clearly made a connection between the advent of technology and its impact on production. He clearly viewed technology as a key factor that led to development of the productive means and emphasized it importance in shaping
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currently at 8.9%‚ down from 9.4% in December 2010. However‚ as the labor market improves‚ employers are still skeptical about hiring permanent employees and are increasingly turning to temporary agencies to fill job vacancies to avoid costly benefits‚ training‚ certain taxes and payroll costs that accompany permanent employment. Past recessions and recoveries have usually indicated that the market is improving when temporary hiring increases‚ stabilizes and finally‚ permanent hiring increases. This
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Organizational Change and Employees’ Behaviors Abstract Organizational change can affect employees’ attitudes and behaviors in the workplace. Being able to recognize the types of changes and how employees are affected will better help a company in the process of a change gain a better workplace environment. Organizational Change and Employees’ Behaviors Organizational change is something that occurs most often in today’s business world. Organizational change
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IMPACT OF MOTIVATION ON EMPLOYEES PERFORMANCE MOTIVATION: Internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job‚ role or subject‚ or to make an effort to attain a goal. Motivation results from the interaction of both conscious and unconscious factors such as the (1) intensity of desire or need‚ (2) incentive or reward value of the goal‚ and (3) expectations of the individual and of his or her peers. These factors are the
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Balancing the Needs of the Organization with the Employees Dwight D. Tucker BUS 201 With ever increasing‚ demands to achieve organizational goals employee’s personal lives can sometimes be put on a back burner. Though this may sometimes be self-imposed it can also happen as a result of
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FINDING AND KEEPING THE BEST EMPLOYEES Human Resources Management is the process of determining human resource needs and then recruiting‚ selecting‚ developing‚ motivating‚ evaluating‚ compensating‚ and scheduling employees to achieve organizational goals. Determining Human Resources Needs 1. Preparing a human resource inventory of the organization’s employees. The inventory should include ages‚ names‚ education‚ capabilities‚ training‚ specialized skill‚ and other information pertinent to the
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Employees Resistance towards Organizational Change Blekinge Institute of Technology School of Management Ronneby‚ Sweden Supervisor: Göran Alsen Authors: Kamran Khan Masood ur Rehman Master Thesis in MSc. Business Administration JUNE 2008 This thesis is submitted to the School of Management at Blekinge Institute of Technology/Blekinge Tekniska Hogskola in partial
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Motivating an organization’s employees is not amongst the easiest of tasks for a manager to accomplish. Even more challenging is motivating part-time employees whom are usually forgotten and ignored by the organization (Inman & Enz‚ 1995‚ p. 1). According to Statistics Canada‚ nearly 19% of the workforce constitutes of contingency workers who are not being utilized to their full potential (Statistics Canada‚ 2008). It is noticed that the number of contingency workers is almost one fifth of the workforce
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Googles methods of motivating employees What is life like at Google? After extensive research I found a wide variety of opinions about life at Google. Google’s website portrays Google as the best of all places to work. They offer many luxuries including on site massages and health clubs in addition to free dining and vending options. The management style of Google is very lackadaisical and far from serious. Their motto is search‚ search‚ and search. Googleplex located out of San Jose‚ California
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