Motivation in the Workplace Nhu-Khanh Nguyen Organizational Devlopment & Culture November 10‚ 2010 Abstract In today’s competitive marketplace‚ understanding what stems employee motivation and ways to improve organizational performance is critical. To ensure success‚ employers continuously strive to look for ways to maintain employees’ motivation and engagement towards the job. This is easier said than done. Individuals are motivated differently as they all come from different backgrounds
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Just as in coaching with sports‚ coaching in the workplace empowers the individual so that they are performing at their best. As competition has increased in the corporate society‚ employers are struggling to find ways to keep their best employees. One way that has caught on is to coach the employee instead of giving direct commands‚ allowing the learner to take the lead in their own progression. Research by the UK Industry Society has shown that coaching is likely to become the “most sought-after
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Trends in Workplace Learning: Supply and Demand in Interesting Times By Laurie Bassi‚ Scott Cheney‚ and Eleesha Lewis The ancient Chinese saying "May you live in interesting times" has perhaps never been more relevant. As the 1990s draw to a close and the new millennium fast approaches‚ life is phenomenally interesting--and demanding. Professionals who are responsible for workplace learning and performance improvement are squarely in the center of the swirl of exciting possibilities--and requirements--that
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Workplace professionalism is always an important topic to discuss and realizing how positive and negative behaviors that can come from members of your workplace can affect you and others. One of the biggest topics is bullying in a work environment. Bullying within a work environment is unprofessional and can really alter how you carry out your duties as well as lower safety. Being polite and having good judgment are only a few things that go into being a professional. It doesn’t require any special
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the Workplace Ethics play a very important role in the running of a business. All firms and companies will have a set of ethical standards and practices that is suitable to their culture and nature of business. Ethics address duty‚ obligation‚ fairness‚ justice‚ altruism‚ and moral responsibility. Business ethics can be defined as right or wrong actions taken by corporations. Firms and companies are managed by people‚ from the very top management to the very bottom; any ethical or unethical decisions
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The Distribution and Use of Power in an Organization Case Study: Bullying in the Workplace Rodger T. Bramwell 1439066 ADED 4F34 Submitted in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for Foundations of Adult Education Bachelor of Education/Certificate in Adult Education Program Centre for Adult Education and Community Outreach Faculty of Education‚ Brock University St. Catharines‚ Ontario Patsy Marshall B.A.Sc‚ M.Sc ThursdayFebruary 7‚ 2012 In an organization‚ the use of power comes
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The Leader in Me Abstract The Author of this essay examines his own Johari window developed from feedback from professional colleagues. From that feedback he reviews these findings as they relate to his relationships and career choices. Additionally the subject of the assessments completed correlates his findings that contribute to the success in the organization in developing one’s own personal skills and the relationship of leading employees. The author’s self assessment findings are
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Civility and incivility are words being discussed more often today. How do they affect you as the new nurse? How do they affect the workplace? How can healthcare organizations create a culture of civility where incivility will not be tolerated? To answer these questions we must first define the word civility. The dictionary defines the word as a "polite act or expression" The synonyms used to describe civility are couteous‚ pleasant‚ respectful‚ decent‚ and humble.Civility is often thought of as
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Unethical Business Practice Most people would agree that the objective of most businesses is to make money in an honorable manner‚ and to conduct business in an ethical way. Well‚ not all businesses operate in an honorable and ethical manner. According to Lovelenna Rajeev‚ author of Ethical and Unethical Business Practice‚ “Business ethics are moral values and principles‚ that determine our conduct in the business world. It refers to the commercial activities‚ either with other business houses
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was leaking sensitive company information to the press. The author refers to Dunn’s actions as arrogance‚ but they were‚ by any measure‚ unethical conduct across several standards used to classify unethical behavior‚ namely personal gain‚ professional responsibility and legal and social responsibilities. One might assert that Dunn’s actions weren’t unethical because they weren’t conducted for personal gain‚ but were intended to help the company and its shareholders. However‚ this point is debatable
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