Diversity training is very important in today’s workplace. According to ehow.com diversity training provides participants with awareness‚ knowledge‚ and skill to manage differences between people that exist in the workplace. Diversity includes differences in culture‚ ethnicity‚ sexual preference and religion. Diversity training demonstrates to employees that the company takes cultural sensitivity very seriously and is striving for equal treatment. There are several ways in which diversity training
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Process and Content Theories of Motivation Reference: http://www.skills2lead.com/process-theories-of-motivation.html There are several process theories of motivation: The Vroom Expectancy Theory‚ the Adams’ Equity Theory‚ the Needs-Goal-Setting Theory‚ and the Reinforcement Theory of Motivation. Here our centre of attention is on helping you make a clear-cut distinction between process and content. Basically‚ process theories of motivation focus on how workers needs influence their own behaviour
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Diversity training is a vital tool in any organization. In the society we live in today we live amongst a plethora of cultures. We a nation need to understand that each individual is unique‚ and have our own individual differences. Our differences could be race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ socio-economic status‚ age‚ physical abilities‚ religious beliefs‚ political beliefs‚ or other ideologies. Diversity also includes the differences of opinions‚ the way one thinks or feels‚ and their
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Completing a Needs Assessment for Diversity Training In the 1980s‚ diversity training mainly consisted of training people to be aware of differences in gender and race in the workplace‚ and by the 1990s‚ diversity training was at the forefront of innovative training for business managers‚ addressing such issues as "age‚ sexual orientation‚ ethnic background‚ and religion" (Koonce‚ 2001‚ para 45). According to Dr. Elaine K. Miller of the College of Business at Colorado State University‚ there is
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“Diversity in the Workplace” 8/27/13 Do you think corporations and government agencies should offer diversity training? If so‚ how can we develop diversity training that fosters mutual respect? Can you suggest practical ways to develop workplaces undivided by gender and race-ethnicity? Yes‚ I believe that government agencies as well as corporations should offer some type of diversity training. Through diversity training you can ensure a health and warm and inviting workplace. Since the
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1 INTRODUCTION Motivation is derived from the Latin word movere‚ which means “to move”. According to dictionary of management‚ it can be defined as the forces acting on or within a person that cause the arousal‚ direction‚ and persistence of goal-directed‚ voluntary effort. Motivation is one of the most important areas of study in the field of organizational behaviour. Motivation is done to inspire and encourage people to fulfil their needs. In motivation people tend to do something
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Differential Reinforcement is defined to occur when behavior is reinforced by being either rewarded or punished while interacting with others (Siegel‚ 2003). With this said‚ the theory was developed as a way of labeling both positive‚ as well as negative aspects of individual action. This idea of reinforcement is a branch of the infamous Differential Association theory presented by Edwin H. Sutherland in 1939. Another commonly used term for this theory of reinforcement is called differential conditioning
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Motivation theories are primarily divided into two major types which are the content theories and the process theories. This report aims to critically evaluate two process theories of motivation which is the Expectancy Theory by Victor Vroom and the Equity Theory by John Stacy Adams. The methodologies used in this report include a study and analysis of textbooks‚ writings and journals from the internet. As a conclusion‚ the question is not whether each of these approaches
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Content Theory of Motivation Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Maslow believed that the importance of human needs depended on what they already had. He believed that the hierarchy started with physiological needs and once those needs were fulfilled‚ then safety needs and security would be sought. Once the person felt safe and secure they would then be motivated by the need to have love and friendship. When those social needs were achieved the person would then look to fulfil their esteem needs
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POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT -" SKINNER The best way to understand the full importance of the applications of B. F. Skinner’s (1953‚ 1971) thinking and his research results is to read his novel‚ Walden Two (1948). The book is about a utopian community designed and maintained according to Skinnerian principles of operant behaviour and schedules of reinforcement. A similar application was made in an industrial situation in the Emery Air Freight case ("At Emery‚" 1973). By applying Skinnerian principles
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