another goal. It is dangerous to assume that you know what is motivating someone because you really can’t "read their mind". Since it is part of a manager’s job to get their work done through others‚ managers need to understand why people do things (that is‚ what motivates them?) so that s/he can convince their employees to work towards the goals of the organisation. A good first step towards understanding what motivates people is to ask "What do people want from their jobs?" We might answer‚ "money"
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than trying to win the race. In French‚ domestique translates as "servant" (Domestique‚ 2017). An example of a famous Tour de France Domestique is George Hincapie. George has written an autobiography called “The Loyal Lieutenant” that tells about what it is to be a follower for seventeen times in the Tour de France race. “Followership is not about subservience; it’s about recognising that a leader can only be successful if they have a strong team behind them all the way” (Docker‚
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10138_Levine_3p_01_k.qxd 2/3/03 12:17 PM Page 1 CHAPTER ONE WHAT IS BRANDING‚ ANYWAY? “[Branding is] a 15-second elevator pitch that every employee in the organization can not only get and articulate‚ but can talk about their role in bringing that to life.” —SCOTT M. DAVIS‚ MANAGING PARTNER‚ PROPHET CHICAGO T here is no concept as vital‚ as discussed‚ as mentioned‚ as of the moment in the world of marketing and advertising today as Branding. Everyone uses the word in every conversation
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01-Rowe-45233.qxd 3/26/2007 12:53 PM Page 1 1 LEADERSHIP—WHAT IS IT? CEOs tell us that their most pressing need is for more leaders in their organizations—not the consummate role-players who seem to surround them. —Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones G ary Yukl (2006) defines leadership as “the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it‚ and the process of facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives”
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What is the Great Awakening and what happened? What is the Enlightenment and what happened? In the 1730’s and 1740’s‚ a religious movement called the Great Awakening swept through the colonies. Unlike the Great Awakening‚ which stressed religious emotion‚ the Enlightenment emphasized reason and science as the paths to knowledge. In the 1700’s‚ many colonists feared they had lost the religious passion that had driven their ancestors to found the colonies. The Great Awakening revolved around religion
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caught sight of him report that he is enormous‚ but they disagree on his particularities. Not having explored his current habitat with sufficient care‚ some hunters have used as bait their own favourite dishes and have then tried to persuade people that what they caught was a Heffalump. Shane and Venkataraman (2000) define entrepreneurship as “the pursuit of lucrative opportunities by enterprising individuals (entrepreneurs)”. It is proactive and involves creation of new systems‚ resources‚ or processes
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What is Marijuana? Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried‚ shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). It is the most often used illegal drug in this country. All forms of cannabis are mind-altering (psychoactive) drugs; they all contain THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol)‚ the main active chemical in marijuana. There are about 400 chemicals in a cannabis plant‚ but THC is the one that affects the brain the most. There are many different names for marijuana. Slang terms
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What is "Politics" Author(s): Giovanni Sartori Source: Political Theory‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 1 (Feb.‚ 1973)‚ pp. 5-26 Published by: Sage Publications‚ Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/191073 Accessed: 13/10/2009 12:35 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you have obtained prior permission‚
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and __________ are indispensable to success in the 21st-century economy. A. Knowledge ( large inventories. B. Knowledge ( speed. C. Cost control ( bureaucratic designs. D. A and C. E. A‚ B‚ and C. B GT Ap What Is Competitive Advantage? 119. An organization establishes a __________ when it has a core competency that sets it apart from its competitors and gives it an advantage over them in the marketplace. A. Core advantage. B. Market advantage
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What is psychology? = it is the scientific study of the mental processes’ and behavior What is the mind? = the mind is the means by which people perceive‚ think‚ and feel = mental processes. Behavior is simply what people do. Psychologists study the mind and behavior and anything that influences them‚ including childhood experiences‚ brain activity‚ genetics‚ friends and family‚ cultural norms‚ etc. Psy brings together many other disciplines eg. biology‚ philosophy‚ anthropology‚ computer
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