Anth 68 Day 11 Motivations for pet-keeping in Ancient Greece and Rome: a preliminary survey In her chapter‚ Motivations for pet-keeping in Ancient Greece and Rome: a preliminary survey‚ Liliane Bodson writes about the motivations behind ancient animal pet owners for keeping pets by describing animal burial‚ talking about animal qualities‚ and the wording on epitaphs. Bodson starts out by describing the ancient Greek and Rome method of animal burial and says that they were very similar to human burial
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critical factor in ensuring that an organization thrives and succeeds in an increasingly competitive environment. The rationale is that‚ as employees become increasingly motivated to perform in their jobs‚ the likelihood of their becoming job involved increases significantly. Hence‚ the researchers postulate the existence of a direct relationship between motivation and job involvement. This suggests an important opportunity‚ that of using the valuable asset of human capital as a means of enhancing success
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MOTIVATION Concept of Motivation: Motivation is a psychological concept which acts as a force that propels a person to act or not to act in a certain way. Robert D. Irwin defines motivation as “Motivation means a process of stimulating people to action to accomplish a desired goal”. A manager needs to coordinate several factors of production and these factors can be classified into non human and human factors. The efficiency of non human factors such as material‚ machine‚ etc depends on the technology
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Introduction............................................................................................................ Focus Groups........................................................................................................ Employee Retention Survey Summary.................................................................. Existing Retention Factors ................................................................................... Strategies for Consideration ................................
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A3. How can employees position themselves vis-à-vis the expectations of HR managers? Employees can position themselves in a way that results in a situation where both employees and a company can benefit from each. It will also help the employees to gain better recognition in the company and also create more chances to be head hunted by external recruiters for critical positions in the industry. Firstly‚ the most important task for any company is to imbibe its core values and principles in each employee
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Motivation may be defined as psychological forces that determine the direction of a person’s behavior in an organization. Motivation is central to management because it explains why people behave the way they do. A persons’ behavior tells how motivated they are to do their job at a higher performance level. There is intrinsically and extrinsic sources for motivation (Gareth‚ 2009) There are also two motivational theories which explains how an employee can be motivated. Intrinsic behavior is
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Motivation Motivation is a person’s internal disposition to be concerned with and approach positive incentives and avoid negative incentives. To further this‚ an incentive is the anticipated reward or aversive event available in the environment. While motivation can often be used as a tool to help predict behavior‚ it varies greatly among individuals and must often be combined with ability and environmental factors to actually influence behavior and performance. Because of motivation’s role in influencing
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bad boss? One of the main reasons employees quit is the relationship with their first-line supervisor. The fact is many supervisors and managers are unaware how their actions and decisions affect employee turnover. A critical aspect of an effective retention strategy is manager training. Properly trained managers play a major role in an effective recruitment and retention strategy. Managers need the skills‚ tools‚ and knowledge to help them understand their employees’ retention needs and be able to
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Orientation – the acculturation process to assist new employees in adjusting to their jobs and work environment and instil a positive work attitude and motivation. It is also socializing process‚ the welcome and the initial introduction to the organization‚ and the work of the employee. Major objectives of orientation: 1. Gain employee commitment 2. Reduce one’s anxiety 3. Help the employee understand organization’s expectations; and 4. Convey what he can expect from the job and the organization
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CHAPTER 10 - MOTIVATING AND REWARDING EMPLOYEES LEARNING OUTCOMES After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: 1. Define and explain motivation. 2. Compare and contrast early theories of motivation. 3. Compare and contrast contemporary theories of motivation. 4. Discuss current issues in motivating employees. 5. Opening Vignette – Best Practices at Best Buy SUMMARY Do traditional workplaces reward long hours instead of efficient hours? Wouldn’t it make more sense to have
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