Work Motivation: Review of the literature
Tutorials/exercises - 19 pages - Management
Work motivation has been an important component of industrial and organizational psychology since the 1930s (Donovan, 2001:55) and continues to play an important role in organizational research (Büssing, 2001:372). The amount of research on motivation has varied through time. During...
Motivation in work management
Essay - 4 pages - Management
In 1966, Leavitt said: “Motivation is so much in the spotlight these days that some of us have come to believe motivation is management.” This quotation proves that motivation has been a very important notion and has been taken into account by firms for a long time....
When the Japanese moved into Southeast Asia in 1941, local reactions to the occupying forces differed greatly. Evaluate the motivations that fueled these varying responses, taking into consideration particular local situations and periods of the war
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Raising the question of the reactions to the Japanese takeover in Southeast Asia is very delicate and original for many reasons. Firstly, Southeast Asia is a broad region and it is most likely that the reactions of locals will differ greatly from one place to another. Secondly, there is not one...
New techniques of motivation
Essay - 10 pages - Human resources
The motivation of men has been much theorized, particularly in the past half-century. It's actually about these great thinkers to theorize on what might motivate us, for example in a professional situation. Following a survey of employees, Ronen, unlike others, tried to make an almost...
Motivation in the classroom
Thesis - 8 pages - Educational studies
Teachers should always try to inspire their students to learn. Sadly, not all students are willing to put in the effort it takes to do so and so teachers have a job to motivate their students. Students need to want to learn, because this will facilitate their learning and make it easier for them...
The motivation of sales personnel
Essay - 10 pages - Human resources
Companies do not exist without the people who work there. The main objective of the surroundings is to obtain the best productivity from it's staff as well as maximum quality. These expectations require adequate abilities, an irreproachable organization, but more importantly the motivation...
Motivation and courage in the fight to conquer cancer, the legacy of Terry Fox
Thesis - 2 pages - Journalism
Voted the second greatest Canadian of all time, Terry Fox and his legacy remains a highly emotional inspiration for cancer research. Terry Fox's ‘Marathon of Hope' began in April of 1980 as Terry Fox set out to run across Canada, passing through the country's most populous cities. Fox began...
Examining the security motivation model of obsessive-compulsive disorder
Thesis - 10 pages - Psychology
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is condition marked by persistent and intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and the repetition of relatively stereotyped behaviors despite the recognition that they are irrational (compulsions) (Szechtman & Woody, 2004). Individuals with OCD experience a high need...
Firms motivations to create alliances
Essay - 5 pages - Business strategy
More and more companies are recognising that to gain a competitive advantage they may have to enter into alliances with other firms. Referring to examples, identify possible motivations for entering into a strategic alliance and then critically evaluate the possible problems that may be...
Motivation theories, cycle and motives
Thesis - 12 pages - Human resources
Motivation is derived from Latin word ‘movere' that means ‘to move'. Motive means ‘that which move the will'. Motivating means to take more initiative & interest in the work assigned. It is an art of getting things done willingly from others. Motivation means that an...
Achievement motivation as it applies to competitive sport
Thesis - 3 pages - Psychology
An important psychological need is the need to achieve: the motive to achieve success by exceeding previous levels of success set by one's self and/or others. Achievement motivation can be characterized as both the need to achieve and as the need to avoid failure. The purpose of this paper...
A study on motivational levels of employees in Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Thesis - 40 pages - Human resources
Motivation is a basically a psychological process. Many people equate the causes of behavior with motivation. The causes of behavior are much broader and more complex than can be explained by the motivation alone. Along with perception, personality, attitudes and learning. It...
Consumer motivations regarding non-ownership decisions in the automotive industry
Essay - 6 pages - Other law subjects
In the analysis of non-ownership decisions in the automotive industry “non-ownership” must first be defined. Non- ownership is simply referring to a leasing type of contract, this type of a contract allows for consumption without ownership. Traditional purchase, cash or financing, the...
Reasons that Motivate People to Work Out
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
For most people in the contemporary society, body image is everything. Traditionally what mattered most were intrinsic and intuitive characteristics for both men and women. There was not much emphasis on physical appearances. Feminine characteristics like caring, kindness, respect, generosity,...
How to motivate students' activeness in taking part in classroom activities
Thesis - 12 pages - Educational studies
Gone are the days the lecturers taught while students just listened comprehension and took notes. Nowadays, educational career has been innovated about the teaching and learning method. More and more students are self - motivated in their own studies, they advance their opinions even oppose...
How to Manage Great Resignation - The Economist (2021) - How Firms can Rethink their Recruitment Strategy for Keeping their Workforce in Place and Motivated?
Text commentary - 4 pages - International economy
This article from The Economist was edited approximately one year ago (late November 2021), two years after the pandemic crisis. Economies are impacted in many ways. First of all, human resource managers have to reinvent their job. For two years, the job market has been struggling due to the...
Engstrom auto mirror plant: motivating in good times and bad
Case study - 5 pages - Management
We all know that human resources management implies a lot of fundamentals for an organization. Human resources must understand the implications of globalization, technology changes, workforce diversity, changing skills requirements, the contingent workforce, decentralized worksites and also...
The ambiguity of motive in Chaucer's Canterbury tales
Thesis - 2 pages - Literature
The reality presented in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is one that is skewed by both Chaucer, the writer, and his fictional persona of humble narrator, who is the only source of information in the poem. The resulting overlay of these different perspectives and the reader's dependence on...
Chapter 6, Case for Analysis: Jack Welch of General Electric: A Neutron Bomb or a Motivator?
Case study - 3 pages - Social sciences
The 13th edition of Organizations: Behavior, Structure, Processes is based on the proposition that managing people, structure, and processes in organizations is a challenging, compelling, and crucial set of tasks. There is nothing boring about managing organizational behavior. Traditional...
HR marketing: what strategy to attract and retain employees?
Dissertation - 8 pages - Human resources
The current context has changed the business world a lot. For several years now, these companies have undergone profound changes and must review their entire strategy, both with regard to customers and group employees. Indeed, all business sectors are impacted by increasingly fierce competition,...
Reward strategy in a HRM context: Its role in motivating and retaining staff
Essay - 11 pages - Human resources
“Human Resource Management (HRM) is both an academic theory and a business practice that addresses the theoretical and practical techniques of managing a workforce.” (Cameron & Quinn, 1999). HRM is part of an organization which recruits and trains workforce in order to achieve the...
The European Union and its International Role - Towards a European Federation? (From the European Conference in The Hague to the Rome Treaties, 1948-1957)
Course material - 6 pages - Modern history
Already during the war, many Resistance groups asked themselves how to stop the cycle of recurring European wars. After 1945, many groups and associations suggested going back to the European ideas of the 20s, which included the concept of a European Union (Briand Plan of 1930). They stressed...
Motives, methods, and morals: Towards an informed anti-cheating policy in massively online multiplayer games
Thesis - 10 pages - Computer science
World of Warcraft and other massively multiplayer online games have become immensely popular in the past few years. Their growing popularity, advanced player-driven economies, and often reinforced social and political tendencies have yielded an interesting if troublesome set of problems....
Cheating at school
Essay - 3 pages - Educational studies
If there is a phenomenon that is growing more and more in the school field, it is, of course, the phenomenon of cheating. Indeed, cheating is a widespread and ancient practice in teaching and learning environments. What is cheating? What are the causes of this practice and the motivations...
Gibson, Ivancevich, Donnelly, and Konopaske. Organizations: Behavior, Structure, Process, 13th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2009, Chapter 5 Case for Analysis: What Motivates Entrepreneurs?
Book review - 3 pages - Management
The 13th edition of Organizations: Behavior, Structure, Processes is based on the proposition that managing people, structure, and processes in organizations is a challenging, compelling, and crucial set of tasks. There is nothing boring about managing organizational behavior. Traditional...
Internationalisation process of firms: theories; motives and influencing factors
Essay - 23 pages - Business strategy
In today's world, "globalization" is a very commonly used term but there are many ambiguities with respect to its definition, when the phenomena was born and why is it so important for companies? Although this term is imprecise, literature enables us to define it using two very distinct...
Human resources marketing: which strategies to attract and retain employees?
Dissertation - 11 pages - Human resources
A considerable number of business organizations have incorporated strategic human resource management initiatives in the current economic conditions. The primary reason for the widespread assimilation of strategic human resource management reflects the idea that it is responsive and comprehensive...
The diverse nature of psychology
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
Psychology happens to be an area in science which concerns itself with people's minds as well as the behaviours which people exhibit. As a discipline, psychology is quite diverse. It implicates other areas of science widely as well as makes use of problems that are solvable to create knowledge to...
Are entrepreneurs born or made?
Essay - 2 pages - Startup, entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs are seen as pillars of the market economy and their activities as creators of value and employment. Indeed, we live in an entrepreneurial economy model. In the first place, it is important to define the word 'entrepreneur': she/he is an individual who has the courage to...
Hard and soft human resource management - Theory and examples
Case study - 9 pages - Human resources
The concept of Human Resource Management has many times been described as an idea with two distinct forms: hard and soft. The two forms have been opposed along several dimensions, and frequently get used by different commentators as strategic devices for categorization approaches in the...
