...Hedonism, Desire Satisfaction, and a Good Life So, would you like to have a good life? I wouldn't. Well, actually I would in a sense. After all, for something to be 'good' is to be 'such as to fulfill the desires in question'. The desires in question, in this case, are my desires. To say that I do not desire a good life is to say that I do not desire a life that has those properties that I desire. However, a good life is not the only thing I want. I want a great many of things. I would like to have a good steak. A good steak is a steak is a steak that has those qualities that I desire in a steak regarding taste and size. However, I want a great many things and often find that i give up other things I would give up a good steak - I would give up the best possible steak - to fulfill sme of those other desires. I would be willing to give up a good life in exchange for some of the things that I value. That is, unless we define "a good life" to include everything that I value. In that case, giving up a good life would be impossible. What would I give it up for? It would have to be something I value more than life, but 'life' has been defined in a way that embraces all desires. We have the same problem with steaks by the way. The best of all possible steaks would be a steak that fulfilled the most possible of my desires. It would fulfill my desires with respect to taste, while leaving unthwarted my desires with respect to gaining weight. However, it would also fulfill...
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...most commonly measured by asking people, All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days? or Taken all together, would you say that you are very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy? An alternative method asks people to report their feelings in real time, which yields a measure of experienced affect or happiness.Increases in income have been found to have mainly a transitory effect on individuals_ reported life satisfaction. Moreover, the correlation between income and subjective wellbeing is weaker when a measure of experienced happiness is used instead of a global measure. More importantly, the focusing illusion may be a source of error in significant decisions that people make. Evidence for the focusing illusion comes from diverse lines of research. For example, Strack and colleagues reported an experiment in which students were asked:How happy are you with your life in general? And How many dates did you have last month? The correlation between the answers to these questions was.When they were asked in the preceding order,but the correlation rose to 0.66(zero point sixty six) when the order was reversed with another sample of students. Similar focusing effects were observed when attention was first called to respondents marriage or health. One conclusion from this research is that people do not know how happy or satisfied they are with their life in the way they know their height or telephone number.the predictions were biased in two respects...
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...|PROGRAM |DIB | |SUBJECT CODE & TITLE |ECO2104 PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | |ASSESSMENT TITLE |INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT (20%) | |INSTRUCTOR |KHOR KOK CHIN | |DATE OF ASSIGNMENT GIVEN |21st of April, 2014 (Monday) | |ASSIGNMENT DUE DATE |19th of May, 2014 (Monday) | |Learning Outcomes |Tasks/Means |Criteria & Allocated Marks |Assessed | | | | |Marks | | | |STRUCTURE (10%) | |Successful students are able to: |Conduct a secondary research and write a report on |...
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...Appendix 1: Literature Review Report to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Scoping study into approaches to student wellbeing Literature Review PRN 18219 July 2008 Erebus International Australian Catholic University Table of Contents Appendix 1: Literature Review 1 Table of Contents 2 Executive Summary 4 Section 1: Project Overview 4 Section 2: What is Student Wellbeing? 5 Section 3: The Outcomes of Student Wellbeing and its Pathways 6 1. Physical and Emotional Safety 6 2. Pro-social values 7 3. A supportive and caring school community 7 4. Social and Emotional Learning 7 5. A Strengths-based Approach 8 6. A sense of Meaning and Purpose 8 7. A Healthy Lifestyle 9 Section 4: International Focus on Student Wellbeing 9 Section 5: Student Wellbeing in the Australian Educational Context 9 5.1: Australian Government National Frameworks in Education 9 5.2 Report on the of the Responses of State and territory and non-government education authorities to the Concept of a National Student Wellbeing Framework 11 5.3 Student Wellbeing in State and Territory Curriculum and Policy Documents 11 Section 6: Whole School Approaches to Student Wellbeing: Issues of School Leadership, Implementation and Sustainability of Student Wellbeing Initiatives 12 Section 1: Project Overview 13 1.1 Introduction 13 1.2 Project Objectives 13 1.3 Methodology 14 Section 2: Student Wellbeing and its Pathways 16 2.1 What is Student Wellbeing...
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...Viewpoint * Reimi, operations manager Problem Statement * How can Reimi improve the profitability of the establishment? Key objectives * Improve profitability of the establishment * Achieve quota sales every week * Decrease costs Areas for consideration * Employees * Inventory * Facility Layout Alternative course of action * Design the place/ facility in to better and more attractive, such as adding bands, themes, promotional events Advantage * It can build its competitive advantage and help attract more customers Disadvantage * It will acquire more costs * Deduct the number of full time employees, add part-time employees and train them to be pleasant to the customers Advantage * It will help decrease labor costs Disadvantage * There could be unexpected high demand of customers, so there could be problems in serving them due to lack of employees * Forecast demand and reduce inventory of products/ingredients/materials on days that it is not selling Advantage * There is inventory control and will help decrease inventory costs Disadvantage * There could be shortage of products/ingredients in case of unexpected high demand that will cause unsatisfying customers. Recommendation As an operation manager, since, the size of establishment is only 80 square meters so the place is too small and the employees are too many for it. Considering the fact that most of the weekdays have fewer customers, so...
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...Life satisfaction among older people (65+) with reduced self-care capacity: the relationship to social, health and financial aspects. Borg C, Hallberg IR, Blomqvist K. Source Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. christel.borg@bth.se Abstract AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: This study aimed at investigating life satisfaction and its relation to living conditions, overall health, self-care capacity, feeling lonely, physical activities and financial resources among people (65+) with reduced self-care capacity. BACKGROUND: Knowledge about factors related to low life satisfaction among older people with reduced self-care capacity is sparse, although this is important in health care and nursing so that the care is adapted to their needs and perspective. Previous research has mainly focused on isolated aspects such as pain in relation to life satisfaction among older people in general and less among so those with reduced self-care capacity in general. DESIGN AND METHOD: A subsample of 522 persons was selected from a randomly selected cross-sectional survey using a modified form of the Older Americans' Resources Schedule and Life Satisfaction Index Z. RESULTS: The mean age in the total sample was 77.9; women (79.5) were significantly older than men (77.0). Low life satisfaction was found among women, as well as those living in special accommodations. Life Satisfaction Index Z was 15.3 (SD 5.6) in the total sample. Gender and living conditions...
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...Keller Graduate School of Management Case Study 1: Guest Satisfaction at the Convention Center Hotel Week 3 Irene Garcia Vilardosa HOSP582 Survey of Hospitality Management Dr. Pratt Introduction In order to be successful in the market it is not sufficient to attract new customers. Managers should also concentrate on retaining existing customers implementing effective policies of customer satisfaction and loyalty. In hotel industry, customer satisfaction is largely hooked upon quality of service. A management approach focused on customer satisfaction can improve customer loyalty, thus increasing the positive image of the touristic destination. Hence, exploring the importance for customers of hotel attributes in hotel selection is indispensable. Problems with front office In order to solve the customers dissatisfaction issues related with check in and check out, Frank should take into account the reservations and have more employees working at front desk when the number of reservations is higher so they do not have to be waiting for a long time. During major arrivals and departures days, the staff has to be increased so that the guests are quickly addressed and they can continue with their trips or business without wasting too long. Problems with housekeeping When dealing with a situation as described in which rooms are not ready, there are usually two possible options to consider. Either the housekeeping staff is not enough considering the number of...
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...and Sport Participation on Life Satisfaction Intelligence, Art, and Sport Participation on Life Satisfaction Connor Armitage Long Beach State University Instructor: Trevor Pickering 1 Intelligence, Art, and Sport Participation on Life Satisfaction Background Many factors contribute to an individual’s overall satisfaction with their life. The aim of this paper is to examine three of these factors; namely: how often someone participates in the arts, how often someone participates in sports, and how intelligent someone is compared to their peers. Previous research has shown that participation in art activities can lead to overall improved mood and happiness (Rogers & Zaragoza-Loa 2003). This belief has also found its way into popular culture and is used as a therapeutic activity. Like art, participation in sports is also viewed as an effective way to cope with stress and as a healthy release. Its role within our society to bring together members of the community has been cemented for centuries and this too is well supported by research (Tasiemski, Kennedy, Gardner, & Taylor 2005). Our culture also highly values intelligence as a trait because of social reasons and because high levels of intelligence contribute to our ability to accomplish our goals. For these reasons intelligence is also instrumental in an individual’s satisfaction with life (Koydemir, Simsek, Schutz, &Tipandjan 2013). While each of these factors’ effects on Life Satisfaction is well documented in the...
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...Social Comparison and Temporal Life Satisfaction In his theory of social comparison, Festinger (1954) identified the idea that human beings have the drive to look at others in order to evaluate their own opinions and abilities. Social comparison is categorized into two forms, namely downward and upward. Downward comparison occurs when an individual compares to others who are deemed as socially worse off, while upward social comparison acts in the opposite direction. Over the years, there have been various studies on the directional effects of both upward and downward comparison on an individual’s self evaluation. According to Suls, Martin, & Wheeler (2002), both downward and upward comparison can lead to people viewing their situations in a more positive way. Another research study by Buunk, Collins, Taylor, VanYperen, & Dakof (1990), showed that downward comparison evoked a fear in individuals about ending up in the same situation as their less fortunate comparisons. In return, the fear of “it could also happen to me” made people have a lower level of life satisfaction. Despite the various comprehensive researches done thus far, there is still no clear conclusion on the exact impact and effect of social comparison on an individual’s evaluation of his or her own attributes and attitudes and abilities. This is even more applicable to college students who are constantly evaluating their personal abilities and opinions by making comparisons to their peers. The...
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...EMPLOYEE ATTITUDES AND JOB SATISFACTION Lise M. Saari and Timothy A. Judge This article identifies three major gaps between HR practice and the scientific research in the area of employee attitudes in general and the most focal employee attitude in particular—job satisfaction: (1) the causes of employee attitudes, (2) the results of positive or negative job satisfaction, and (3) how to measure and influence employee attitudes. Suggestions for practitioners are provided on how to close the gaps in knowledge and for evaluating implemented practices. Future research will likely focus on greater understanding of personal characteristics, such as emotion, in defining job satisfaction and how employee attitudes influence organizational performance. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. “Happy employees are productive employees.” “Happy employees are not productive employees.” We hear these conflicting statements made by HR professionals and managers in organizations. There is confusion and debate among practitioners on the topic of employee attitudes and job satisfaction— even at a time when employees are increasingly important for organizational success and competitiveness. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to provide greater understanding of the research on this topic and give recommendations related to the major practitioner knowledge gaps. As indicated indirectly in a study of HR professionals (Rynes, Colbert, & Brown, 2002), as well as based on our experience, the major...
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...questions. The supervisors’ job is to monitor daily team results to ensure performance, retention and objective compliance, complete monthly reporting, provide effective feedback, supervise, educate and motivate their team to exceed all performance measures. I have worked for this same wireless carrier for 4 years and I currently work in their financial service department but I have a few close friends who work in the customer care department who don’t be satisfied with their jobs. I found this quite interesting because we all worked for the same company but there seemed to be a huge difference in job satisfaction from department to department. In order to find out what this difference is from our department to theirs I did an hour of side by sides with some of the customer care representatives and gave my friends from the department a survey to fill out that dealt with job satisfaction. Problem Statement Most of the feedback I received from the employees in this department is that management spends a lot of time micromanaging its employees. The employees do not feel empowered to make decisions because they feel that they will be reprimanded later for their decision. The number of FMLA (Family Medical Leave...
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...employee’s performance, which ultimately decides, and attainment of goals. However, the employee performance is to a large extent, influenced by motivation and job satisfaction The term relates to the total relationship between an individual and the employer for which he is paid. Satisfaction does mean the simple feeling state accompanying the attainment of any goal; the end state is feeling accompanying the attainment by an impulse of its objective. Job satisfaction does mean absence of motivation at work. Research workers differently described the factors contributing o job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction. The survey made regarding the job satisfaction in BSNL will facilitate and enables the management to know the perceptions and inner feelings regarding the job they are performing on day-to-day basis. The term job satisfaction reveals and focuses on the likes and dislikes of the employees of BSNL. In this particular study the researchers tries to identify the causes for satisfaction and dissatisfaction among the employees. So this is the most effective and selective instrument for diagnosing and peeping into the employee’s problems. Job satisfaction survey can give the most valuable information the perceptions and causes. For satisfaction/dissatisfaction among the employees attitude towards job satisfaction may be either positive or negative. This positive feeling can be re-in forced...
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...at home can affect your mood at work, particularly if it is negative. In this paper I will discuss what I believe job satisfaction spillover is and whether it is a positive or negative. I will also analyze the results of the study conducted in the required reading article and discuss the conclusions that came from the study. Discussion To me, job satisfaction spillover is basically letting what happens at work affect your home life and what happens at home, affect your work. So if you have a bad day at work, you are most likely going to be in a bad mood when you first get home. Of course some people are able to separate their work and personal lives, but I believe no matter how hard you try, they will affect each other to some degree. If you are having problems with your family at home, most of the time it is hard to not think about it when you are at work. This is going to affect your work. I think being unhappy at home has a greater affect on work, than does being happy at work has on home life. If you truly enjoyed your job and felt satisfied, you feel good about your situation. This would probably put you in a good mood when you left work and went home. But if you did not like what you did for work, you would probably be in a bad mood. Depending on how much work you are required to do at home, seems to have an effect on job satisfaction spillover. If you have to always be readily available and accessible for work, it seems spillover can have a greater impact...
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...days in her career when she didn’t want to come to work. -Tony Kurz is a managing director at Capital Alliance Partners, and raises funds for real estate investments. He often flies to exotic locations to woo prospective clients. - David Clark is the vice president of global marketing for MTV. His job often travelling around and don’t have much time to spend with his family. Higher priority to professionalism than their life Jobs offer higher status in the society Employee find their jobs challenging Workaholic GROUP MEMBERS Q 2 : What characteristics of these jobs might contribute to increased levels of job satisfaction? Autonomy or independence Challenging and stimulating characteristics of the job Contribution of work to organization's goal Get benefits Work itself high pay, networking Q 3 : Given that the four individuals we just read about tend to be satisfied with their jobs, how might this satisfaction relate to their job performance, citizenship behavior, and turnover? Job Performance Job satisfaction of the employees are positively related with their performance Citizenship Behavior Discretionary behavior that is more likely to talk positive about the...
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...Staisfaction Human life has become very complex and completed in now-a-days. In modern society the needs and requirements of the people are ever increasing and ever changing. When the people are ever increasing and ever changing when the peoples needs are not fulfilled they become dissatisfied. Dissatisfied people are likely to contribute very little for any purpose. Job satisfaction of industrial workers us very important for the industry to function successfully. Apart from managerial and technical aspects, employers can be considered as backbone of any industrial development. To utilize their contribution they should be provided with good working conditions to boost their job satisfaction.. Job satisfaction is important technique used to motivate the employees to work harder. It is often said that “ A HAPPY EMPLOYEE IS A PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYEE”. A happy employee is generally that employee who is satisfied with his job. Job satisfaction is very important because most of the people spend a major portion of their life at working place. Moreover, job satisfaction has its impact on the general life of the employees also, because a satisfied employee is a contented and happy human being. A highly satisfied worker has better physical and mental well being. Definitions: In simple words , job satisfaction can defined as extent of positive feelings or attitudes that individuals have towards their jobs. When a person says that he has high job satisfaction , it means that he really...
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