...|[pic] |Course Syllabus | | |College of Social Sciences | | |BEH/225 Version 4 | | |Introduction to Behavioral Science | Copyright © 2011, 2009, 2007, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course focuses on human personality, motivation, learning, and cognition. The theories and insights of major figures in psychology are discussed. Neuroscience, psychological disorders, and therapies are also considered in relation to human behavior. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If...
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...A Plan for Positive Influence LDR/531 – Organizational Leadership January 31, 2011 A Plan for Positive Influence This week assignment was to complete three assessments and create a plan to increase motivation, satisfaction, and performance of a team that could be applied in a business setting. I will address how motivation, satisfaction, and performance are related to each other. Next, I will address specific differences in attitudes, emotions, personalities, and values in the learning team and how it influences behavior. Lastly, I will address how those differences can be implemented to positively influence the team. Motivation, Job Satisfaction, and Performance Motivation can be defined as the processes which account for an individual’s intensity, direction, and persistence of effort towards a goal (Robbins & Judges, 2007 pp. 186). Motivation positions an individual’s efforts directed to achieve goals and cultivate persistence. Persistence validates how long an individual will dedicate efforts to achieving a set goal. Job satisfaction can be defined as a positive feeling about one’s job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics (Robbins & Judges, 2007 pp. 30). Job satisfaction is subjective towards the nature of work, promotions, salary, supervision, coworkers, and relationships. Performance is standards for an individual’s behavior in the workplace that help them perform effectively. When people are highly motivated it leads to job satisfaction and eventually...
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...in 200-300 words each. 1. While considering the different theories of motivation, describe your personal motivation for attending college. How much of your motivation is extrinsic, intrinsic, and neutral? From what you have read, how might you change your motivation? Which motivational theory applies most to your situation? Explain why. A lot of my motivation would have to be extrinsic. I am being motivated by the rewards after I finish my degree. My personal motivation leans on extrinsic. I want to be able to provide for my family and still have enough left over for myself. I want things, and I definitely need things. The wants are the basic definition of extrinsic motivation. The extrinsic motivation allows for me to see the end result. All rewards, no punishment. I will be able to say that I accomplished something I never though I would be able to. Some of my motivation does come from intrinsic motivation, though. I decided on this degree for enjoyment reasons, too. I really like business and I enjoy all the learning that comes along with it. There is always change and problem solving and my biggest assest is my problem solving! 2. Describe two specific emotions you have experienced, one pleasant and one unpleasant. Select two theories of emotion and evaluate these emotions based on those theories. Which emotion best accounts for your emotional experiences? Why? A pleasant emotion I have experienced is excitement. I believe excitement has traits of the cognitive...
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...for their future role as business managers by giving them a conceptual framework which should help them to more effectively understand, predict, and influence behaviour in organisations. It is complementary to the 1st year module "Management relationnel" and the 2nd year module "Cross-Cultural Management" LEARNING OUTCOMES : At the end of this module, each student will be able to: 1. Assess and apply concepts, models, and tools related to the following topics... |Level |Topic | |Overall |Cause and effect relations between OB variables | |Individual |Personality, values, abilities, learning styles,...
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...category include: diversity, employees’ motivation, job attitudes including job satisfaction, emotions and moods, personality and values. In this Module we focus on job attitudes and job satisfaction and on motivation. Employees have attitudes about various aspects of their jobs, their peers, their supervisors and their organizations. Job satisfaction is considered the most focal employee attitude. The most-used research definition of job satisfaction is by Locke (1976), who defined it as “. . . a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job or job experiences” (p. 1304). Implicit in Locke’s definition is the importance of both feeling and thinking. According to Saari and Judge (2004): “when we think, we have feelings about what we think. Conversely, when we have feelings, we think about what we feel. Cognition and affect are thus inextricably linked, in our psychology and even in our biology. Thus, when evaluating our jobs, as when we assess most anything important to us, both thinking and feeling are involved”. Work motivation refers to the driving force by which employees achieve their goals. Different motivation theories focus on different aspects of the motivation construct. Some theories distinguish between different levels of motivation while others differentiate between different types of motivation, like in the case of extrinsic versus intrinsic motivation or autonomous versus controlled motivation. Organizational behavior focuses on...
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...Assignment 3 Revlon for Men 1 Terika Slocumb November 18, 2012 Assignment 3: Revlon for Men? “Ubersexuals and the Changing Male Landscape” MKTG 510 Consumer Behavior Dr. Adina Scruggs Assignment 3 Marketing Strategy Revlon for Men 2 Revlon is a world leader in cosmetics, skin care, fragrance and personal care and is a leading mass-market cosmetics brand, alongside L’Oreal’s Maybelline and Procter & Gamble's Cover Girl. Their vision is to provide glamour, excitement and innovation through quality products at affordable prices. They have developed a long-standing reputation as a trendsetter in the world of cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care (www.revlon.com). Truth is, men are very different to market to than women. Men are very focused and goal-oriented. According to Morgan (n.d.), career enhancement, ego booster, sense of competitiveness and attention and admiration from women are the motives behind the need for cosmetic products. Tying these existing needs for belongingness and esteem to men’s cosmetics will create demand for the brand. Subtleness and convenience are some of the product attributes that researchers found to be important to male consumers in buying and experiment with cosmetics. Complete Product Line include convenient combo of a natural smelling three-step skin care; facial soap, cleanser and moisturizer, shaving products, deodorants...
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...Motivation is important plays an important role. Motivation drives people to perform their best in assignments. “Motivation can inspire, encourage, and stimulate individuals and project teams to achieve great accomplishments. Motivation can also create an environment that fosters teamwork and collective initiatives to reach common goals or objectives” (Peterson, 2007, p. 1). The key element that will motivate our team to succeed is by goal setting. Our team is looking to achieve their goals by finishing successfully in this project. We must maintain confident and with the proper attitude our team will stay constantly motivated. The contemporary theory of goal setting theory is motivating theory that aligns with our team. For our team to ensure success, we are planning to incorporate the contemporary theory of goal-setting to complete this project successfully. “One of the most important jobs of a team leader is to motivate, support and recognize your teammates for a job well done. By recognizing them for their business efforts, it helps to build a stronger relationship with them. It lets them know that you appreciate them and their dedication to the business” (Hill, 2010, p. 1). The result of our team achieving goals creates team satisfaction. Satisfaction could improve by allowing each team member to collaborate on the area of the project that he or she engages interest rather than assigning tasks at random. “Associate satisfaction has a lot of meanings. It is really by trial...
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...a series of self-assessments to identify specific characteristics and to determine how those traits affect the performance of the organization. The self- assessments analyzed job satisfaction, employee engagement, and emotions. As a result of the analysis of the assessments, additional self-assessment recommendations are included to provide greater insight for the successful management and motivation of the individual employees. J. Aguilar, Rick Smith, and Janet Mills are the employees who participated in the self-assessments. The employees took the following self-assessments: How Satisfied Am I with My Job?, Am I Engaged? And How Are You Feeling Right Now? The manager identified the strengths and weaknesses of the employees based on the assessments and developed a management plan for the organization to best capitalize on the employees’ characteristics. The results of J. Aguilar assessments indicated a job satisfaction rating below the means, exhibited high engagement, and positive emotions during the assessment. Rick Smith scored higher than the means in job performance, demonstrated high engagement, and exhibited positive emotions. Janet Mills scored below the means in job satisfaction, is only moderately engaged, and expressed relatively neutral emotions during the assessment. Job Satisfaction Job satisfaction is the general attitude one holds about a job, which can dramatically affect the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization (University of Phoenix, 2011...
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...Axia College Course Syllabus PSY/201 Foundations of Psychology Course Start Date: 2/21/11 Course End Date: 4/24/11 Please print a copy of this syllabus for handy reference. Whenever there is a question about what assignments are due, please remember this syllabus is considered the ruling document. Copyright Copyright © 2010, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. University of Phoenix® is a registered trademark of Apollo Group, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Use of these marks is not intended to imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation. Edited in accordance with University of Phoenix® editorial standards and practices. Course Syllabus PSY/201 Foundations of Psychology 2 Facilitator Information Janie Lacy JanieLacy@email.phoenix.edu (University of Phoenix) Janie@JanieLacy.com (Personal) 407-924-7533 (EST) Facilitator Availability I am available from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on most days, but I attempt to reserve Sundays as my rest day. During the week, I am available most of the time during that 9 a.m.-12 p.m. time frame. On Saturdays, I tend to be available in the morning only. If these times are not convenient for you, please let me know. I will be happy to accommodate your schedule,...
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...been underperforming for a few years and has just been purchased. Team collaboration is a challenge organizations encounter because of various personalities, attitudes, emotions and values of the individuals that make up the team. A team is a group of people with a full set of complementary skills required to complete a task, job, or project. The team members should be willing to plan strategically to achieve the desired goals. To positively influence a team to improve performance, the team has to be well motivated, motivation usually leads to job satisfaction and job satisfaction comes with the end result being improved team performance. First there has to be goal setting which every member of the team can relate to. This goal is to improve prove performance in one year. Next we have to bring together the individuals that would help achieve the pre determine goal. The first team member should be the team leader (coach) who has a record of being able to motivate his team members. Then we bring in the team members each with attributes which he can bring to help the team achieve its desired goal. Motivation: Motivation refers to the force (effort) within a person that affects the direction, intensity, and persistence of voluntary behavior. Intensity describes how hard a person tries; this is a major element when we talk about motivation. We also consider the effort as well as the intensity; effort should be directed towards and consistently with the goals of the team and persistence...
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...complicated formation with a complex behavior which is obviously predictable. Organization is managed by human beings and business is done through and for human beings. This course enlightens the students in understanding why human being behaves the way s/he behaves. This course also allows the students to understand how to monitor control and empower self behavior, and behavior of other human beings and eventually prepare both to be productive. This course deals with the basic concepts in the behavioral science: namely psychology, social psychology, sociology and cultural anthropology that will form the basic for understanding the complex issues of human behavior processes such as language, symbol, perception, memory, emotion, social attitude, morale, motivation, personality development & adjustment, and attitude development and adjustment. IV – Objectives: After successfully completing the requirements for this course, students will be able to: • Learn or understand the concept of human behavior and other related theories and practices • Discover new approaches to behavioral science as gleamed from different cultural presentation and locations in region • Appreciate the different activities/ practices in enhancing the awareness and consciousness in promoting desirable human behavior suitable to different situations. • Find out how behavioral science impact on business...
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...1. After completing the survey's, I agree with the results. I've done personality tests before, and I'm a very self reflective person- for the most part, the answers are what I thought they would be. For example, on the first survey, my highest relative score was for emotional mentoring; this entails helping others with their emotions and showing empathy. I've always considered myself an empathetic person, and I'm always trying to help others. Another example, is the second survey. The results state that "(I am) a high achiever... workaholic... do whatever it takes to complete assignments or projects on time and as close to perfection as possible". I've always been a very driven and ambitious person, aiming to be highly successful in everything that I do. 2. My Emotional Intelligence/Personality Assessment test all provide similar interpretations of myself. The theme is that I'm a logical and ambitious person, and that I can understand the emotions of others relatively well. However, I still need some work managing my own emotions. I believe that the last survey is the most valid, simply because it was the most in-depth. There are 146 questions on that survey, and is questions many aspects of self, such how you handle stress, how you read other's emotions, and how you would...
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...MKT2CBE Consumer Behaviour Week 2 Chapter 2, Value and the Consumer Behaviour Value Framework Learning Outcome 1: Describe the consumer value framework, including its basic components CVF: Identifies variables that influence the consumer both internal and external whilst also looking at the process of turning a need into a want into the acquisition of a product; then having the product do something for them (creating value) be it hedonic or utilitarian. Internal Influences: Learning, Perception, Memory, Attitude, Categorisation (cool, uncool) Personality of Consumer: Motivation, Personal Values, Lifestyle, Emotional Expressiveness (Assignment) Consumption Process: Needs, Wants, Exchange, Costs/Benefits, Reactions Value: Utilitarian/Hedonic Relationship Quality External Influences Situational Influencers Affect: feelings Consumer research: defining, establishing and testing individual differences in order to divide market External Influences: interpersonal, social environment (workmates/housemates/family) Situational Influences: time of day Learning Outcome 2: Define consumer value and compare and contrast two key types of value Value: What you get – What you give up eg. 7/11 convenience of opening 24/7 allows the company to introduce a higher premium Utilitarian: utility aspect (product, functionally, does something for you) Hedonic: facebook updates on your phone Learning Outcome 3: Apply the concepts of marketing strategy and...
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...[pic] |Course Design Guide College of Social Sciences PSY/201 Version 4 Foundations of Psychology | |Copyright © 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course overviews the foundations of psychology as the field applies to everyday life. The physical and mental aspects of psychology are traced through lifespan development with emphasis on psychological health and wellness. Further study focuses on personality; thinking, learning and memory; motivation and emotions; and gender and sexuality. Based in various historical traditions, the course is set in the context of contemporary psychological principles. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Carter, K. & Seifert, C. (2013). Learn Psychology. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. All electronic materials are available on the student website. |Week One: A Brief...
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...University of Phoenix Material Critical Thinking Worksheet Chose one of the following scenarios: • You are a member of a group working on a class project. The group members are enthusiastic about the project and arrange a meeting time to begin planning. You forget to mark your calendar and miss the meeting. The group posts a summary of the meeting with assignments and deadlines for the project. You apologize to the group and agree to complete the topic research for the project. You realize you have a paper due in another course on the same day your research is due and concentrate most of your time on your individual assignment. The paper takes longer than you thought, and you are unable to conduct research for the group project by the deadline. You feel bad about this and do not respond to inquiries from group members. You post a message to the group explaining you are having computer problems. The group expresses their empathy and proceeds without you, completing and submitting the project with your name included. • A position opens in your department at work. You recommend to a coworker and friend in another department that she should apply. You previously consulted with this person on small projects, and she appears knowledgeable and responsible. In fact, you became friends through these work contacts. Your friend appreciates your recommendation and arranges a meeting to ask you more details about the work done by your department. The meeting is productive, and...
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