...sense of purpose rather than the pursuit of money. Do you agree? Critically evaluate and explain your position. The study of what motivates people has fascinated researchers and academics over the years. Many renowned researchers have come up with their own model explaining the mechanisms of motivation. Though all these theories are unique in their own right, the division of motivations into two forms; extrinsic motivations and intrinsic motivations is a common sight. Both these factors have their place in getting people out of their beds in the morning and trading the better part of their waking hours for work. However, for people to do their best work, a sense of purpose is often more useful than the pursuit of money. The type of job and position are also key factors in determining whether money or a sense of purpose will be the better motivating factor that encourages people to deliver their best work. George Bernard Shaw once said that “Lack of money is the root of all evil.” Money is defined as whether money is shells or rocks or gold or paper, in any economy it has three primary functions: it is a medium of exchange, a unit of account and a store of value. Of these three functions, its function as a medium of exchange is what distinguishes money from other assets such as stocks, bonds or houses (Mishkin, 1992). The pursuit of money is rooted in human behaviour today and the motivations for it functions in a similar manner to the pursuit of food or sex (Stephen E. G. Lea...
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...Thinking Ahead: The Pursuit of a MBA Thinking Ahead: The Pursuit of a MBA Brandon L. Smith University of Phoenix Thinking Ahead: The Pursuit of a MBA Even though I do not need a MBA to be successful, the MBA will enhance my career because the MBA is worth more than the Bachelor's degree. The MBA will also give me a deeper understanding of management and leadership. This will help me better understand the business environment around me and assist me in developing better managerial skills. I will use the experience and knowledge that I gain in my pursuit of a MBA to further my career and enhance my quality of life. A master of business administration degree will help advance my career. The MBA will provide me with the tools that will make it easier to market myself to potential employers. Employers are “looking for the 50,000 foot view—the strategic thinker who takes an analytical approach” (monster.com, 2009). There are many more opportunities to advance in my industry with a MBA. The MBA is the next step in my professional development and offers additional qualifications for higher level management positions. Some people say that a MBA will not help me advance my career but however it will give me a greater advantage over individuals without a MBA. Over the past year of job searching, I have experienced, firsthand, the demand for MBA’s and the preference of an employer that a potential candidate have a MBA. Today’s job market requires individuals to diligently...
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...Business & Society http://bas.sagepub.com/ Corporate Social Performance As a Competitive Advantage in Attracting a Quality Workforce Daniel W. Greening and Daniel B. Turban Business Society 2000 39: 254 DOI: 10.1177/000765030003900302 The online version of this article can be found at: http://bas.sagepub.com/content/39/3/254 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: International Association for Business and Society Additional services and information for Business & Society can be found at: Email Alerts: http://bas.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://bas.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Citations: http://bas.sagepub.com/content/39/3/254.refs.html Downloaded from bas.sagepub.com at INDIAN INST OF MGMNT on May 10, 2011 Greening, Turban / CORPORATE SOCIAL BUSINESS & SOCIETY / September 2000 PERFORMANCE Corporate Social Performance as a Competitive Advantage in Attracting a Quality Workforce DANIEL W. GREENING DANIEL B. TURBAN University of Missouri Several researchers have suggested that a talented, quality workforce will become a more important source of competitive advantage for firms in the future. Drawing on social identity theory and signaling theory, the authors hypothesize that firms can use their corporate social performance (CSP) activities to attract job applicants. Specifically, signaling theory suggests that...
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...Module Handbook [Strategic Management] [19-6B02-00L] Module Leader: Deborah FitzGerald-Moore 2008-2009 Level [6] Undergraduate (September Intake) Faculty of Organisation and Management Events Management Subject Group Faculty of Organisation and Management Sheffield Hallam University, Howard Street, Sheffield, S1 1WB Contents WHAT’S THIS MODULE ABOUT? 1 MODULE TEAM CONTACT DETAILS 1 MODULE OVERVIEW 2 SCHEDULE OF STUDY 3 READING LIST 6 TASK BRIEF 1 - COURSEWORK 8 TASK BRIEF 2 - COURSEWORK 9 Presentation Assessment Criteria Task 1 11 Assessment Decision - Task 1 -Presentation 15 Assessment Decision - Task 2 - Company Report 16 TASK BRIEF 3 - EXAMINATION 17 What’s This Module About? This module is here to help you better understand how business organisations work. It will help you to consider why certain companies or organizations in your chosen sector are successful and some are not. Whilst it will not give you a crystal ball it will hopefully give you a forward looking perspective on your chosen industry and many of its major companies This module will also allow you to integrate the wealth of knowledge you have gained throughout your course. Strategy is manifest in all the functional activities of the company i.e. marketing, operations, human resource management and finance and at many different levels of the company from the Board of Directors down to Heads of Department. Strategic decision making occurs in all types...
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...1. Knowledge is defined as justified true belief. Why knowledge created in organization is defined as justified true belief referring to the process of knowledge creation in organization. To answer why Knowledge is defined as justified true belief, we need to analyze how is the process of knowledge creation in organization at first. Based on the SECI model of knowledge creation, the process of knowledge creation in organization including four phases. The first phase is socialization which means Sharing and creating tacit knowledge through direct experience. It includes four parts. First, capturing tacit knowledge through direct experience (e.g. interaction with suppliers or customers). In the IDEO case, they kept clients involved and learned from their clients by assimilating the things clients did well into their own methodology. Second, by walking around inside the company, knowledge or the latest available information was collected or acquired. In the 7-11 case, through POS data and Tanpin Kanri, 7-11 obtained the latest information of inventory and sell order data, they make the reasonable decision on these valuable information and knowledge. Third, accumulating and systemizing tacit knowledge by and sharing between individuals. In IEDO and 7-11, they both create an environment for knowledge sharing. IEDO use brainstorming and 7-11 use “Box Lunch Corner” to encourage employees to show their ideas. Last, interpreting tacit knowledge by transferring one’s ideas or...
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...how the darker people was not given the opportunity to get a college education, and the light color people were usually in the house, and these people were known to have the opportunity to go to college, and that her father was among the people who could to go to college. So they knew the values of acquiring a college education. My uncle taught me that education was the best way to achieve knowledge and wealth. It took time to understand what he tried to instill in me. It was not until I attend Detroit Instituted of Technology that I realized the value and the important of having a college education, and the impact in a class-room learning environment had on a new thinker like me. Thank to my mother and uncle who instill in me love for the pursuit of excellence in academics, particularly science. Her constant support and guidance was an instrumental to the successful pursuit of my benefit. With science as my preferred area in college- biology was one of my favorite subjects. This was because it brought me nearer to investigating and solving some of my main aspiration for knowledge about human condition. In addition, to some of the first solutions the theory about the origin, and treatment of human health problems, and the after effect of such treatments and solutions. My mother being a type 2 Diabetes patient, and triple bypass, and other health related issues. I took a personal interest in her medicine...
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...Project & Task Management: The Pursuit of Happyness Project & Task Management: “The Pursuit of Happyness” “The Pursuit of Happyness” is a movie about an African American man, Christopher Gardner, and his journey to reach “happyness” in his life. Christopher was abandoned by his father as an infant and met his father for the first time when he was 28 years old. Because of this Chris vows to be nothing like his father when he has a child of his own. Chris and his son Christopher Jr. are homeless. He takes on a competitive unpaid internship as a stockbroker in hopes to be hired on as a full time employee, all while caring for his son. This movie is a story of determination and hope while being faced with disappointment and provocation. There are so many lessons that can be taken from Christopher Gardner and of those I’ve decided to use a clip from “The Pursuit of Happyness” and teach a lesson on project & task management. The scene that I used to teach my lesson is called: Cold Calling. This is where Chris Gardner demonstrates how to reduce wasteful activities in the office to make a bigger impact in his productivity. Out of necessity to care for his son, Chris has a shorter day and does what he can to make the most of the resources he has. In the clip as Chris is calling potential clients he doesn’t hang up the phone in between calls to save precious time. He also eliminates time wasted using the restroom by not consuming water during the day as well as time...
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...leadership is synonymously with school manager. However their task is lighter than the school management . Because school leader in the private schools do not mind so much about the budget but their focus mostly is the curriculum and instruction. That is why I like leadership. As school leader you must build extensive background in terms of knowledge, skills, model of approach, principle, techniques, strategy and behavior. School head/ principal can be only effective group leader if they can carry out the tasks concerning this important role. How they can improve in the education and self-evaluation of the school. They need to look for the progressive and advance systems in aiming a quality education. School leader needs to be sensitive in the technical aspect of education. They may create their own systems to attain the school vision mission and objectives but it should always be guided by the rules , regulations and the existing educational laws . School leadership focused on assisting the board of education with day-to-day details of running the school. Leaders need to implement the order stated by the Department of Education or CHED carefully that is why A wide knowledge in leadership is necessary. If not they may violate implementing rules and regulation of the schools. It is important that they equip themselves to the new system of the school management or the educational law. They school leader also task to be an expert manager with efficiency...
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...Change Management Research Proposals, Leadership Research Proposals, Strategic Management Research Proposals, Travel Research Proposals Introduction The human mind is like a mine bestowed with billions of innovative seeds, and every one of those seeds can grow a fruitful tree of new inventions. At home, the education of a newly born child starts from the lap of a mother, for whom it is an obligatory privilege to look after her child. Education starting in the dark-age has been transformed as it has passed from mind to mind and race to race, based on spiritually traditional ways of learning, observations, and experiences. The acquisition of knowledge began with the informal learning process at home to formal learning in institutions or schools. In this way, knowledge was progressively traveling down different paths and in different ways through human minds. In recent years, the advent of new technologies from photocopying machines to computer programs, optical scanners, and telecommunication networks has contributed to knowledge transformation. Moreover, today, the dominance of digital technologies and distorted media information has set the stage for the human mind to be idle. It can be thought that the idleness of mind is not due to insufficient or a lack of information and ideas for knowledge development but rather the inevitability of creating multiple choices and overloading us with information. Here, the ramifications of the effects of technology to knowledge formation...
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...details Schumpeter Comment (77) E-mail Print Reprints & permissions Taking the long view The pursuit of shareholder value is attracting criticism—not all of it foolish Nov 24th 2012 | From the print edition Tweet 262 Advertisement HE IS the chief executive of a multinational corporation, but Paul Polman sometimes sounds more like a spokesman for Occupy Wall Street. The boss of Unilever (an AngloDutch consumer-goods firm with brands ranging from Timotei shampoo to Ben & Jerry’s ice cream) agonises about unemployment, global warming and baby-boomer greed. He puts some of the blame for these ills on the most influential management theory of the past three decades: the idea that companies should aim above all else to maximise returns to shareholders. He appears to mean it. Since taking charge in 2009, Mr Polman has stopped Unilever from publishing full financial results every quarter. He refuses to offer earnings guidance to equity analysts. He has introduced a lengthy “sustainable living plan” and attracted a new cadre of long-term investors, particularly in emerging markets. He even told an audience in Davos that hedge-fund managers would sell their own grandmothers to make a profit. Mr Polman was one of several titans to decry the cult of shareholder value at the Peter Drucker Forum (an annual gathering of admirers of the late Austrian-born management guru) in Vienna on November 15th and 16th. Roger Martin, the dean of the Rotman School of...
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...Ain’t…enough! Management 521 MBA: My Bachelor’s Ain’t…enough! Pursuing an MBA is simply another way of saying, “My Bachelor’s degree just Ain’t enough!” Obtaining a Bachelor’s degree should be considered an amazing accomplishment. However, many have come to the realization that it is, in fact, inadequate. The status of the current economy is a leading indicator that something beyond a Bachelor’s degree is needed. A potential stepping stone beyond a Bachelor’s degree is an MBA, which opens up a great deal of opportunity compared to a Bachelor’s. Many reasons exist for an MBA to be sought out and why a bachelor’s just “Ain’t enough.” Some of the top reasons to pursue an MBA are that a Bachelor’s degree does not provide the potential to make enough money, give the education to be marketable enough, or give enough prestige to the degree holder. A study in the Journal of Marketing for Higher Education led by Lynn Dailey, MBA, PhD, marketing professor at Capital University, Columbus, OH, showed that career advancement, financial security, and elevated social status/prestige (see Table 1) are within the top 5 reasons to pursue an MBA (Dailey 148). Because of the current trend and these economical times, a Bachelor’s degree is just not enough. Pursuing and obtaining an MBA is an excellent way to make more money in the long run, to make one more marketable, and to give one more prestige than with a bachelor’s degree. One of the top reasons heard most for the pursuit of an MBA is...
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...Pursuit of an MBA Pursuit of an MBA Today’s job market seems to be a free for all. There seems to be fewer jobs and millions of people applying. That being said, it seems very important in times like this individuals do all that they can to try and set themselves a part from the next person. Experience is an important factor to do this, but when that is not enough they must turn to school. An associate degree and a bachelor’s degree is sure to set individuals apart from someone with just a high school diploma, but what about those off us that need to be set apart from the others with college degrees. With this my pursuit of an MBA comes to play. In 2003 roughly 1.2 million college students competing with roughly nine million people who are unemployed. Seven years later I am sure these numbers have changed since then, this is a huge reason to why we need to pursue graduate degrees. In my case, I am very lucky to have a job; however it is not what I am looking for. I constantly apply for other jobs and never even receive a call back on anything. I knew if I wanted to change things and eventually provide for my family I was going to need to stand out. I feel going back for my MBA will instantly separate me from the millions of others who have Bachelor’s degrees. I feel with my MBA and with my experience I am sure to catch the attention of employers. Once their attention is caught, I am able to have the chance to sell myself to them and why I am the guy...
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...provide services and goods that people want. These goods and services are the products of the behaviors of workers. Organizational behavior usually known as ‘OB’ is the study of the many factors that have an impact on how individuals and groups respond to and act in organizations and how organizations manage their environments. Organization is somewhat defined as “Organisations comprise two or more people engaged in a systematic and coordinated effort, persistently over a period of time, in pursuit of goals which convert resources into goods and/or services which are needed by consumers” such definition implies the organization exists with the presence of people consists of diverse cultures, character, perception, intelligence and abilities this necessitate a manager to understand behavioral trends of various people in organization So to achieve the organizational goals it stimulate specific goals, objectives and achieve within an optimal performance of workers, Manager’s knowledge of OB may find it useful to explore ways of stimulating fruitful behaviors from workers. Often drastic changes in behavior of workers may...
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...Manager: Business Development, Strategic Market Group (Enterprise Application Services) Responsibilities: • Positioning and branding : Defining and building the value proposition for the business and its offerings helping create winning propositions and messaging for EAS (Enterprises Application Services) • Acquire and develop knowledge of vertical/horizontal industry practices, trends, benchmarking data, and create competitive analyses. • Formulate strategy and plan for implementing and leveraging online communities, discussion forums, and other collaborative technologies. • Engenders enthusiasm for the work to be done, honors commitments and contributes proactively to ensure optimal positioning of SAP, while encouraging idea generation and creativity for each pursuit • Identifies and actions hot issues/topics/trends within the service line that require specific focus to rapidly capture the related knowledge assets • Analyst Relations: Proactive management of key influencer relations across major analyst firms, ensuring positive movement on analyst surveys and relationships • Customer relationship management: Managing key customer connects, ensuring support to Account based marketing activities, Building a sustain CRM campaign, with customer testimonials and case studies • Marketing strategy: Involvement in the business planning and market segmentation which involves...
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...supporting peer-review articles from University of Phoenix, an effort will be made to illustrate in detail the appropriate use of the aforementioned points to give the readers the clear understanding of the MBA student’s perspective. Furthermore, students pursue furthering his or her education for various reasons, for example, career growth, personal goal or to start a new career, therefore it is significantly important for each student to use the necessary tools in the most efficient and effective manner to achieve his or her ultimate success of graduation. In the pursuit of a graduate degree, specifically at the MBA program level, it is essential to discover a focal point in the functional areas of business that one may be interested in achieving success. The University of Phoenix MBA overview provides several options to examine, but for the purpose of this paper an emphasis will be drawn to these areas, management, and...
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