...[Type the company name] | The puzzle of motivation- Dan Pink | Podcast review | | | | | A Summary of the principles, behaviors, or attributes reflected in the podcast The key message from the Dan Pink’s puzzle of motivation is that, in the 21st century, motivation to employees does not work through the extrinsic benefits like financial incentives but through the intrinsic benefits as they are of self interest. He uses an experiment of karl Dunker’s on behavioral science “ The candle problem” to show case his opinion that when financial incentives are given to employees it limits the creativity and they perform worse. The results of the research conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States and the Economists from LSE also concluded the same. Pink says that there is a mismatch in what science knows and what business does, and many companies are making their policies about the talent and people based on the outdated assumptions. In 21st century motivation is built around the intrinsic benefits and the business operates on “Autonomy” people urge to drive their own lives, “Mastery” people desire to get better at something that is important to them and “Purpose” that is interest in doing something which matters. Pink states that if companies are looking for the engagement, self-direction woks well. Another interesting point is ROWE that is Results Only Work Environment and this concept is developed by 2 American consultants and now adopted by several...
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...HS 302 Healthcare Administration and Practice; Spring 2015 - Week 4: Management and Motivation Comparisons of Content Theories of Motivation: Complete the following table, adding descriptions of each Theory of Motivation in the following table, and compare the different theories (the first theory is listed in each column as an example). Refer to Buchbinder & Shanks (2012) pp. 43-45; and Dan Pink video “The Puzzle of Motivation. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs | Alderfer’sERG Theory | Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory | McClelland’sAcquired Needs Theory | Dan Pink’sPuzzle of Motivation Theory | Self-actualization needs-personal growth/development | Existence- relates to self- actualization & esteem/ combining safety & physiological needs together | Hygienes-Low level motivators (working conditions, company policy, salary, status, security) | Need for Achievement-desire for success, mastering tasks, attaining goals | (Summarize video)“If you do this, you will get this” type of attitude is not working today. Rewards do not motivate employees, only narrows a person’s way of thinking and in turn people are less focused. Creativity is destroyed. Large incentives have proven poor performance. Has a negative impact based on assumptions that are outdated. Motivational elements: Autonomy- direct our own lives, Mastery- desire to do better, Purpose- yearning to do what we do (things that matter). ROWE (result only work environment) has brought productivity up and turnover...
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...Using the SQ3R Study Method A. Kent Van Cleave, Jr., Ph.D. Why use a study method? Perhaps you have noticed recently that everyone, especially in the news media, is talking about something called the information revolution. This term refers to some profound changes that have affected most aspects of our lives and that have been caused by computers. In the workplace, information technology has caused many work organizations to completely restructure themselves. Electronic data interchange has helped companies closely link themselves with their customers and their suppliers. Computers have made mass production obsolete by giving manufacturers the ability to customize the product exactly the way the individual customer wants it. (Look for the big auto manufacturers to have Websites soon where you choose nearly every feature on your car, apply for a loan to buy it, and then specify where it will be delivered, all without having to go to the showroom.) Computers have also automated many jobs, including those of many middle managers. The result of this has been fewer levels of management in large organizations and higher productivity in the production facility. For most products, the cost of the goods on store shelves has dropped dramatically over the last ten years. But this explosion of information technology has its challenges in the workplace, too. Because of it the pace of change has increased. Work organizations find that they must continually adapt as technology progresses...
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...authorization. I was awarded the project and assigned as project manager (PM) to lead a team of qualified individuals and complete the task of relocating the QD100 program to the state of Florida. The next step in the preparation phase is to hold a project kickoff meeting. This meeting will be used to acclimate team members, clients, and other attendants to ensure everyone understands the key players and their respective roles. As the PM I plan to generate enthusiasm, motivation, and excitement while maintaining a guided discussion regarding the content, schedule, and duration of the project from start to finish. To prepare for the meeting I will accomplish several preliminary tasks. The most important areas to consider during preparation include identifying stakeholders, communication methods, team building, accountability and code of conduct. Once the tone has been set and key points discussed the meeting will conclude by first reiterating member expectations and responsibilities followed by a summary of all pertinent information. The bottom line is this kickoff meeting will be presented as such to ensure all relevant attendants and stakeholders are provided a transparent achievable list of goals. Stakeholders A significant contributor to the success of a project comes from the identification and involvement of all stakeholders involved. According to Freeman (1984), stakeholders are individuals or organizations that directly impact or can be affected by the proposed...
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...from The New Yorker January 8, 2007 DEPT. OF PUBLIC POLICY The Formula Enron, intelligence, and the perils of too much information. by Malcolm Gladwell 1. On the afternoon of October 23, 2006, Jeffrey Skilling sat at a table at the front of a federal courtroom in Houston, Texas. He was wearing a navy-blue suit and a tie. He was fifty-two years old, but looked older. Huddled around him were eight lawyers from his defense team. Outside, television-satellite trucks were parked up and down the block. "We are here this afternoon," Judge Simeon Lake began, "for sentencing in United States of America versus Jeffrey K. Skilling, Criminal No. H-04-25." He addressed the defendant directly: "Mr. Skilling, you may now make a statement and present any information in mitigation." Skilling stood up. Enron, the company he had built into an energy-trading leviathan, had collapsed into bankruptcy almost exactly five years before. In May, he had been convicted by a jury of fraud. Under a settlement agreement, almost everything he owned had been turned over to a fund to compensate former shareholders. He spoke haltingly, stopping in mid-sentence. "In terms of remorse, Your Honor, I can't imagine more remorse," he said. He had "friends who have died, good men." He was innocent—"innocent of every one of these charges." He spoke for two or three minutes and sat down. Judge Lake called on Anne Beliveaux, who worked as the senior administrative ...
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...Contents Executive Summary 3 Aim 3 Relevance in Today’s Environment 3 Survey Analysis 4 Assumptions 6 Hypothesis 6 Multitasking: 6 Methodology 6 Task 1 (Sudoku Puzzle): 6 Task 2 (Word Puzzle): 7 Experiment 1: 7 Experiment 2: 7 Experiment 3: 7 Results and Findings 8 Interpretation 9 Are women better at multitasking? 10 Conclusion 10 APPENDIX 12 References 16 Executive Summary The question that is under consideration is whether multitasking is good and how it affects performance. Initially a survey was floated for the students of Indian institute of Management Bangalore which was done to get a general perception about multitasking among the MBA graduates. We found that a majority think that multitasking improves productivity. To validate this we conducted experiments in which subjects were made to do two tasks under three different conditions. In the first experiment, subjects were made to perform the two tasks sequentially, in the second they were forced to switch between the tasks and in the third they were free to do in their own way. Results of the experiments show that the performance was better when the tasks were scheduled (Experiment -1) than during multitasking (Experiment- 2). However, the performance was no better when the subjects were free to do the tasks as per their will (Experiment-3). Also, women are perceived to be better multi-taskers than men but the results did not show any significant difference for the same. ...
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...in these attempts to encourage increased performance is that there is an additive relationship between externally mediated rewards and rewards which arise out of task performance itself. Therefore, if either one or both types of reward outcomes can be increased, total motivation or performance behaviors can be increased. In the late 1940’s a psychology professor called Harry F. Harlow (Harlow, Harlow & Meyer 1950) conducted one of the first true intrinsic motivational experiments ever performed, using a simple puzzle where a rhesus monkey needed to perform 3 simple tasks in a specific row to complete it. A simple task for a human, but a much more complex task for a little monkey. The experiment was performed on 12 primates over a 3-week period. Almost immediately the monkeys were able to solve the puzzle and they continued to solve it every time they were near it, without receiving any kind of rewards or recognition from doing so. Nobody showed the rhesus monkeys how to solve the puzzle or taught them that they even could solve it, but they still did it. Harlow concluded that it must have been due to an internal biological motivator that gave the monkeys a satisfaction or enjoyment from solving the puzzle. The experiment was repeated, but...
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...Chapter-03.qxd 11/12/2004 2:51 PM Page 55 3 Finding and formulating your topic CHAPTER CONCEPTS ● MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT TOPICS ● WHAT IS A TOPIC? ● TOPICS AS PUZZLES ● PUZZLES AS RIDDLES TO BE UNRIDDLED ● BASIC ADVICE ON RESEARCH TOPICS ● THE EARLIER THE BETTER ● GO FROM THE GENERAL TO THE PARTICULAR ● AVOID POLITICIZED TOPICS ● BE CAREFUL WITH PERSONAL ISSUES ● FIND THE LINE OF LEAST RESISTANCE BETWEEN A AND B ● AIRING YOUR TOPIC ● SOURCES FOR GENERATING IDEAS ● ANALYSING THE POSSIBILITIES OF A TOPIC ● THE INITIAL SEARCH AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ● TOPIC QUESTIONS ● METHODOLOGY AND DATA QUESTIONS ● VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY QUESTIONS ● WHERE YOU SHOULD NOW BE ● USE REFERENCE AIDS ● RISKING A POOR CHOICE OF TOPIC ● FEATURES OF GOOD TOPICS ● USING YOUR SUPERVISOR ● FOCUSING IN ON A POTENTIAL RESEARCH TOPIC ● DEVELOPING RESEARCH QUESTIONS ● DEFINING CONCEPTS ● STATING THE AIMS AND PURPOSE OF YOUR RESEARCH ● WRITING OBJECTIVES FOR YOUR RESEARCH ● USING A HYPOTHESIS IN YOUR RESEARCH ● RESEARCH PROPOSITIONS ● SUMMARY OF THIS CHAPTER ● FURTHER READING Your first rite of passage into the world of research is finding a topic for your dissertation. You can make the process difficult by ignoring the advice of your supervisors and this book or you can work through the tactics we suggest here and enjoy the challenge. The main problems some of our students seem to have in identifying potential topics are that they have misconceptions about what a masters research topic...
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...REPORT ON REDUCING COMPUTER FRAUD Name: ZHAOJUN HU Student NO: 20137098 Class: TACC403 Accounting information system Submission date: September 20, 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i INTRODUCTION 1 IS SOFTWARE LICENSING ANTISOCIAL?..................................................................2 COMPUTER SECURITY MEASURES 3 WOULD THE REMOVAL OF COMPUTER SECURITY MASURES REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF COMPUTER FRAUD? 5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIO 6 REFERENCES 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The aim of this report is to discuss the various methods of reducing computer fraud and to find out whether the computer security measures is necessary. In the main body of this report discuss about whether the software licensing is antisocial or not, the development of computer security measures, ethic teaching for the computer users and the effect of reduce computer security measures. The reports finds that software licensing protect the effort of the licensor and provide the financial support for them to develop new product and Computer security measures are effective way to reduce the computer fraud also is necessary. Without computer security measures the computer fraud will increased and the effect of using ethical teaching to reduce computer fraud is limited. The report conclude that reducing computer fraud not only depends on students self-moral cultivation but also require for protection from computer security measures. In addition, it is recommended...
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...| | ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEETElectronic or manual submission | UNITCode: CSG1132Dname: communicating in an it environment | NAME OF STUDENT (PRINT CLEARLY) Wickramasinghe Sarith FAMILY NAME FIRST NAME | STUDENT ID. NO.Wisac133 | NAME OF LECTURER (PRINT CLEARLY)Mrs Kala peris | DUE DATE05/08/2014 | Topic of assignmentuser mortivation in the use of social media | Group or tutorial (if applicable) | CourseDiploma in computing | Campusacbt | I certify that the attached assignment is my own work and that any material drawn from other sources has been acknowledged. Copyright in assignments remains my property. I grant permission to the ACBT to make copies of assignments for assessment, review and/or record keeping purposes. I note that the ACBT reserves the right to check my assignment for plagiarism. Should the reproduction of all or part of an assignment be required by the ACBT for any purpose other than those mentioned above, appropriate authorisation will be sought from me on the relevant form. | OFFICE USE ONLY | If handing in an assignment in a paper or other physical form, sign here to indicate that you have read this form, filled it in completely and that you certify as above. Signature Date | | OR, if submitting this paper electronically as per instructions for the unit, place an ‘X’ in the box below to indicate that you have read this form and filled it in completely and that you certify as above. Please include this page in/with your...
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...research on the positive effects of playing video games, focusing on four main domains: cognitive, motivational, emotional, and social. By integrating insights from developmental, positive, and social psychology, as well as media psychology, we propose some candidate mechanisms by which playing video games may foster real-world psychosocial benefits. Our aim is to provide strong enough evidence and a theoretical rationale to inspire new programs of research on the largely unexplored mental health benefits of gaming. Finally, we end with a call to intervention researchers and practitioners to test the positive uses of video games, and we suggest several promising directions for doing so. Keywords: video games, mental health, adolescents, social, motivation The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of...
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...Running head: Neuroscience of Creativity Neuroscience of Creativity Tarun Vij Woodbury University, Burbank CA. Abstract Human Brain is the most elegant gift evolution has given to life on this planet. Philosophers and scientists alike have always been curious to have an understanding of the intricacies of the human Mind . Creativity of human mind has been the key for our species progress and survival. Neuroscience is rapidly advancing to a stage where researchers can now observe the biology of our brain in detail .Decades worth of research in this field has lead scientists to now begin to map and understand inner workings of the biological circuitry of human brain . This paper presents some of the latest research findings on above. Based on these scientifically validated findings an effort is then made to get some insight into how innovative ideas originate and form businesses of the future and how that impacts our society. Running head: Neuroscience of Creativity Historically speaking creative solutions conceived and executed by human mind has resulted in exponential progress of human condition .From invention of wheel to creation of airplanes , from abacus to machines that can do logical deductions and automate tedious tasks all were a conceptual idea of this complex mass of jelly called our Brain . We can say that we are our brains , our body is just hanging along for the ride . At the dawn of twenty first century rapid...
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...03-Brock.qxd 12/1/2004 10:51 AM Page 41 Chapter 3 ACTING AS WE FEEL When and How Attitudes Guide Behavior RUSSELL H. FAZIO DAVID R. ROSKOS-EWOLDSEN The Ohio State University University of Alabama C onsider each of the following statements. Do you believe the statement to be true or false? 1. College students who disapprove of cheating do not cheat on tests; it is only the students who view cheating as acceptable who do cheat. 2. When segregation was still legal, hotel and restaurant owners with racial stereotypes toward Chinese people would not serve them food or allow them to stay at their establishments. 3. How well people like their jobs is predictive of people’s job attendance. Those who like their jobs are less likely to miss a day of work. 4. During the 1970s, people who felt that the energy crisis was a significant problem used less energy than did those who did not really believe that there was a crisis. 5. Regardless of whether an employer makes a snap judgment or deliberates extensively about a hiring decision, if the employer has a negative attitude toward working women, a female candidate will not be hired. All of these commonsense statements assume that people’s attitudes influence their actions and decisions. In fact, as we will see in this chapter, none of these five statements is correct. The basic finding of decades of research is that sometimes people act in accordance with their attitudes, and other times they act in...
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...doc - 1 Chapter 7 Motivation and Classroom Learning This chapter will help you answer the following questions about your learners: • How can I help my learners interpret their classroom setbacks in ways that elicit renewed effort? • What are some things teachers say to learners that can lower their motivation to succeed? • How can learning strategies improve my students’ motivation to learn? • How can I convey to my students the motivation to say “Yes, I can do what my teacher expects”? • How can I enhance my learners’ determination to learn what I teach? • How can I use project-based learning to motivate my learners? In this chapter you will also learn the meanings of these terms: antecedents attribution theory causal schemata deficiency/growth needs theory BORICP07.doc - 2 drive theory instinct theory intrinsic motivation locus of causality project-based learning self-determination theory self-efficacy theory situational cues Behavioral and cognitive psychologists agree that motivation is essential for learning. Yet how to motivate learners in the classroom continues to be one of the most puzzling problems confronting the teacher. Let’s look in on Professor Thomas’s learning seminar as his students discuss the topic of motivation. Betty: Well, it seems to me that motivation is becoming the scapegoat for all learning failures. That’s all I hear at school ... “These kids just aren’t motivated” or “This kid just hasn’t any motivation.” And all the other teachers...
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...ASKING USEFUL QUESTIONS: GOALS, ENGAGEMENT, AND DIFFERENTIATION IN TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED LANGUAGE LEARNING by Joy Egbert Washington State University jegbert @ wsu.edu In his popular 1997 article, Steve Ehrmann encouraged us to ask useful questions about technology for education (Ehrmann, 1997). In the years since Ehrmann asked his questions, increased pressures from legislative bodies, educational stakeholders, and business have driven an ever-increasing influx of technology into schools; however, this is not necessarily the evil that it has been portrayed as in various media. Within classrooms the availability of technology is offering us as language teachers the opportunity to usefully question what we do and why. Although technology itself is incapable of action or thought, its presence in our classrooms and schools is helping to facilitate questions about the goals of language classrooms, conceptions of teaching and learning, and our ability to address student needs. If we ask good questions and apply the answers to use technology in effective ways, resultant changes in our thinking and our pedagogy can lead to greater student achievement This paper first asks questions about and discusses language classroom goals. It then reflects on two related, essential strategies for language teaching and learning that can help us meet these goals: engagement and differentiation. Finally, the paper provides examples of how technology can be used to engage and differentiate for our learners...
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