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University of redlands school of business MGMT 631: Management and organizational theory Instructor: Elijah Levy, Ph.D. Email: elijah_levy@redlands.edu thelevylaunch@yahoo.com Cell number: 562-2230-3334 I have been teaching at University of Redlands since 1992 in the school of business—teaching in the undergraduate and graduate MBA and Masters of Arts in Management program (MAM). My doctorate degree is in clinical psychology and I am an interdisciplinary
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Motivation is a theoretical construct, used to explain behavior. It is the scientific word used to represent the reasons for our actions, our desires, our needs, etc. Motives are hypothetical constructs, used to explain why people do what they do. A motive is what prompts a person to act in a certain way or at least develop an inclination for specific behavior.[1] For example, when someone eats food to satisfy the need of hunger, or when a student does his/her work in school because they want a good
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Coombs / SITUATIONAL COMMUNICATION JOURNAL OF BUSINESSCRISIS COMMUNICATION THEORY 10.1177/0021943604265607 IMPACT OF PAST CRISES ON CURRENT CRISIS COMMUNICATION Insights From Situational Crisis Communication Theory W. Timothy Coombs Eastern Illinois University Previous research based on Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT) suggests that an organization’s past crises history affects the reputational threat posed by a current crisis when that crisis results from intentional acts
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people come to think and feel and act. For example, cross-cultural comparisons have show that Western theories of attribution processes do not apply well to non-Western populations, but distinctions between the sexes appear to be cultural universals. During the history of cross-cultural comparisons, the direction of “transport and test” process was one way: research based on Western theories was tested in non-Western cultures. Unfortunately, this approach yielded a distorted picture of human nature
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The field of social psychology is greatly interested in the study of feelings, thought and actions of people in social setups. Conversely, it also looks at the effects of other people on those feelings, actions and thoughts. It also deals with the behavior of individuals in groups and group behaviors themselves. Social psychology employs a scientific perspective in terms of how people think about others, how they relate with others and how they influence each other. The perception of our own self
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Illegal Downloading of Copyrighted Material Jacob McGuire DeVry University 04/16/2015 Professor: Arthur Basler Illegal Downloading of Copyrighted Material I want to paint you a picture. The picture has two sides. One side is a group of copyright owners that live in a system and a mindset that has not been updated in over 100 years. This group has not adapted to the changing times. On the other side of this picture you have individual people that what to experience what artist of music, movie
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Cloud Computing). Jack Ma and His Team Introduction This article discussed the Jack ma and his team. In Alibaba, according to the staff’s behaviour, managers use different motivational methods to inspire employees work harder. The motivational theory comes to life in this organization. In order to increase collective performance, Alibaba use internet and computer technology to create virtual work team. There are many factors that will affect work team’s performance. The dream team from the world's
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which of the following is the least predictive set of criteria used to eveluate employees traits if a manager uses critical incidents as a method of performance evaluation, then ____ the focus of the evaluation will center on key bahaviors. ____involves evaluations ones performance against the performace of one or more others Foreced comparison The concept of____can be applied to apprasials to increase the perception that employees are treated fairly. Due process Which
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Ability to Assess Fraud Risk on Their Ability to Detect the Likelihood of Fraud Nahariah Jaffar* Faculty of Management, Multimedia University Arfah Salleh Graduate School of Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia Takiah Mohd Iskandar Faculty of Economics and Business Management, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hasnah Haron School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia ABSTRACT The Malaysian Approved Standards on Auditing, AI 240 on “Fraud and Error” (MIA, 1997) requires the auditor to
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