2 | * Motivation (definition) * Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs | 3 | * Hierarchy of Needs triangle | 5 | * Characteristics and behaviors of self-actualized individuals table * McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y | 6 | * Herzberg’s Two Factors Theory | 7 | * Steps of motivating people (Herzberg) * McClelland’s Theory of needs | 8 | * Characteristics and Dominant Motivators table | 9 | * Steps for applying McClelland’s theory * Conclusion | 11 | * References
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witnessed a major shift from the pre – liberalization years. Thus the changes that are occurring worldwide are very important and forcing organizations to change. Therefore the change agent working in a traditional organizational development framework, describing culture is the first step in a rational change process which involves moving an organization from ‘here’ to ‘there’. For the practitioner who works from a complex or living systems perspective, describing culture is also as a key
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study of the people behaviour within the organisation (Luthans, 1995). The Organisational Behaviour commonly known as the study and understanding of individual and group behaviour, and the path of structure towards improvement of organizational performance and effectiveness (Robbins, 1998). Another term of Organisational behaviour is a major discipline towards description, understanding, and prediction of human behaviour within formal organisation. Organisational behaviour as discipline is the clear
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Introduction Organisational behavior is a subject that covers a wide variety of topics such as, such as motivation, leadership and organizational design- that relate to different aspects of behavior in organizations. Examining these topics has involved incorporating perspectives and insights from a number of disciplines including psychology, economics, sociology and politics.’ (Knights and Willmott, 2007:p.3) Numerous disciplines that explore the complexity and diversity of collective human activity
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PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT Table of Contents Ch# Title Page 1 Historical overview of Management ……………………………………………………… 1 2 Management and Managers ………………………………………………………………. 5 3 Managerial Roles in Organizations ……………………………………………………….. 7 4 Managerial Functions i.e. POLCA ………………………………………………………... 9 5 Managerial Levels and Skills ……………………………………………………………… 11 6 Management Ideas: Yesterday and Today ………………………………………………... 14 7 Classical View of Management (Scientific and Bureaucratic)………………………………
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Conflict management Performance Appraisal Systems Organizational Reward System Base Wage and Salary Systems Incentive Pay Systems Employee Benefits Labor Unions & Employee Relations Employee Safety and Health Syllabus Activities Glossary of Terms 1 6 7 9 12 14 16 19 22 25 28 32 35 39 42 47 49 52 55 57 62 79 Unit 1 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: PRESENT & FUTURE Human resource management Activities designed to provide for and coordinate the human resources of an organization. Human resource
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that exists – and is accepted – between people with and without power. A high PDI score indicates that a society accepts an unequal, hierarchical distribution of power, and that people understand "their place" in the system. A low PDI score means that power is shared and is widely dispersed, and that society members do not accept situations where power is distributed unequally. Application: According to the model, in a high PDI country, such as Malaysia (100), team members will not initiate any
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“GE’s GLOBAL VIRTUAL TEAM WANTS TO REAP THE WIND” |MODULE M 5 CREATING HIGH PERFORMANCE PROJECT AND PROCESS TEAMS | |OB in Action Case Study 1. Executive Summary OB in Action Case Study GE’s Global Virtual Team Wants to Reap the Wind. PART A 1. Question 1 A definition of groups and teams is contrasted within the views of three current authors in this report to provide a model for understanding the nature of groups and teams in organisations. It begins by defining
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“A work organization can be defined as a socially designed unit, or collectivity, which engages in activities to accomplish a goal or set of objectives, has an identifiable boundary, and is linked to the external society. Work organizations are absolutely different from other social entities, which include families, clans, tribes, etc” (John Bratton, Work and organization Behavior, 2007, pg5). Organizational behavior encompasses the systematic study and careful application of knowledge about how
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