highlight some of the motivational strategies which can be used in my workgroup to assist the group in attaining their goals and also, how those strategies can be maintained from the start to the end. The paper will continue to show how effective the motivational strategies work within my workgroup by making reference to the achievement motivation theory and the self-efficacy theory models and conclude to show that by using the right model, managers can get the most out of their employees, reduce employee
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL May 31, 2008 Mr. Retd. Cdr. Tabassum Teacher, Organizational Behavior Bahria University Karachi. Sir: We herewith present our “Term Report” authorized by you as a requirement for this course. In this report, we have tried to provide analysis on organizational behavior of NIB Bank. We hope we have covered all that was required for the report. If there be any clarification demanded, we would appreciate a call from you to our
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Management in Ford Motor Company 7 6.0 Contingency Theory 10 7.0 Contingency Theory in Toyota 12 8.0 How Scientific Management impacts Ford’s Workers 14 9.0 How Contingency Theory Impacts Toyota’s Workers 16 10.0 Definition of Organizational Culture and Structure 18 11.0 Ford Organizational Culture 19 12.0 Ford Organizational Structure 20 13.0 Toyota Organizational Culture 21 14.0 Toyota Organizational Structure 23 15.0 Motivational Theories 24 16.0 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in Ford 25
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to a successful organisation. Therefore, if a manager can understand workers motives they can influence their behaviour. Managers use theories of motivation to influence workers behaviour. There are two types of motivation theories, content theories and process theories. Content theories view motivation in terms of desired outcomes and goals, such as ERG theory by Clayton Alderfer which states that workers are motivated by three basic need categories; existence needs, relatedness needs and growth
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WorldCom charged for bankruptcy on July 2002 under chapter 13 of the bankruptcy code. In 2002 the WorldCom's balance sheet represented the $9 million hole (WorldCom scandal: Lessons for corporate America). Significance of Organizational Behavior Theories
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on target are influenced by sound, background, motion, and similarity and lastly, factors influenced by context include time, work setting, and social setting. These factors affect how people see one another in an organization. People in an organization tend to judge one another based on the perceptions that have been formed about each other. The Attribution Theory explains how people judge one another depending upon the meaning associated with the behavior. If the behavior is internally caused
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Founded by J.W. Nordstrom in 1880 as a small shoe store, by 1995 Nordstrom had become a giant retailer with net earnings of $203 million and over 35,000 employees. Nordstrom remains a family operation to date. The idea of the ‘Nordstrom Way’ - with strong commitment to the firm, emphasis on proactive service, no external hiring, and a decentralized management structure (e.g., Nordstrom has no CEO) - is central to their employee relations, and is seen as central to their success. Average compensation
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they can achieve not only the goals of the organization, but also to meet their own personal goals. This is the trend with the modern organizations where the policies implementation boards in these organizations, seek ways to support this aspect (McClelland 467). There are various factors that influence why employees may be motivated. It is these factors that researchers have used to develop what is referred as the motivation theories. For example, in incentive theory, rewards may act as an incentive
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advancement, recognition, responsibility, and achievement, that are directly related to job satisfaction. The absence of motivational factors does not cause dissatisfaction; rather, a state of neutrality. Cognitive evaluation theory A version of self-determination theory which holds that allocating extrinsic rewards for behavior that had
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Leadership Effective leaders are a quality not commonly found in every individual. Developing the ability to encourage a team to reach an established goal is difficult task to take on. In leading and developing an effective work team, there should be a group for setting up the group work. Setting the purpose and goals clearly in the organization was used as basis for leading and developing work team. In the case of my marketing team, including myself I have four personalities, which
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