James Version). I would also like to thank my parents, Mr. and Mrs. Madamombe, for their parental advice, financial support, guidance and endless love. Dear father and mother: ‘you are my fountain of everlasting inspiration. Many parents have done so well to raise their children in the best possible way, but - you surpass them all. Thank you for giving me the key of life called education. I shall unlock the value of life and derive the meaning of success with this key.’ A special acknowledgement goes
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when fully catered for in the work environment on their own are not sufficient to satisfy workers whereas the motivators referring to the nature of the job, provide satisfaction and lead to higher motivation. This paper adds to the understanding of what motivates the Ghanaian worker most and creates the platform for a re-evaluation of the thinking and viewpoint that workers rate motivator factors higher than the hygiene factors in the work setting. Keywords: Frederick Herzberg, hygiene factors, motivators
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sustainable competitive advantage. Industry structure derives from the basic forces of competition: competitor rivalry; entry barriers for new competitors; the threat of substitute offerings; and the bargaining power of suppliers, channels, and buyers. How does the Internet affect these forces? • It’s an open system whose technological advances level most
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to achieve a specific common goal or objective” (Jones and George, 2011, p.495). One of the main reasons why team work is more preferable nowadays is that the organization wants to take advantage of synergies. For example, many teams lack cohesion in which team members do not consider themselves as part of a team. Some teams have to suffer from social loafing which means that team members do not contribute or get involved in the project as they do when working independently. Other teams are face
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Apple and the introduction of new Android based mobile phones. The company fell short in the smartphone era and its position as the number-one phone seller in the global market is under threat. The case study provides a brief analysis of what transpired at Nokia and how the strategy implemented by the management team from the period of the 1990s up to the 2010 led to the company losing its market shares at both ends of the mobile phone industry. During the period of 1991 and 1992 the company lost FM482million
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fraudulent act before it destroys a company. Psychologically the mind of a human is set up in different ways that people cannot understand the motive of fraud. What if psychology is the key to figuring out questions that every company wonders? For instants, Why is accounting fraud happening? Where it usually happens? How can accounting fraud being done? What causes accountants to commit this action? When can companies detect accounting fraud? Keywords: Fraud, Detect, Prevention, Accounting, Fraudulent,
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2012 Discuss why Joe’s employees need to understand the importance of how people form perceptions and make attributions: Great Northern American, according to (Hellriegel, 2011), is a telemarketing organization that sells office supplies, promotional products, arts-and-crafts, and computer supplies over the phone. This publication will study the importance of how people form perceptions and make attributions as well as well as which learning theory (either the operant conditioning, social learning
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Critically evaluate five such factors. FACTORS INFLUENCING ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR. INTRODUCTION. Organizational behavior is a misnomer, it is not the study of how organizations behave, but rather the study of individual behavior in an organizational setting. This includes the study of how individuals behave on their own as well as how they behave in groups. The purpose of organizational behavior is to gain a greater understanding of those factors that influence group and individual dynamics in
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the "King of Pop," singer-songwriter Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana. As a child, he performed as the lead singer of the Jackson family's popular Motown group, the Jackson 5. No single artist – indeed, no movement or force – has eclipsed what Michael Jackson accomplished in the first years of his adult solo career. Jackson changed the balance in the pop world in a way that nobody has since. He forced rock & roll and the mainstream press to acknowledge that the biggest pop star in the
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preparation, although effective leadership is centered on ideas which would not materialize except this ides can be communicated to others effectively in a way that involves them. Gill.R (2006) explains that when leadership or the people in control do not have the appropriate leadership skills there is a drop down effect through the rest of the organization, which can negatively impact the general contentment, success, competence, and productivity of firm, group or team. For example the movie Remember
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