This paper addresses the case study “How Personal Can Ethics Get?” and the effects of ethics within the workplace. In the case study, Valerie is facing ethical dilemmas within her workplace after coming across some controversial information. Valerie must consider her options carefully because she has many things that she could lose. This paper discusses the impact of personal differences and the preference on organizational ethics. It also discusses the impact of organizational policies and procedures
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Workforce For so many years, firms focused on motivating employees by handing out rewards which are extrinsic in the form of compensation systems, while ignoring the other significant reward which is intrinsic in the form of employee recognition programs. Various studies seem to submit that monetary incentives may be more motivating in the short term, but what motivate in the long run are nonfinancial incentives (Robbins & Judge 2013, p. 259). Many firms are becoming more aware of the fact that
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Case Report: Changing How to Store Information Anthony Willis University of Maryland, University College This paper was prepared for Managing People and Groups in the Global Workplace, AMBA 620, taught by Professor Lucia Miree A. Case Synopsis During his tenure at the Information Technology department, Shanu paints the picture of a positive work environment where the employees are satisfied and happy with their jobs. After three years of working with the company, Shanu witnessed two junior
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1 Issue 1 (2009) Living with Organizational Politics: An Exploration of Employee’s Behavior Rajib Lochan Dhar, Symbiosis International University, India Abstract Though organizational politics has been perceived as a threat; negatively influencing levels of staff retention and work productivity, hardly any studies have focused on the employee’s attitude towards the perceived players and the survival strategies in such an environment in the Indian setting. This study aims to explore the employee’s
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| | |The Strategic Context of Training |covered. Additionally, the chapter points out the | | |The Five-Step Training and Development Process |importance of new employee orientation and lists some of| | |Training, Learning and Motivation |the important things
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Communication Climate and Organizational Performances: A Comparison Studies Between Two Public Organizations. Rosli Mohammed Faculty of Communication and Modern Languages University Utara Malaysia Adnan Hussein School of Communication University Science Malaysia Introduction: Organization, whether it is a profit making or a public service organization needs to create a climate which would facilitate effective
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Zappos Case Study Introduction Zappos is a successful company with a unique corporate culture and impressively low turnover rate. This case study explores the human resources strategy employed by the company, focusing first upon the significance of the environment upon human resources. The paper then identifies how the Zappos strategy fits within the human resource management model. The final section discusses the core strengths and weaknesses of the Zappos HR strategy. While the Zappos human
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| | |The Strategic Context of Training |covered. Additionally, the chapter points out the | | |The Five-Step Training and Development Process |importance of new employee orientation and lists some of| | |Training, Learning and Motivation |the important things
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affect, behavior ■ Abstract In the first Annual Review of Psychology chapter since 1977 devoted exclusively to work motivation, we examine progress made in theory and research on needs, traits, values, cognition, and affect as well as three bodies of literature dealing with the context of motivation: national culture, job design, and models of person-environment fit. We focus primarily on work reported between 1993 and 2003, concluding that goal-setting, social cognitive, and organizational justice
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and employee turnover can be high. When change initiatives are top-down and focus on directives given to employees, rather than change initiatives developed with employees, job satisfaction can plummet. Existing research suggests, though, that motivating employees after a change initiative has begun, rather than securing employee participation, complicity and motivation to support the period of transition, requires some understanding of the basic factors and common methods used for employee motivation
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