...however, be so restricted that employees are intimidated or even afraid to speak with their managers. An open line of communication between management and staff is very important. How else will an employee be able to get the help needed to ensure that they are performing their job accurately? “The importance of effective communication for managers cannot be overemphasized for one specific reason: Everything a manager does involves communicating. Ineffective communication skills can lead to a continuous stream of problems for a manager” (Robbins, DeCenzo, & Coulter, 2011, p. 320). Depending on cultural differences within the company this may be even more critical. For instance, in Japanese culture a lot of importance is placed on the “group” rather than the “individual”. The collectivist culture in Japan incites people to hold the interest of the group above their own and maintain strong ties and obligations to group members. “The Japanese manager...
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...Chickenpox Chickenpox is a common childhood skin disease that caused by a viral infection. The virus that is involved is called the varicella zoster virus (www.medicinenet.com). The disease has a worldwide distribution and is reported throughout the year in regions of temperature climate. The peak incidence is generally during the month of March through May lifelong immunity for chickenpox generally fellow the disease. Chickenpox is highly contagious it is easily passed between families and school classmates through airborne particle droplets in exhaled air fluid from the blisters or sores. It can be transmitted indirectly by coming into contact with article of clothing and other item exposed to fresh drainage from open sores. Patients are contagious up to five days (more commonly, one to two days), before and five days after the date that their rash appears. When all of the sores have crusted over they are no longer contagious. Before the rash appears children will get a fever, headache, swollen glands and flu like symptoms. Because chickenpox is so contagious there are treatments that you can do at home to relieve the itchy and discomfort. * For the blisters you can apply cool compress, calamine lotion, lotion containing diphenhydramine (Benadryl) should not be used. * A cool water bath every three hours to four hours, you can also add baking soda to the water to calm itching or you can soak in aveeno oatmeal bath to soothe itching blister. (www.emedicinehealth...
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...sector health worker motivation: a conceptual framework Lynne Miller Francoa,*, Sara Bennettb, Ruth Kanferc a University Research Co., LLC, Partnerships for Health Reform Project, 4800 Montgomery Lane, Bethesda MD 20814, USA b Abt Associates, Partnerships for Health Reform Project, 4800 Montgomery Lane, Bethesda MD 20814, USA c Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA Abstract Motivation in the work context can be defined as an individual’s degree of willingness to exert and maintain an effort towards organizational goals. Health sector performance is critically dependent on worker motivation, with service quality, efficiency, and equity, all directly mediated by workers’ willingness to apply themselves to their tasks. Resource availability and worker competence are essential but not sufficient to ensure desired worker performance. While financial incentives may be important determinants of worker motivation, they alone cannot and have not resolved all worker motivation problems. Worker motivation is a complex process and crosses many disciplinary boundaries, including economics, psychology, organizational development, human resource management, and sociology. This paper discusses the many layers of influences upon health worker motivation: the internal individual-level determinants, determinants that operate at organizational (work context) level, and determinants stemming from interactions with the broader societal culture. Worker motivation will be affected by health...
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...Critical Analysis on the Importance of Organizational Culture and its relation with Motivation in XYZ Technologies Co. Ltd. Page 1 of 27 Module Code: 56214 Student No. 201112880 Managing in Organizations The University of Hull Business School Assignment Question “Choose one or two areas covered in the Managing in Organizations module. Critically analyze these areas with the context of an organization in which you have worked or with which you are familiar.” Page 2 of 27 Module Code: 56214 Student No. 201112880 Managing in Organizations The University of Hull Business School Contents S.I. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Introduction XYZ Technologies – Background Theories of Organizational Culture Role Culture Factors of the Culture Theories of Motivation Expectation and Motivation Motivational Factors Conclusion Description Page Nos. 4 5 7 9 12 18 21 24 25 Page 3 of 27 Module Code: 56214 Student No. 201112880 Managing in Organizations The University of Hull Business School Introduction Telecommunication industry is one of the largest industries of 20th century. Competition among the companies is getting tighter day by day. Although more detail or composite investigation is required to prove but there is at least some strong reference that variations in cultural values may have a momentous impact on employees‟ and job performance. Organizational life reflects the Organizational culture and Organizational culture has direct impact to keep the organization...
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...Introduction Organizational behavior as a concept is broad and refers to the study of individual and group activities which take place in an organization setting and reflect the nature of that organization. The subject is becoming more and more popular as people with diverse backgrounds and cultural values have to work together effectively and efficiently. Organizational behavior seeks to emphasize the understanding of behavior competencies in order to have an insight into how people are likely to behave as this knowledge is essential in controlling these behaviors and ensuring they are befitting to the achievement of organizational objectives. Whenever people interact in an organization many factors come into play and in this write up¸ we would be looking at a lot of factors associated with organizational behavior like culture, motivation, attitude and personalities, leadership and so on. We would be using wings café as our case study in understanding this concept while trying to bring fresh suggestions and ideas on how we think it should be managed and operated. Literature review The introduction of the concept of organizational culture has generally been attributed to several individuals, including Hofstede (1980) and Schein (1985). Although organizational culture has been defined in various ways, the definitions share a common view that “culture consists of some combination of artifacts (also called practices, expressive symbols, or forms), values and beliefs, and underlying...
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...Table of Contents 1. Understand the relationship between organizational structure and culture: 2 1.1 Compare and contrast different organizational structure and cultures: 2 1.2 Explain how the relationship between an organization’s structure and culture can impact on the performance of the business: 4 1.3 Discuss the factors which influence individual behavior at work: 4 2. Understand different approaches to management and leadership: 5 2.1 Compare the effectiveness of different leadership styles in different organizations: 5 2.2 Explain how organizational theory underpins the practice of management: 5 2.3 Evaluate the different approaches to management used by different organizations: 6 3. Understand ways of using motivational theories in organizations 7 3.1 Discuss the impact that different leadership styles may have on motivation in organizations in period of change: 7 3.2 Compare the application of different motivational theories within the workplace: 8 3.3 Evaluate the usefulness of a motivation theory for managers: 9 4. Understand mechanism for developing effective teamwork in organizations 10 4.1 Explain the nature of groups and group behavior within organizations: 10 4.2 Discuss factors that may promote or inhibit the development of effective teamwork in organizations: 10 4.3 evaluate the impact of technology on team functioning within a given organization: 11 References: 12 Introduction: Organization is the combination of people for...
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...The Compare of Organizational Behavior In case of Siemens and Tesco Liu Xuan(Eileen) Table of contents 1.0 Introduction 2 1.1 Compare organizational structure and culture between Siemens and Tesco 2 1.2 The impact of organizational culture on the business performance of Siemens 7 1.3Discuss the factors influencing individual behavior 7 2.1 Compare the leadership style of Siemens with Tesco 8 2.2 How organization theory underpins the practice of management within Siemens 9 2.3 Evaluation of the main approaches to management theory 9 3.1 The impact that different leadership may have on motivation in organizations in periods of change 10 3.2 Compare the application of different motivational theories 10 3.3The usefulness of motivation theories for managers in Siemens 11 4.1 Mechanisms for developing effective teamwork in Siemens 11 4.2 Factors that may promote or inhibit the development of effective teamwork in Siemens 12 4.3 Evaluate the technology on team functioning in Siemens 13 5.0 Conclusions and recommendations 13 6.0 Reference 13 1.0 Introduction Organizational behavior refers to the reaction of individual, group or organization itself to the stimulation of endogenous or exogenous from the perspective of organization. The purpose of report is to application the theory in the organization behavior including the organization structure, enterprise culture, the leadership style, management approach, motivation theory, team work mechanism...
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...Introduction This paper attempts to understand the link between Motivation within the Organization and its Cultural dimensions as it relates to behavior on individuals. In doing so the author will discuss what Mullins (2013) referred to as Content theories of motivation and show the relationship between such factors on the structure of organizations. Two Content theories will be discussed, which are Maslow’s (1943) Hierarchy of Needs and Herzberg’s (1959) Two Factor Theory and the cultural aspect of motivation as mentioned by Handy (1989) and Hofstede (1980) will show the relationship between organizational culture and individuals. The information sort for this discussion will be from various secondary sources such as, academic journals, reference books and the website. The main purpose of this paper is to understand the dilemma faced by executives in organizations that are plagued by the performance and motivational issues of individuals that contribute inefficiency. Discussion Motivation of an individual can be “Intrinsic or Extrinsic” by nature and can be viewed as “the driving force within individuals by which they attempt to achieve some goal in order to fulfill some need or expectation” Mullins (2013). Organizations have learnt that the “correct design of structure is significant in determining the performance of the organization” Drucker (1989) and aids in the encouragement of motivation. This design is guided by what Burns and Stalker (1966) has termed Organic...
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...Organizational behavior is defined as actions and attitudes of individuals and groups toward one another and toward the organization as a whole, and its effect on the organization's functioning and performance. During the course of this semester I never thought that I would learn so much about why companies are the way they are because of their behavioral structure. “Behavior is a product of individual, group, and organizational influences and, as such, we draw upon the concepts and theories of Organizational Behavior (OB) to better understand behavioral processes at these levels.” (Boyd, 2011) Organizational behavior consists of management functions, globalization, managing workforce diversity, organizational behavior, culture, diversity, diversity programs, job satisfaction, emotions in the workplace, leadership, leadership styles, motivation, values, ethics, decision making, types of training, sources of stress, and resisting change. There are a few of these topics that I will discuss and research in this essay. The first topic that I will discuss is motivation in the workplace. Motivation is defined as the process that initiates, guides and maintains goal-oriented behaviors. Motivation is what causes us to act, whether it is getting a glass of water to reduce thirst or reading a book to gain knowledge. It involves the biological, emotional, social and cognitive forces that activate behavior. In everyday usage, the term motivation is frequently used to describe why a person...
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...ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR “Organizational Behavior is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structure have on behaviour within organizations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward improving an organization’s effectiveness.” (Robbins, Judge, Sanghi 2009, 13th edition, Prentice Hall) . From the above statement we can say that, organization behavior shows how people behave in an organization and how their behavior affects the working of the organization. To understand organizational behavior we first need to know what an organization is. According to Robbins (2006), an organization is a consciously coordinated social unit, composed of two or more people that functions on a relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or a set of goals. Now we can clearly state that organization behavior is a distinct area of expertise which studies - individuals, groups and structure. It puts in these studies gained, in order to make organizations work more effectively and efficiently. Organizational Behavior is the study and application of knowledge about how people, individuals, and groups act in organizations. It does this by taking a system approach. That is, it interprets people-organization relationships in terms of the whole person, whole group, whole organization, and whole social system. Its purpose is to build better relationships by achieving human objectives, organizational objectives, and social objectives. (http://www...
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...individuals doing the harm have to have either singly or jointly more power than the victim. Incivility[edit] Main article: Workplace incivility Workplace incivility consists of low-intensity discourteous and rude behavior with ambiguous intent to harm that violates norms governing appropriate workplace behavior.[16] Sexual harassment[edit] Main article: Sexual harassment Sexual harassment is behavior that denigrates or mistreats an individual due to his or her gender, creates an offensive workplace, and interferes with an individual being able to do the job.[17] Teams[edit] Main article: Team Job-related attitudes and emotions[edit] Organizational behavior deals with employee attitudes and feelings. Job satisfaction is the feelings one has about the job or facets of the job, such as pay or supervision[18] Organizational commitment is the extent to which employees feel attachment to their organization.[19] Emotional labor concerns the requirement that employees display certain emotions, like smiling at customers.[20] Leadership[edit] Main article: Leadership There have been a number of approaches and theories that concern leadership. Early theories focused on characteristics of leaders, while later theories focused on leader behavior, and conditions under which...
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...Analysis of Organizational Culture Analysis of Organizational Culture Introduction: Organizational culture is the foundation of any company. The culture is unique to all companies and is set by the founders of the organization. Organizational culture is defined as “a system of shared meaning held by members that distinguishes the organization from other organizations.” In many instances the stated organizational culture may not coincide with the values that are being enacted by the company. Organizational Culture: Employee of the month (2006) Employee of the Month was my movie selection. This movie was a good laugh, a light-hearted comedy about the common American workplace displaying the effects and influence of motivation within the context of organizational culture. Zach Bradley is the main character who is a witty fellow drowning in a pool of under-achievement, doing enough to just get by because he has nothing better to do. When a new employee, Amy (Jessica Simpson), hits the scene carrying the reputation for falling for guys who top the list as Employee of the Month, Zach seizes the opportunity to take his performance to whole new level. Zach battles it out with his co-worker nemesis, Vince, who is up for the challenge. The movie is full of pranks and surprises, and does a good job of illustrating the power and effects of motivation. Also, I think the movie gives a good snapshot of the organizational culture of a common American workplace, and...
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...Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………….……2 Discussion…………………………………………………………………….……7 Examining Apple Inc……………………………………………………….….…8 The Organizational Behavior (OB) of Apple Inc………………………….….....8 The Organizational Development (OD) of Apple Inc…………………….……..9 The Organizational Effectiveness (OE) of Apple Inc……………………………9 Effects of Conflict on the OB, OD, and OE of Apple Inc…………………...…..10 Benefits and Weaknesses of Motivation used by Apple Inc…………………..…11 Impact of Culture, Leadership Style and Motivational Style in the Firm………11 Recommendations………………………………………………………..………13 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………..……14 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………...…15 References………………………………………………………………...………17 THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ON ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS Introduction Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of activity as well as the performance of an individual or as a group in an organization. It is concerned with examining human behavior in an environment of work and determining the impact of these human behaviors on the structure of job, communication, leadership and performance. It consists of two theories which show how firms view it, namely: internal perspective and external perspective. Internal perspective theory of organizational behavior embraces the idea of first understanding the personal values, feelings and thoughts of a person so as to apprehend the individual in a company environment...
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...Abstract This study focuses on to what extent support for mergers and acquisitions has an impact on organizational change over time. This support will be seen as the degree of motivation, acceptance and knowledge that employees have at the beginning of the M&A. The data used in this study was gathered from two companies operating in the IT- sector. 527 returned questionnaires were analyzed. The results shows that the culture perception changed in time and depends on the perception they had at the beginning of the M&A. Motivation did had an impact on the change. The degree of Acceptance and Knowledge of the employees had no influence on this change. Interaction effects of the support variables on the change in perception over time were also investigated. These findings tell that the perception of organizational culture at the beginning of the M&A plays an important role for the culture perception after the M&A. The more employees are motivated, the more employees are willing to change. Also the longer employees work at the organization, the more they are willing to change. Managers should take this into account for the implementation of the change. 3 Organizational Culture Samenvatting Deze studie richt zich op in hoeverre steun voor fusies en overnames ( F&O) een invloed heeft op de organisatorische veranderingen na verloop van tijd. Steun wordt in deze studie gezien als de mate van motivatie, acceptatie en kennis die medewerkers hebben aan...
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...Understanding and applying organizational behavior concepts and skills can make or break an organization. As a Starbucks employee for over two years I was able to identify many areas in which Starbucks applied various organizational behavior concepts in order to foster a positive work environment. Starbucks has successfully used three primary organizational behavior concepts in order to promote a positive work environment and strengthen the organization. These concepts include organizational culture, organizational motivation, and organizational structure. Implementing these concepts has not only created positivity and fostered a team environment between employees, but it has also created an environment where goals are reached, and customers are satisfied. One key component of Starbucks is the consistency both in product and service. Employees are friendly and customer oriented, and the standards for products held high. As an employee of Starbucks I was trained according to these standards, and new what would be expected of me as a customer service representative prior to being hired. Starbucks has applied the concept of organizational culture in order to foster consistency across the organization, no matter how many new stores open, or where they are located. Organizational culture is defined as a system of shared meaning held by members that distinguishes the organization from other organizations (Robbins, Judge, 2013). The organizational culture within Starbucks is very...
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