...not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. Academy of Management is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Academy of Management Executive (1993-2005). http://www.jstor.org 1' Academy of Management Executive, 2004, Vol. 18, No. 4 The benefits motivational goal-setting Gary P. Latham of One beauty of valid theories in the behavioral sciences is that they facilitate predicting, understanding, and influencing one's own actions as well as the actions of others. An excellent example is goal-setting theory. Its underlying premise is goals affect what one that one's conscious achieves.' This is because a goal is the object or aim of an action-for example, to attain a specific standard of proficiency within a specified time limit. Having a specific goal improves performance. Goal-setting theory also asserts that people with specific hard goals (often called "stretch" goals) perform better than those with vague goals such as "do your best" or specific easy goals. Further, the theory states that a goal is a standard for assessing one's satisfaction. To say that...
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...was a very realistic view of how teams are made up at organizations. The definition of the word team is a group of people with a full set of complementary skills required to complete a task, job, or project. You have a know it all, a person who doesn’t care, a skeptic, and a person it that it who it never matters to. A team should consist of people who are there to reach a common goal. We are supposed to be a team at my job, but our team was a little dysfunctional. Not being able to work together without one person always wanting to look like the champ. My manager often says our department is a team, but how can you feel like you are part of a team when you have one particular member who’s seems to be working to reach their own goals instead of what’s good for the team and organization. A team is supposed to work together to reach goals not put its members down. We have a team member whose goal it is to make sure they are always looking good, even at the expense of a fellow team member. It’s nothing wrong with looking good, but as a member of a team you should be working to make sure the team’s goal is met and you can look good along with everyone else. What good is it for one team member to look good but the team fails? Of course everyone else knew what the team member was doing, but the manager could not see it because in his eyes her job was always done. The bad part about the whole thing is team suffered, but the organization paid the ultimate...
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...Team Strategy Plan Patty Haynes 09/08/14 MGT/311 – Week 4 Individual Mr. Gregory Martin University of Phoenix Material - Patty Haynes Team Strategy Plan 1. Complete the following table to address the creation of teams at Riordan Manufacturing. |Strategy |Strengths |Weaknesses | | |When objectives are clear for each employee|More emotion such as encouragement could be| |Setting clear objectives of what is |on what is expected of them, it will |used while setting objectives. If the | |expected when accomplishing goals |eliminate confusion and optimize efficiency|goals are set too high, employees will feel| | |while accomplishing the goals set as a |failure and pressure. | | |team. | | | |Using clear channels of communication can |When the channels of communication are | |Using clear channels of communication |eliminate confusion regarding any |interrupted the team is put in a | | |responsibilities amongst employees. Also, |standstill, this will hault all production,| | |directions...
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...Introduction Nowadays, improving performance of employees is the one of the most important and significant concerns of all businesses. It is because employee’s performance has direct impact on the business performance and success of the company. According to McCormick (n.d) there are different methods that can be used by a company to improve its employee’s performance such as motivation strategy, employee training and performance management. However, this essay will not discuss about the mentioned methods but to focus on the goal setting method. The main purpose of this essay is to analyze the impact of goal setting in improving employee performance as well as to make some recommendations to enhance the implication and effectiveness of goal setting strategy. Goal setting analysis The manager of the Human Resource department of the company has listed the four key points of goal setting strategy which are: * Goal setting process * Types of goals * Levels of goals * Interim review and feedback This part of the essay will analyze these four key aspects of the goal setting strategy by indicating evidences from previous research and journal articles. Following is the analysis of four key points of the goal-setting strategy. Goal setting process The explanation of the goal setting process from the point of view of the manager is that employees will “be assigned” “specific goals” from managers based on the company’s business performance and annual plan. So...
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...the strategic location also would exist benefits regarding transdisciplinary work between different plants. Benefits that result in a consistent process integration, cross information, facilitating learning, technological exchange and decreased bureaucracies, all factors which contribute to the improvement of production processes and efficiency. In relation to economies of scope, this new project would achieve diversify activities pulping, taking advantage of new technologies in processing focused on expanding other industries. And finally, this new plant, will allow to Arauco, get an horizontal growth that would position him as one of the largest producers in Latin America with Aracruz. Forward integration It means to move into paper manufacturing rather than a horizontal growth, competing...
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...Analysis of Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Locate your local Chamber of Commerce’s community profile either online or in printed material that describes your local community. Write a three to four (3-4) pages paper on the following: Illustrate the message’s view of the audience and stakeholders based on the written profile. Create your own analysis of the community stakeholders and audience using the demographics, geographics, psychographics, sociographics, usergraphics, and webographics described in this chapter...... More Details hidden... Activity Mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of MGT 505 WK 4 Assignment 2 in order to ace their studies. MGT 505 WK 4 ASSIGNMENT 2 To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/mgt-505-wk-4-assignment-2/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM MGT 505 WK 4 ASSIGNMENT 2 MGT 505 WK 4 Assignment 2 - In Depth Audience Analysis of Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Locate your local Chamber of Commerce’s community profile either online or in printed material that describes your local community. Write a three to four (3-4) pages paper on the following: Illustrate the message’s view of the audience and stakeholders based on the written profile. Create your own analysis of the community stakeholders and audience using the demographics, geographics, psychographics, sociographics, usergraphics, and webographics described in this chapter...... More Details hidden... ...
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...Our homes are full of books of every genre. There are only few people who don't like reading. Accordingly, even the most lazy can't help but keeping on reading if the story is enough engaging. The most of times in our homes we find physical books, rather than digital stories. I think there is a reason for this. What is better than the smell of paper, especially when you buy a new book? It is something inimitable, that never will be replaced. Concerning to this, we cannot not talk about the smell of old books. It reminds you something ancient, of another epoch or of a parallel world. Something beset by an aura of fantastic. On the one hand, I think many people prefer to buy new books, rather than borrow them in library, due to the characteristic smell of brand new printed paper. However, the smell of ancient books cannot be recreated and that’s why, on the other hand, library are so full of requests. There are those who neither care to have their own literary works, nor library books. Actually, they don’t want physical volumes and prefer to have all they would want to read always with them. In other words, they like digital readings. For instance, a tablet make this real. This means you can choose among a great number of possibilities the book you want to read in that particular moment. The advantage consists in the fact that you have not to bring ten different volumes with you, but just one light tablet. Your back will thank you! Likewise, many people prefer digital books...
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...you can most of the time express yourself. The importance of writing both academically and professionally is because you will have your facts and your will get to express yourself. Also it is important to know the different because of your career. In your career you will have to work which is professionally and then school which is academically. • Why is integrity important in writing? Integrity is very important In writing because it is good to be honest and fair when writing papers or essays. It is your responsibility to write using your own words when writing papers or essays. Integrity is also important because plagiarism is wrong and disloyal. Taking credit for some one else is not fair at all and it is not taking responsibility and matters in your own hands. With all of that said integrity is very important. • How can you avoid plagiarism? Avoiding plagiarism is not hard at all. All you have to do is be very creative with your mind when summarizing research to write your paper or your essay. You can avoid plagiarism by using the correct punctuations such as quotations to state something that has been said by some one else. You can also avoid plagiarism by start adding the source such as websites to state where you have found the information...
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...Importance of revision * What is the importance of revising and re-reading your own writing? * The reason why this is so important is because when you re read your own writing you find mistakes, or sometimes you read it and you find out that it does not make since and you have to re write it, Make sure your grammar is correct. * What are the benefits of asking for input from others? * When asking others of what they think about your paper is another way for checking errors they may see something you didn't or miss spelled something you didn't know you miss spelled. it always good to get other people input on they thing's. * What are some of the most challenging parts about revision and getting input from others? * one of the most challenging parts for me is asking about grammar I'm not the best when it comes to grammar and I'm always asking about my grammar and spelling on my papers. * Share an instance when you got feedback on a paper or any other work that you have done (in personal or professional context). Did you make revisions on the work based on the feedback? Why or why not? * every time I have to do a report at work I always ask one of my co-works if they will go over it and they will find things I wouldn't they would tell me to hand a word to another word or change a period to a question mark. everytime they check my reports I change them because it makes...
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...Survival Guide Let’s Get Started On the first day of classes with Axia College, it is important to login and download the course materials and syllabus. I have found that by making folders under My Documents labeled first with the course name, and then inside have folders labeled each week 1-9 where I save the relevant materials for the weeks work. After downloading the files to the appropriate files, it is best to break up the syllabus. I like to copy and paste each week of the syllabus to a word document filed again under the corresponding week. This makes it easy to access what is needed for the week. It is also important to download the course calendar to keep a closer watch on when assignments are due. By looking at the course calendar at the beginning of each week you will be able to manage your assignments accordingly. After reading through the course syllabus and downloading course materials the next step is to check the main forum. The main forum is where your instructor posts information about what changes may be made for the week and also posts the weekly discussion questions for you to answer. In the main forum only the instructor will post topics. This is the area in which we as students post replies to the teacher and also our classmates. These posts are the only ones that apply to your weekly participation grade. It is very important...
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...There are many types of MBA papers that are required in most MBA institutions. The most common of these are the MBA term papers. The MBA term paper is one of the most basic of all MBA papers. You can write an MBA term paper on any topic, as long as it is connected with what you are learning in your course. However, it is not everyone who finds it easy to write a good term paper and hand it over to his lecturer on time. This is mainly because many MBA students have no time to do all the research required in an MBA term paper. If you are one of those having trouble writing and finishing a good business term paper, then you should ask for assistance. Instantly calculate the price for your order! Type of Paper Needed Please note that any orders related to thesis and dissertation papers, as well as their parts/chapters, are only available for University (College 3-4) academic level and higher. Academic Level Pagesinfo Deadlineinfo Select Academic Level first! Total Price Select type of paper first! The price for any of the additional services, such as progressive delivery, writer's samples and/or any extra charge for selecting a particular category of writer will be calculated and added automatically as you fill in the order form. Buy custom MBA term papers online There are many places from where you can get assistance to write your MBA term paper. For instance, you can ask someone in your college to do the paper for you for a certain fee. However, there...
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...Health and Social Care Activities for health and well being Introduction The unit requires me to manage an activity in a health and social care environment which will benefit an individual or a small group of service users, the activity will allow me to work on my communication skills with contrasting age groups. With the activities I have designed I would have to take into account the physical, intellectual, social and emotional side of each child. For this I will be visiting Woodend Preschool where I will be holding an activity to evaluate the children's skills and assessing how well we communicate between each other, by the way our body language comes across. Before making my final decision about the activity, I will have to take into consideration the skills each child has, the facilities, safety implications, equipment and time. Also I have to plan, improve and evaluate my activity; I have also made samples for each of my activities. The preschool and early school years are also full of changes, from three to five the child’s motor skills, language, thinking and social development change dramatically. A01- Suitable Activities and Reasons for Choice I have created a range of activities that would be suitable for Pre-schoolers aged between three to four, at this point in their life the child's development is important, it is a time where the child’s world will be dominated by fantasy and vivid imagination. Hopefully the children will be able move around confidently...
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...writing the introduction to the paper. Next, I do the actual writing of the paper and describe each topic in more detail. The last step is to, I revise it in case of any errors. I also revise it to make it better. Each step is important in order to make my writing good. I will discuss in depth and detail about each part of my writing process. As soon as I get the topic and know what I am to write about, I think to myself of some of the ideas that I have that could relate to this piece of writing. Often times, I come up with a story in my own life that can relate or something that I know of that can influence my paper to have more meaning, not only to the reader, but also to me. It will make writing the paper easier if you can make a connection to the topic and relate it to yourself somehow. If I don’t really have a way to connect it I just brainstorm for things or ideas that can be included or used in the piece. I make a list of things pertaining to the paper so I can go through the list easier. If it is a really detailed piece, I sometimes use the web process. If it is necessary to the paper, I will research the topic and try to gather more information about it. If not, I just stick to the list or web. Each one of my idea gathering processes has its benefits and is used depending on the type of paper I need to write. At this point, I would now have all of my ideas and my “helpers” in writing my paper. I would start with the introduction of my paper. In a few paragraphs, I would...
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...Birch Paper Company * Is a medium sized, partly integrated company * Three products, white and Draft papers and paperboard * The company is decentralized- both authority and responsibility * Seems like most of their decisions are based on profits and ROI * Northern and Thompson division together designed box for Northern division * Thompson division was reimbursed by Northern division for it’s designing and development * Apart from Thompson’s bid they also get two different offers from outside companies * Company policy where each division manager had full freedom and discretion to buy from anywhere * Thompson’s most materials from within company but sales mostly outsiders * If Thompson get bid, materials to be procured from Southern division * 70% of out of pocket costs of $400 were above materials * This constituted 60% of selling price * The Northern division received bids on 1000 boxes: - Thompson division- $480 - West Paper Company- $430 - Eire Paper Company- $432 * Eire paper Company dilemma: -Purchase (1000 boxes) outside linear board from Birch with special printing from Thompson at $90 plus $30 for printing -“Competitive market where higher costs cannot be passed on, how can we buy own supplies at 10% higher than market rate?” * Thompson division felt they didn’t receive profit for their development work, so they marked up cost on production of the box * Team 1 assessment that Northern division should...
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...moves on. If I want attention for an hour or so, however, I'll tell them my horrible secret — for several years I made much of my freelance income writing term papers. I always wanted to be writer, but was told from an early age that such a dream was futile. After all, nobody ever puts a classified ad in the paper that reads “Writers Wanted.” Then, in the Village Voice, I saw just such an ad. Writers wanted, to write short pieces on business, economics, and literature. It was from a term paper mill, and they ran the ad at the beginning of each semester. Writing model term papers is above-board and perfectly legal. Thanks to the First Amendment, it’s protected speech, right up there with neo-Nazi rallies, tobacco company press releases, and those "9/11 Was An Inside Job" bumper stickers. It's custom-made Cliff Notes. Virtually any subject, almost any length, all levels of education — indulgent parents even buy papers for children too young for credit cards of their own. You name it, I've done it. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the plurality of clients was business administration majors, but both elementary education majors and would-be social workers showed up aplenty. Even the assignments for what in my college days were the obvious gut courses crossed my desk. "Race in The Matrix" was a fashionable subject. The term paper biz is managed by brokers who take financial risks by accepting credit card payments and psychological risks by actually talking to the clients. Most of the...
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