...recent meeting you expressed some frustration at the ministries inability to retain volunteers for its various projects. I believe I may be able to assist in this regard. As you know, I am currently an honours student in Psychology at the University of South Africa (UNISA) and as such I have a special interest in the factors which motivate the behaviour of different individuals. As part of my honours course work I am required to complete a research project, which is to be submitted to my peers for review. My research topic for my course work is “Why do people do volunteer work?” Since this research topic could potentially aid the ministry in better understanding how to attract and retain volunteers it seems appropriate to propose and request permission to complete this research project on behalf of the ministry. I therefore herewith include my research proposal. I hope to hear from you soon. Kind regards, Candice Keen 5 Disa Street Morningside Ext 2 2196 Page 2 Sandton Why volunteer? The experiences and motivations of church volunteers. Research Project Overview and Purpose Volunteers are a vital part of how a church or ministry meets the needs of the community in which it operates. The local pastor is unlikely to have all the skills necessary to run the church effectively and efficiently. Nor is he/she likely to have the funds available to employ someone with the requisite skills level. A great deal of what churches do requires human resources...
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...CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Breaking away from the shackles of ‘colonialism’ (British control) the oil rich Nigeria got her independence in 1960. Having being plagued by political instability, the negative impact of a prolonged military rule, corruption, unemployment, inadequate infrastructure and poor macroeconomic management for a long period of time, the nation currently undertakes certain reforms under a new reform minded administration. Prior to the present democratic rule, Nigeria's former military rulers failed to diversify the economy away from its overdependence on the capital-intensive oil sector, which provides 20% of GDP, 95% of foreign exchange earnings, and about 80% of budgetary revenues. The largely subsistence agricultural sector has failed to keep up with rapid population growth - Nigeria is Africa's most populous country - and the country, once a large net exporter of food, now must import food. Following the signing of an IMF stand-by agreement in August 2000, Nigeria received a debt-restructuring deal from the Paris Club and a $1 billion credit from the IMF, both contingent on economic reforms. Nigeria pulled out of its IMF program in April 2002, after failing to meet spending and exchange rate targets, making it ineligible for additional debt forgiveness from the Paris Club. In 2003, the government began deregulating fuel prices, announced the privatization of the country's four oil refineries, and instituted the National Economic...
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... A PROJECT REPORT PRESENTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING STUDIES EDUCATION, AT THEUNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THEAWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE EDUCATION DEGEE IN ACCOUNTING STUDIES JUNE, 2015 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to express my heartfelt appreciation to Mr. Frank Yao Gbadago, a lecturer ine department of Accounting Studies Education of the University of Education, Winneba, Kumasi Campus for his guidance and directions in writing this action research report. To Mr. Imoro Musah Daniel, what would I have done without you? I will forever be grateful to you for the advice and support I had from you during the writing of this research work. I am also indebted to my Mother Mrs. Agnes Acquah, and Mr. Frank Boakye Financial Accounting Tutor at Pope John Senior High School, Koforidua, for their support during the writing of this research report. My profound gratitude also goes to all...
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...health of employees (Kawakamii & Haratani, 1999). We can divide job stressors into categories. Work conditions, individual characteristic, and organization environment. Work conditions like extreme load of work requirements and contradictory expectations. There are also the physical conditions i.e. noise, insufficient lighting, low or high temperature, less space and more employees, badly managed working environment and more. Personal adaptation skills to stressful situations affect its results on the employee's work. Deadline pressure, various job reorganization plans and oppressive ways of management are organizational stressors. Various studies tried to explain job stressors in three ways. These ways are engineering approach, physiological approach and psychological approach. The psychological approach is the best...
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...should be a group of two students only for one project report. However, considering the significance of the research topic or indispensability of the institute, in exceptional case the institute may allow one student or a group of three students for one project. 2 Is it mandatory to be associated / work with any organization / company for CP? Ans Since the Comprehensive Project is a part of Research, it can be a part of any specific organisation / company / Industry. But it is not necessary to work in the company/organisation. But, the student is excepted to visit the company/organisation for data collection purpose. 3 As per the guidelines mentioned in the MBA Syllabus, is it mandatory to identify the problem of the company / industry and try to solve it as a part of CP like in engineering courses? Ans In MBA course, problems identification is not mandatory. But the students have to find out the general / specific problems of company / organisation / industry and give practical suggestions to overcome these problems. 4 Whether obtaining the Formal Certificate from the Industry to attach with the CP is necessary? Ans NO. It is not mandatory for CP however, it is mandatory for SIP. 5 Upto what level or part of the CP work they are supposed to complete within Sem- III? Ans The students have to select topic, industry/company/ organisation and submit research proposal to allotted guide by the Institute and get it approved. Student have to prepare the plan of action...
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... |Candidate number | | | | | | | | | To be completed by the candidate 1. Have you received any help or information from anyone other than your subject teacher(s) in the production of this work? Yes No 2. If you have answered yes, give details below and on a separate sheet if necessary. | | 3. Any books, leaflets or other materials (eg DVDs, software packages, Internet information) used to help you complete this work and not clearly acknowledged in the work itself must be listed below. Presenting materials copied from books or other sources without acknowledgement will be regarded as deliberate deception. |...
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...ways to stop plagiarism. In RCS, plagiarism is bordered as a ‘criminal’ action and thus, all writers have to apply these rules and acknowledge that the work material belongs to other individuals. Failure to comply with the rules would result implications and actions. According to Hayes and Introna (2005), Western countries with English as a national language and in particular, the United Kingdom has been the first choice for international students who wish to study abroad. Many authors have witnessed that students from abroad and, especially from the East, have a different method of learning and is contradictory with the Western approach. However, the reality is that academic work and values are currently in challenge due to the effect of globalization (Peter, 2003). The rapid growth of technology in a global level has introduced a new way of knowledge, the e-learning. The high-tech, easy, online access to important information has eroded the traditional academic values and the appeal for higher education as well as science has been replaced with technology and its application. Academic integrity is also important and vital for an organization. Employees should already be aware from their academic background how to respect and accept the academic values. From my perspective, my employer is a company where conducting research is considered as one of the primary tools for the growth of the business. Therefore, academic integrity is one of the basic rules that an employee should...
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...Our group topic is on Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance and my job was to research about the organization and their purpose. After we discussed and divide our work equally, we decided to meet up at the library and put together our power point. We also plan out how our presentation will going to be like, such as transitioning from one person to another after we finish with our part. Yet, the person who contribute most of the work in the group would be Nikka because she help organized and outline the important topics we can use and she also research many websites with useful information about APALA. During my research, I was surprised to find out how much workers are still struggling to obtain their equal rights...
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...Family & Work- The Balance Within Sociology 100 The article that I have chosen for my assignment is a scholarly journal about “Balancing Work and Family”. This article is a scholarly journal based upon existing research. This article expanded on research about to balance work and family. It explained the roles of men and women within the household and the family. The man’s role in the family was the “bread-winner and King of the Castle”. This means he was head of the household. He was expected to provide for his family financially as well as make the big decisions. The women played a different role. The woman’s role was to “take care of home”. This role was just as important within the home. The women were expected to be more involved with the care of the children as well as the upkeep of the home. These roles may have added a great amount of stress on everyone in the family. This research was ideal for men and women years ago, but society has changed. Men and women play different roles within the family now. Based on the article, in 2008 only a few married women stayed at home and didn’t work. This is a drastic change from hundreds of years ago. Women did not need to balance work and home because it was the man’s role to provide for his family. And as society changed, women do more outside the home. Years ago, a family could manage and maintain on a single income. In today’s society, it is hard. In order to manage and maintain it is...
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...organizational performance: A review of survey-based research Teamworking xxx 2007 Publishing Ltd ORIGINAL Journal of Ltd 2007performance XXX UK Publishing Management Reviews © Blackwell 1460-8545 International and organizational IJMR Oxford, Blackwell ARTICLES Anne Delarue,1 Geert Van Hootegem, Stephen Procter and Mark Burridge This paper presents a review of recent survey-based research looking at the contribution of teamwork to organizational performance. In particular, it focuses on empirical studies in which both teamwork and performance are directly measured in a quantitative way. The paper begins by identifying four interrelated dimensions of teamwork effectiveness: attitudinal, behavioural, operational and financial. The first two represent transmission mechanisms by which organizational performance can be improved. The latter two provide direct measures of organizational outcomes. The review shows that teamworking has a positive impact on all four dimensions of performance. It also reveals that, when teamwork is combined with structural change, performance can be further enhanced. The paper concludes by highlighting some important research gaps that future studies could address. Introduction Teamwork has emerged in recent years as one of the most important ways in which work is being reorganized (Osterman 1994; Waterson et al. 1997). This idea of delegating responsibilities to work groups has been diffused under a range of different labels...
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...executive summary I safety is a company located in Alberta Canada that has been developing in the past few years it involves with the safety of people in the work force. In this business report you would find the reason the company itself was bombarded with expenses that had made it successful throughout its years. The businesses history which explains how the owners developed the business. in a business it has its main activities what do they sell? How is it run? What does to be successful? The owner of the business has to have made a decision into why did they decide to incorporate the business? What are they up against in the financial sector? Table of Contents 1 executive summary 2 3 introduction 4 4 brief history of isafety 4 5 business offerings 4 6 why the owner decided to incorporate 5 7 expenses involved in setting up and running the business 5 8 problems the business faces 7 introduction Isafety is a serving company in the heart of Alberta Canada which services Alberta’s oil and gas industry, they aim to provide its customers with the best safety training and on-site safety services. The company is currently owned and operated as a partnership business that consisted of multiple studies and risk takings to achieve the success they are in now, as the business increases its growth it still strives to organize and operate its business to increase the chances of its success the business has set its incorporation to fulfill the company...
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...especially in the UK, are unmotivated and unhappy in their jobs. According to research by Investors in People in 2017 1 in 3 UK workers are not happy in their current jobs and 1 in 4 are actively searching for a new job. Job satisfaction has become increasingly important in the workplace, a high job satisfaction can lead to higher motivation and higher productivity in employees. Cropanzano and Wright (2001) found that less happy employees are more sensitive to threats and are more defensive around co-workers, this could lead to fallings out with co-workers and could affect the performance of team working tasks with in the workplace. Employers are starting to realise the importance of job satisfaction...
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...is a U.S subsidiary of PPQ worldwide industries it was acquired in 1996 by them. It’s main line of business is speciality chemical lines and has been replacing this with engineered lines for a variety of products. CCE was in the last stage of a companywide downsizing that had resulted in an 18% reduction in work force over the past six months. In CCE there is a department called Corporate Technology Development (CTE) division. The mission of the CTE is to develop new technologies and products that could yield significant new revenue in new markets over the next five years. This CTE division consists of three departments, with one of the departments being the Polymer’s department which was under Paul Burke, who was the director of this department. This Polymer’s division was sub-divided into five project teams each with their own specific mission, team leaders and members. (They were all research and development teams.) An HR annual study of the skill sets, performance, work environment and motivation of each of Paul Burke’s research and development teams was done. The study contained good and bad news. The good news being that even though CCE had downsized the work force Paul Burke had still nearly managed to keep all the top and qualified performers in his department. The bad news for the five teams was that the overall performance, invention disclosures, patent applications and new product launches were down significantly from last year much more than what was anticipated...
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...AMBA 670 TEAM AGREEMENT & WORK PLAN 3 Girls & A Guy I. Team Agreement A. Team Contact Information |Member Names |Number |E-mail |Availability | |Patrick Grudzinski |(703) 975-0394 |patrick.grudzinski@yahoo.com |phone/email | |Michelle Simmons |(240) 446-3059 |homealone0769@aol.com |email | |Serena Wales |(707) 592-4490 |serena_wales@hotmail.com |phone/email anytime | |Monét Green |(646) 702-2326 |MMMR4@yahoo.com | | | | | | | B. Mission Statement: Through communication and mutual respect, we strive to produce above standard academic work. C. Vision Statement: We will produce an effective, well- developed team work plan that can be used and understood by every member of the team. D. Shared Values: The following shared values will support open and honest communication, accountability, mutual respect, and ethical decision-making. • Accountability: To willfully accept tasks, roles and responsibilities, set expectations accordingly, and produce...
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...There are several things that make lives easier. Gadgets are some of these things. They help in completing work within a short period of time and also ensure that the work is done effectively. Sometimes these gadgets or electronics many fail to work as expected. They might fail to work due to different factors. One of the factors is poor maintenance. They need to be regularly checked by an expert for any faults. Using them when they are not functioning accordingly can lead to greater problems to the user and also to the machine. Some machines which have loose connections can lead to electrocutions. This is very dangerous as it can lead to death. Apart from that, faulty machines consume a lot of energy and the output is very low. This brings the power bills up and also if the apparatus are not fixed on time they can break down completely. Only the qualified technicians are allowed to handle the problems. There is a lot that one has to be exposed about the machines before one can fully be able to fix any problem. It is not easy to get one who is qualified. Most of them who are qualified have tight schedules and thus becomes impossible to schedule an appointment with them. Others are very expensive and it becomes difficult to hire them. However, there are other ways that one can use to get to the right and affordable persons. One of the ways is through research. Research on the papers or the internet can leave one with very many choices to choose from. However many experts like...
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