Employee motivation Reward and Empowerment
1. Describe the contributions of Robert E. Kelly in terms of the styles of followers. 2. What is meant by the term “employee empowerment”? Why is empowerment difficult to implement? 3. Explain the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. 4. Describe the Two Factor Theory and explain how it applies to motivating professional employees. 5. What is motivation? Why is it important for leaders to understand motivation
Project Proposal
During Week 1, you were prompted to submit a project topic to your instructor for approval. This assignment will be the foundation for the project you develop throughout the course. Once you have received your professor’s approval for your project topic, this assignment will help you organize the components of your project. Write a 3-4 page paper in which you: 1. State the type of project and identify the business problem it will solve. 2. Determine three (3) major deliverables of the project.
Project Scope
This assignment builds on Assignment 1 to provide the necessary scope for your project. A project scope includes many variables, the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that must be defined prior to the start of the project to ensure that all of the details are planned. In the form of an Excel spreadsheet, Word table, project-specific software, etc., prepare a checklist document that identifies the critical steps in planning the project scope and complete the checklist in accordance with your project. Provide an explanation for how the project scope checklist should be used to thoroughly document the project.
WORKPLACE MOTIVATION
In the background materials you read about some very traditional theories of motivation such as Theory X and Theory Y, and the hierarchy of needs. But one trend that has received a lot of attention in the media is that of weird or offbeat methods to motivate employees. The recent movie The Internship is set in the odd (or “googly”) workplace culture of Google. Zappos Shoes even mentions “weirdness” in the list of corporate values. CashLinq , a financial services firm, is famous for their Nerf gun battles in the office. Eric Ryan, found of the highly successful soap company Method, was known to go to extremes to motivate employees such as dressing up as a chipmunk or holding impromptu office
Information Security consultant
Imagine you are an Information Security consultant for a small doctor’s office consisting of three (3) doctors, two (2) nurses, and one (1) receptionist. The office is physically located among several other professional office spaces. The doctors utilize mobile devices over a wireless network to document patient visits, with the electronic patient records being stored on a server located within the building. Additionally, each doctor’s office has a desktop computer that utilizes a wired network to access the server and electronic patient records. The receptionist station has a desktop computer that is used to schedule appointments, but cannot access patient records. In 1996, Congress enacted the Health
SOC 305 All Discussions
WEEK 1 DQ 1 -Crime and Society: After viewing the video, Crime and Deviance: A Social Inquiry, please address each of the following questions: Is crime normal in a society? What is the purpose of crime and punishment? How much crime is “enough,” and how would this be measured? How is crime defined?
Individual Assignment: Simulation Analysis
Using the link provided on Week Four of the resource page, access and complete the simulation, Economics for Managerial Decision Making: Market Structures. Resources: Economics for Managerial Decision Making: Market Structures simulation • Write a 700- to 1,050- word paper where you explain the following in the context of the simulation: Create a solution using strategic variables ...
ECO 415 Week 4 Individual Assignment: Hello, I’m Your Motivational Speaker
You are renowned business guru and motivational speaker Mai Biz. You have been contracted by a prestigious national business organization to deliver a two part seminar on a couple of today’s hottest business topics: competitive advantage and international business.• Create a full 1,750- to 2,100-word transcript of your planned speech to meet the organization’s request.• Address the following questions for each topic:
ECO 415 Week 1 Individual Assignment: Basic Concept Paper
Individual Assignment: Basic Concepts Paper• Resource: Supply and Demand simulation located on your student website• Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that discusses basic concepts in applied economics in the context of the simulation. Answer the following questions in the paper: How do changes in the business environment cause changes in supply and demand? Cite and explain at least two examples from the simulation. Why is marginal analysis important when making business decisions? How is marginal analysis used to respond to shifts in supply and demand? Cite and explain at least one example from
ECO 561 Week 6 Learning Team Assignment: International Paper
Week Four (or the material from your own organization in which you faculty member has approved) Write a 700- to 1,050- word paper addressing the following issues in the context of the scenario: Identify and justify the macroeconomic measures of output and prices which you have selected for Big Drive Auto’s planning.