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Motivating Employees In Challenging Times
May 2009
Keeping employee morale up is key for business owners, especially with the challenges posed by today's economy. An incentive program can help improve your employees' performance by recognizing...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The Lofty Price Of Being The Cash Cow
May 2009
A very interesting dilemma emerges when a creative team encounters success: they are asked to keep doing exactly what they are doing rather than focusing on new things. In some companies with...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The Motivational Power Of Play
May 2009
When we think of rewards in relation to work, we often think first and foremost of money. But for most employees the rewards of any given job are more likely calculated with a complex algorithm...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Recognize Non-Financial Rewards, Then Share Them
Sep 2008
Why do people work? The motivation to work is derived from many different sources. Of course, the paycheck is always the reason cited first. However, various studies show that people who could get...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
Hashing Techniques for Mobile Device Forensics
Jun 2009
Previous research conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has shown that mobile device internal memory hash values are variable when performing back-to-back acquisitions....
Provided by Purdue University (Krannert)
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White Papers
Seamless Communication: Simplicity, Efficiency, and Transparency Achieved Through Integrated Wireline and Wireless Services
Nov 2009
Reduce costs, minimize complexity and improve worker productivity by integrating your wireline and wireless services. Respected consulting firm IDC examines the benefits, challenges and the...
Provided by Sprint
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White Papers
Talent wars: The struggle for tomorrow's workforce
May 2008
The war for talent is intensifying. In the developed countries of the world, businesses are finding it increasingly tough to recruit and retain skilled employees. Aging populations are only part...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Game-Based Admission Control for Wireless Systems
Nov 2008
Much previous work has examined the wireless power control problem using tools from game theory, an economic concept which describes the behavior of interdependent but non-cooperative users. This...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Multi-Biometric Approaches to Ear Biometrics and Soft Biometrics
Nov 2009
This paper explores hard and soft biometric systems. Hard biometrics is features that are used to uniquely identify individuals over time, while soft biometrics do not uniquely identify...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
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White Papers
Behavior-Profile Clustering for False Alert Reduction in Anomaly Detection Sensors
Oct 2008
Anomaly Detection (AD) sensors compute behavior profiles to recognize malicious or anomalous activities. The behavior of a host is checked continuously by the AD sensor and an alert is raised when...
Provided by Columbia University
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White Papers
Motivate Your Employees Without Breaking The Bank
Jan 2010
One of your biggest challenges as a small business owner is hiring and motivating a great team. Even in tough economic times your star performers have other options, so you need to get resourceful...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Mac Images in the Enterprise: No Longer an Illusion
Jan 2010
Increasingly, employees are demanding the flexibility to use Mac in the enterprise and many organizations are responding by supporting Macs for the first time. Learn how to utilize a cross...
Provided by KACE
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White Papers
Training Vs. Hiring: Developing Your Staff When Hiring Is Not an Option
Mar 2010
In today's down economy, employee retention and development may be the last thing on your company leaders' minds. Fearful of the future, they feel reluctant to add more staff even if they have the...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Lessons Learned in Successful Implementation of Enterprise Learning
Mar 2010
Many companies believe that learning is one of the primary experiences their staff should be having as an employee. An effective enterprise learning system must be structured and implemented with...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
White Papers
Enterprise Applications: The Cost of Keeping Current…Or Not
Mar 2010
The cost of keeping current is represented as both time and money. Much of the "money" side of the equation is typically sunk cost in terms of the cost of the software and services combined with...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
The Impact of High Performance Work on Industry-Level Outcomes
Apr 2006
Organizations today face an increasingly competitive and rapidly changing environment. A variety of factors including globalization, technological breakthroughs, rapid innovation, and deregulation...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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Whitepapers
The Employee Point of View: The Economic Downturn
Mar 2010
This new SHRM Research white paper takes a close look at how employees are responding to the recession, uncovers anticipated post-recession trends and provides simple, cost-effective strategies...
Provided by Citrix Online
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White Papers
Finding Competitive Advantage in Self-Managed Work Teams
May 2006
To build a competitive advantage, a firm must provide buyers with superior value. While companies can secure competitive advantages through investment in capital or technology, such avenues...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
The Role of Transformational and Transactional Leadership in Creating, Sharing and Exploiting Organizational Knowledge
May 2006
Strategy scholars have argued that managing knowledge effectively can provide firms with sustainable competitive advantages. Leaders are central to the process of managing knowledge effectively....
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
Task and Relationship-Oriented Trust in Leaders
May 2006
The study presented in this paper examines the relative influence of competence, consistency and motivational intention upon the defined task and relationship dimensions of trust in leaders. A...
Provided by Thomson Gale
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White Papers
The Three Essential Components Of Employee Engagement
Mar 2009
Organizations of all sizes are lining up behind initiatives aimed at improving employee engagement. The rise of engagement surveys, workshops, and publications attest to the increased interest...
Provided by DecisionWise
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White Papers
Bonuses Despite Billion Dollar Bailouts: Managerial Incentives, Capital Reallocation, And The Business Cycle
May 2010
The research focuses on the influence that managers have on the timing of the revelation of bad news, which can be used to downsize and restructure poorly performing firms. More broadly,...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
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White Papers
Twelve Tips For Recognizing The Contributions Of Your Employees And Colleagues
Jan 2010
In any organization, it is important that employees feel that their contributions are both valued and recognized. In traditional top-down organizations, it is usually management that designs and...
Provided by Robert Bacal
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White Papers
How To Improve Team Morale
Jan 2010
Morale is vital to your team and organization. During weak economic times, poor morale can be the catalyst for disaster. This paper provides a list of proven techniques to improve team morale...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
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White Papers
Employee Motivation: How To Turn Minus £200 Million In To Plus £15 Million In Four Years
Jun 2007
As business success stories go, Parcelforce Worldwide is a dream comes true. The company, now the express parcels business of Royal Mail Group in the UK, posted an annual shortfall in 2001 of £200...
Provided by Accenture
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White Papers
Engaging Consumers, Creating Value
Aug 2009
Findings on value creation and regulatory fit offer far-ranging implications for management, marketing and even mental health. Value - how much importance or worth people place on any given thing...
Provided by Columbia University
-
White Papers
Confidence Is An Inside Job
Sep 2009
The Coast Guard recently played host to Authentic Leadership Institute (ALI) President Nick Craig, who spent a week on the Coast Guard's USCGC Eagle. A 300-foot tall ship, the Eagle has 56 crew...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
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Case Studies
Developing A Motivated Workforce
Jul 2009
In 1954 the UK Atomic Energy Authority began work on building and running nuclear reactors and research facilities. By the 1980s the environmental problems of nuclear waste had become an issue for...
Provided by MBA Publishing
-
Case Studies
Motivation With In A Creative Environment
Jul 2009
Siemens is the engineering group that is behind many of the products and services people take for granted in their daily lives. Engineers use scientific principles to develop products or systems...
Provided by MBA Publishing
-
White Papers
More Competitors = Less Competition
Feb 2009
In a forthcoming research paper in Psychological Science, a series of studies by Stephen Garcia, adjunct assistant professor of management and organizations and assistant professor of psychology...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
-
White Papers
NGO Partnership Boosts Management Development
Jan 2008
Over a 10-year period between 1994 and 2004, the British subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services (ZFS) sent 60 middle and senior managers, along with two external consultants, on capacity-building...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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White Papers
Feedback And Motivation In Dynamic Tournaments
Jun 2009
Investigation was done of the choice to conduct interim performance evaluations in a dynamic tournament. When a worker's ability does not influence the marginal benefit of effort, the choice...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
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White Papers
Credibility, Vision And Communication: Keys To A Good Reputation
Jan 2008
Shakespeare once said that "The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation." Truly, the reputation of the CEO has become vital to success in business, as it constitutes a potential...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
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Webcasts
Top Five: Motivating Your Employees
Mar 2010
Many business owners are constantly thinking of ways to keep their staffs energized. This webcast provides few ideas how to keep employees motivated.
Provided by American Express
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Downloads
Collab LotusLive: Panasonic customer reference
Aug 2010
Panasonic needed a way for their employees to collaborate in a global economy, but they needed a partner. Watch this customer video to see why the IT leaders at Panasonic made a strategic decision...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Let's Not Let Our Boomers Just Mark Time
Nov 2008
Given the economic downturn, we can expect fewer baby boomers to retire. Short of winning in a Publishers Clearinghouse mailing, many of those employees whom you didn't expect to be with you in...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
How To Be Your Own Best Motivator
Jan 2008
Maybe you're one of the lucky ones and your boss provides you with plenty of motivation and encouragement. But, in truth, motivation is internal. Others can change your external situation, but...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
The Five Biggest Mistakes Managers Make In Recognizing Their Employees
Apr 2010
A recent study confirms that the vast divergence between employee satisfaction and management appraisal is quite common, as well as confusing and expensive to organizations today. How could an...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
Partying During The Downturn
Nov 2008
Company executives, HR people, and other managers face a difficult decision this year: to party or not to party. In the wake of recent layoffs, the prospect of possible future cuts, and as a...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
The Performance Paradox: When Less Is More
Dec 2007
Every leader dreams of finding the magic bullet that will increase creativity, boost productivity, and improve morale. Surprisingly, one of the most effective solutions may be the most...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
Extremism And Social Learning
Jan 2008
When members of deliberating groups speak with one another, their predeliberation tendencies often become exacerbated as their views become more extreme. The resulting phenomenon - group...
Provided by President and Fellows of Harvard College
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White Papers
Driven By Social Comparisons: How Feedback About Coworkers? Effort Influences Individual Productivity
Feb 2011
Drawing on theoretical insights from research on social comparison processes, this paper explores how managers can use performance feedback to sustain employees' motivation and performance in...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Monitoring In Teams: Using Laboratory Experiments To Study A Theory Of The Firm
Mar 2008
The author's influential explanation of the classical business firm argues that there is need for a concentrated residual claim in the hands of a central agent, to motivate the monitoring of...
Provided by Brown University
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White Papers
Motivational Growth Of Employees' Performance
Jul 2009
Establishment of the so-called employees' positive moral belongs to the main responsibilities of human potential management. The effective behavior of employees predicts their systematic...
Provided by Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
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White Papers
Sweatshop Labor Is Wrong Unless The Jeans Are Cute: Motivated Moral Disengagement
Jan 2009
While many consumers say they care about issues such as sweatshop labor, the existence of a very small market for ethically-produced products does not reflect this sentiment. One explanation for...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Authority Versus Persuasion
Jun 2009
This paper studies a principal's trade-off between using persuasion versus using interpersonal authority to get the agent to 'do the right thing' from the principal's perspective. It shows that...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Voluntary Comprehensive Compensation Disclosure And The Firm Value: Empirical Evidence From A Capital Market With Revolutionizing Policies
Jun 2008
This paper analyze the association between compensation disclosure and firm value based on the notion that comprehensive information on compensation provides higher transparency signals and lower...
Provided by National Chiao Tung University
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White Papers
The Dark Side Of Creativity: Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonest
Jan 2011
Creativity is a common aspiration for individuals, organizations, and societies. Here, however, they test whether creativity increases dishonesty. The author proposes that a creative personality...
Provided by Harvard Business School
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White Papers
Incentive And Motivation Program Best Practices
Jan 2008
A strange pattern hovers over incentive/motivation programs. When economic times are good, companies launch incentive programs to reward high achievers. These programs create a positive energy...
Provided by Business Group
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White Papers
Meeting Employees Motivation Needs In A Struggling Economy
Jun 2009
The authors were curious about how employee motivation is affecting during the economic downturn, so they asked leaders across industry sectors to comment about their current experiences. They...
Provided by Corporate learning Institute
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White Papers
Meeting Employees? Motivation Needs In A Struggling Economy
Jun 2010
Four industry leaders were asked if their employee's motivational levels were affected by the economic downturn, and the responses from leaders varied. According to an executive from the food...
Provided by Corporate learning Institute
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White Papers
The Science Of Motivation
Apr 2009
Motivation is generally defined as the psychological forces that determine the direction of a person's level of effort, as well as a person's persistence in the face of obstacles. The direction of...
Provided by HR Service
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White Papers
Motivation And Financial Literacy
Sep 2007
This paper examines the hypothesis that low financial literacy scores among young adults, even after they have taken a course in personal finance, is related to a lack of motivation to learn or...
Provided by University at Buffalo
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White Papers
Self-Determination Theory Of Motivation And Performance Management Systems
Dec 2007
According to self-determination theory of motivation, in order to create and maintain an innovative, proactive and happy workforce, businesses ought to adopt organizational designs that cultivate...
Provided by Washington State University
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White Papers
Auditor Process Accountability And Epistemic Motivation: Principles Versus Rules-Based Accounting Standards
Aug 2009
The author examines how the nature of accounting standards - principles- versus rules-based - influences auditors' perceptions of process accountability and their epistemic motivation. Using a...
Provided by Lehigh University
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White Papers
Crowding Out Intrinsic Motivation? The Role Of Performance-Related Pay
Sep 2009
This paper attempts to expand upon the current debate involving the relationship between performance-related pay and public service motivation. Two models are used to examine how variable pay...
Provided by American University
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White Papers
Does Public Service Motivation Predict Higher Public Service Performance? A Research Synthesis
Sep 2009
This paper evaluates the extent to which there is empirical support for the proposition that public service motivation underpins effective service delivery in the public sector. The author reviews...
Provided by University of Kentucky
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Whitepapers
Analytics And The Smarter Consumer
Mar 2010
For retailers and consumer products companies, the customer has always been critical to the business. Now, if anything, the balance of power has shifted even more. Consumers are getting smarter....
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Motivating Employees On A Budget
Feb 2010
Keeping employees motivated and engaged is more important than ever during tough economic times. This white paper takes you through the do's and don'ts of incentivizing on a budget - how to...
Provided by Sodexo Worldwide
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Webcasts
The Value Creation Imperative
Jan 2011
It's been just over 400 years since a Dutch company became the first organization to sell shares and became publicly traded. By 2007, more than one billion people owned a stake in the world's...
Provided by INSEAD
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Webcasts
Drive Performance with Talent Management
Dec 2010
Please join Michelle Newell from Oracle to discuss driving performance with talent management. An effective talent strategy can help you drive business results and make you look good by engaging...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Recognition and Motivation
Aug 2008
Many recognition theories are based on Maslow's Hierarchy of needs. In the foundational level, people want their basic needs met such as food, water, sleep, etc. In the second level, people are...
Provided by James Cook University
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White Papers
Employee Motivations, Managerial Trustworthiness, And Work Attitudes
Oct 2009
Scholars and practitioners have emphasized the benefits of a highly motivated workforce. Although scholars have studied the causes and consequences of high employee motivation, many questions...
Provided by Georgia State University
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White Papers
Guide To Motivating Employees
Aug 2010
The Human Resources (HR) Guide to Motivating Employees is intended to provide effective ideas and tools for supporting employee motivation. CU-Boulder supervisors and managers are working hard to...
Provided by University of Colorado
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White Papers
A Strategy For Building Public Service Motivation Research Internationally
May 2009
As the scholarly research on Public Service Motivation (PSM) has grown and the geographic scope of the research has expanded, there is growing concern about whether the conceptual composition and...
Provided by Indiana University
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White Papers
Motivation And Values Of European Commission Staff
Apr 2009
The concept of public service motivation has been central to the discussion of motivation in the field of public management but has never been studied in international organizations. This paper...
Provided by Catholic University of Leuven
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White Papers
The Role of Motivation In Human Resource Management
Jun 2008
This paper deals with the role of motivation within the Human Resource Management activities with the focus on two countries, the United States and the Czech Republic, and their attitudes towards...
Provided by University of Pardubice
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White Papers
Affect And Intrinisic Motivation
Jan 2010
People are intrinsically motivated when they are motivated by engaging with a work task itself rather than by external rewards. The authors develop a conceptual model which proposes that affect is...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
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White Papers
A Model Of Knowledge-Sharing Motivation
Sep 2009
In this white paper, the author present a model of knowledge-sharing motivation based on a combination of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Self-Determination Theory (SDT), along with a...
Provided by Concordia University
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White Papers
Motivation: How To Increase Project Team Performance
Feb 2008
Motivation can inspire, encourage, and stimulate individuals and project teams to achieve great accomplishments. Motivation can also create an environment that fosters teamwork and collective...
Provided by Project Management Institute
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White Papers
Motivation
Sep 2007
Motivating people is not an easy task. What motivates people to work? First the authors need to define what is motivation? According to Landy and Becker, motivation consists of all least one of...
Provided by IESE Business School - University of Navarra
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Webcasts
Anatomy of a Lousy Pitch: The 6 Worst Presentation Habits and How You Can Avoid Them
Feb 2010
Join us February 9 to hear Wackel reveal the 6 worst presentation habits that put barriers between you and your listener. You'll also learn unique and proven methods for conquering these habits so...
Provided by Citrix Online
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White Papers
Leadership Training: How To Motivate & Increase Your Employees' WANT-TO-COOPERATE Factor
May 2008
If you're not interested in your employees, you can't expect them to be interested in you and your organizational goals. But if you show a real interest, they'll move in your direction. As Dale...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
Being A Leader: Inspiration Vs. Motivation
Apr 2010
One thing many don't consider or realize is that there is a big difference between inspiration and motivation. Inspiration comes from outside. It is the art of pushing and moving people to do...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
How To Motivate And Inspire Your Employees To Be The Best They Can Be
Jan 2010
It would be misleading to make managers and supervisors think that there's a secret to motivating and inspiring their fellow employees. In fact, only the employees themselves can do that, and so...
Provided by Bestmanagementarticles.com
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White Papers
How You Can Better Motivate Your Employees
Jan 2010
Effectively motivating employees can actually be quite simple: People are motivated by what they place value on. For example somebody who places a high value on helping others will be motivated by...
Provided by Rainmaker Group
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White Papers
Using March Madness To Improve Employee Morale
Jan 2010
The strong correlation between employee morale/satisfaction and levels of production, customer satisfaction, and firm revenues it might be advisable that you actually embrace the phenomena that is...
Provided by Rainmaker Group
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White Papers
Motivation And Momentum Lead To Millions
Sep 2010
Would you believe a new baby, a new business, plus the recession coupled with long hours and little sleep was one woman's recipe for entrepreneurial success? President of SolTec Electronics, Dawn...
Provided by American Express
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White Papers
The Key To Workplace Success: Be An Energizer
Nov 2010
Most small businesses only have a handful of employees. What is the most important quality to determining these employees' success? Is it dedication? The ability to work well with others?...
Provided by American Express
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Webcasts
Culture Trumps Strategy
Mar 2008
Building great corporate culture is more than just metaphors; it's what motivates a winning team. Most people at corporations in the US are unhappy, says Silicon Valley Bank CEO Ken Wilcox. But...
Provided by Stanford University
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White Papers
Game-Based Admission Control for Wireless Systems
Nov 2008
Much previous work has examined the wireless power control problem using tools from game theory, an economic concept which describes the behavior of interdependent but non-cooperative users. This...
Provided by Stanford University
-
White Papers
Multi-Biometric Approaches to Ear Biometrics and Soft Biometrics
Nov 2009
This paper explores hard and soft biometric systems. Hard biometrics is features that are used to uniquely identify individuals over time, while soft biometrics do not uniquely identify...
Provided by University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)
-
White Papers
Behavior-Profile Clustering for False Alert Reduction in Anomaly Detection Sensors
Oct 2008
Anomaly Detection (AD) sensors compute behavior profiles to recognize malicious or anomalous activities. The behavior of a host is checked continuously by the AD sensor and an alert is raised when...
Provided by Columbia University
-
Webcasts
Cutting Costs through Workload Automation
Jan 2010
Join BMC's John McKinney with featured speaker Milind Govekar, Gartner analyst, for an informative webcast reinforcing the cost-cutting benefits of workload automation. Gartner has covered the...
Provided by BMC Software
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White Papers
Motivate Your Employees Without Breaking The Bank
Jan 2010
One of your biggest challenges as a small business owner is hiring and motivating a great team. Even in tough economic times your star performers have other options, so you need to get resourceful...
Provided by American Express
-
Webcasts
Mac Images in the Enterprise: No Longer an Illusion
Jan 2010
Increasingly, employees are demanding the flexibility to use Mac in the enterprise and many organizations are responding by supporting Macs for the first time. Learn how to utilize a cross...
Provided by KACE
-
White Papers
Creating an Effective Training and Development Department
Mar 2010
Knowledge and technologies in nearly every field are increasing exponentially, so how should companies respond? On the one hand, they need employees to stay on top of the information avalanche; on...
Provided by SkillSoft
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White Papers
Training Vs. Hiring: Developing Your Staff When Hiring Is Not an Option
Mar 2010
In today's down economy, employee retention and development may be the last thing on your company leaders' minds. Fearful of the future, they feel reluctant to add more staff even if they have the...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
White Papers
Lessons Learned in Successful Implementation of Enterprise Learning
Mar 2010
Many companies believe that learning is one of the primary experiences their staff should be having as an employee. An effective enterprise learning system must be structured and implemented with...
Provided by SkillSoft
-
White Papers
Enterprise Applications: The Cost of Keeping Current…Or Not
Mar 2010
The cost of keeping current is represented as both time and money. Much of the "money" side of the equation is typically sunk cost in terms of the cost of the software and services combined with...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
The Impact of High Performance Work on Industry-Level Outcomes
Apr 2006
Organizations today face an increasingly competitive and rapidly changing environment. A variety of factors including globalization, technological breakthroughs, rapid innovation, and deregulation...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
Whitepapers
The Employee Point of View: The Economic Downturn
Mar 2010
This new SHRM Research white paper takes a close look at how employees are responding to the recession, uncovers anticipated post-recession trends and provides simple, cost-effective strategies...
Provided by Citrix Online
-
White Papers
Finding Competitive Advantage in Self-Managed Work Teams
May 2006
To build a competitive advantage, a firm must provide buyers with superior value. While companies can secure competitive advantages through investment in capital or technology, such avenues...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
The Role of Transformational and Transactional Leadership in Creating, Sharing and Exploiting Organizational Knowledge
May 2006
Strategy scholars have argued that managing knowledge effectively can provide firms with sustainable competitive advantages. Leaders are central to the process of managing knowledge effectively....
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
Task and Relationship-Oriented Trust in Leaders
May 2006
The study presented in this paper examines the relative influence of competence, consistency and motivational intention upon the defined task and relationship dimensions of trust in leaders. A...
Provided by Thomson Gale
-
White Papers
The Three Essential Components Of Employee Engagement
Mar 2009
Organizations of all sizes are lining up behind initiatives aimed at improving employee engagement. The rise of engagement surveys, workshops, and publications attest to the increased interest...
Provided by DecisionWise
-
White Papers
Bonuses Despite Billion Dollar Bailouts: Managerial Incentives, Capital Reallocation, And The Business Cycle
May 2010
The research focuses on the influence that managers have on the timing of the revelation of bad news, which can be used to downsize and restructure poorly performing firms. More broadly,...
Provided by Northwestern University (Kellogg)
-
White Papers
Twelve Tips For Recognizing The Contributions Of Your Employees And Colleagues
Jan 2010
In any organization, it is important that employees feel that their contributions are both valued and recognized. In traditional top-down organizations, it is usually management that designs and...
Provided by Robert Bacal
-
White Papers
How To Improve Team Morale
Jan 2010
Morale is vital to your team and organization. During weak economic times, poor morale can be the catalyst for disaster. This paper provides a list of proven techniques to improve team morale...
Provided by Executive Business Advisers
-
White Papers
Employee Motivation: How To Turn Minus £200 Million In To Plus £15 Million In Four Years
Jun 2007
As business success stories go, Parcelforce Worldwide is a dream comes true. The company, now the express parcels business of Royal Mail Group in the UK, posted an annual shortfall in 2001 of £200...
Provided by Accenture
-
White Papers
Engaging Consumers, Creating Value
Aug 2009
Findings on value creation and regulatory fit offer far-ranging implications for management, marketing and even mental health. Value - how much importance or worth people place on any given thing...
Provided by Columbia University
-
White Papers
Confidence Is An Inside Job
Sep 2009
The Coast Guard recently played host to Authentic Leadership Institute (ALI) President Nick Craig, who spent a week on the Coast Guard's USCGC Eagle. A 300-foot tall ship, the Eagle has 56 crew...
Provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
-
Case Studies
Developing A Motivated Workforce
Jul 2009
In 1954 the UK Atomic Energy Authority began work on building and running nuclear reactors and research facilities. By the 1980s the environmental problems of nuclear waste had become an issue for...
Provided by MBA Publishing
-
Case Studies
Motivation With In A Creative Environment
Jul 2009
Siemens is the engineering group that is behind many of the products and services people take for granted in their daily lives. Engineers use scientific principles to develop products or systems...
Provided by MBA Publishing
-
White Papers
More Competitors = Less Competition
Feb 2009
In a forthcoming research paper in Psychological Science, a series of studies by Stephen Garcia, adjunct assistant professor of management and organizations and assistant professor of psychology...
Provided by University of Michigan (Ross)
-
White Papers
NGO Partnership Boosts Management Development
Jan 2008
Over a 10-year period between 1994 and 2004, the British subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services (ZFS) sent 60 middle and senior managers, along with two external consultants, on capacity-building...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
-
White Papers
Feedback And Motivation In Dynamic Tournaments
Jun 2009
Investigation was done of the choice to conduct interim performance evaluations in a dynamic tournament. When a worker's ability does not influence the marginal benefit of effort, the choice...
Provided by University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson)
-
White Papers
Credibility, Vision And Communication: Keys To A Good Reputation
Jan 2008
Shakespeare once said that "The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation." Truly, the reputation of the CEO has become vital to success in business, as it constitutes a potential...
Provided by IESE School Of Business
-
Webcasts
Top Five: Motivating Your Employees
Mar 2010
Many business owners are constantly thinking of ways to keep their staffs energized. This webcast provides few ideas how to keep employees motivated.
Provided by American Express
-
Downloads
Collab LotusLive: Panasonic customer reference
Aug 2010
Panasonic needed a way for their employees to collaborate in a global economy, but they needed a partner. Watch this customer video to see why the IT leaders at Panasonic made a strategic decision...
Provided by IBM
-
White Papers
Let's Not Let Our Boomers Just Mark Time
Nov 2008
Given the economic downturn, we can expect fewer baby boomers to retire. Short of winning in a Publishers Clearinghouse mailing, many of those employees whom you didn't expect to be with you in...
Provided by American Management Association
-
White Papers
How To Be Your Own Best Motivator
Jan 2008
Maybe you're one of the lucky ones and your boss provides you with plenty of motivation and encouragement. But, in truth, motivation is internal. Others can change your external situation, but...
Provided by American Management Association
-
White Papers
The Five Biggest Mistakes Managers Make In Recognizing Their Employees
Apr 2010
A recent study confirms that the vast divergence between employee satisfaction and management appraisal is quite common, as well as confusing and expensive to organizations today. How could an...
Provided by American Management Association
-
White Papers
Partying During The Downturn
Nov 2008
Company executives, HR people, and other managers face a difficult decision this year: to party or not to party. In the wake of recent layoffs, the prospect of possible future cuts, and as a...
Provided by American Management Association
-
White Papers
The Performance Paradox: When Less Is More
Dec 2007
Every leader dreams of finding the magic bullet that will increase creativity, boost productivity, and improve morale. Surprisingly, one of the most effective solutions may be the most...
Provided by American Management Association
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Are Your Employees Getting Ready To Bolt?
Feb 2010
The latest news reports have given us a glimmer of hope that the economy may finally be recovering. While that's a welcome sign for most organizations, it may not be good news for all. A recent...
Provided by KEYGroup
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Let's Get Engaged And Motivated: How 20 Minutes Can Make A Difference In Your Relationship With Your Employees
Jan 2010
Being a leader does not mean being the right person for every job - - or every situation. Suggesting someone with more expertise in a certain area is not passing the buck - - it's just being...
Provided by American Management Association
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White Papers
Super Size Productivity Now: 3% Automation, 97% Leadership
Jan 2010
Organizations that want to supersize productivity must maintain a dual focus on automation and employee motivation. Companies will soon find that productivity that sustains organizations is 3%...
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Today's Economy Requires A Skilled, Motivated Workforce
Dec 2008
Well-trained employees are productive and loyal. Companies are forced to run lean. They can't carry a weak workforce. Most companies are forced to run lean and cannot afford to carry weak...
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Managing Up The Age Ladder
Aug 2010
Most Baby Boomers are at a point in their careers where they don't need much direct supervision. However, for the young manager/older employee relationship, it's important to have a frank...
Provided by American Management Association
