I found The Goal to be very intriguing in that I love learning about business problems and how they come up with solutions to overcome them. ... Productivity then, is when you accomplish a goal, but knowing what that goal is, is the most important factor. ... Al then goes on to speak with Jonah again, explaining what the goal was and the measurements to achieve the goal, but Jonah tells him that those are conventional measurements and do not lend themselves very well to daily operations. He tells Al that he has three measurements that express the goal of making money perfectly well, but also p...

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It's the process which an individual influences others to achieve a common goal. ... Once those accomplishments are met then one should simply set higher goals and strive to achieve them. ... Leading is very important when you want to achieve a goal and have people see things your way. ... He would want to achieve certain goals and in this role he set up ways to achieve them. ... These variety of traits will put him one step closer to achieving his ultimate goal effectively. ...

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Relevance of Rewards in promoting Employee Motivation CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Importance of Intellectual Capital in entrepreneurial environment 1.2 What does Motivation means in terms of business performance 1.2.1 Full utilization of work force help achieve Organizational Objectives 1.2.2 How would you achieve full utilization of your employees? ... A committed and energized workforce sharing common visions and goals also means higher levels of morale, teamwork, and communicati...

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Full independence means that a central bank has both economic (instrument) and political (goal) power. ... This result occurred because of the large amount of political (goal) independence granted to Switzerland and Germany, which resulted in inflation rates much lower than the other countries in the test. ... Discretionary policy makers face an incentive to inflate the economy to achieve short-run reductions in unemployment. ...

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GOALS AND QUOTAS The term goal "refers to specific outcomes which, when achieved, will result in equal employment opportunity and equitable representation" (Hall & Albrecht, 1979, p.47-78). Goals and hiring quotas vary somewhat in their function. ... Affirmative action programs generally achieve their set goals through several common practices called outreach programs. ... Through outreach programs like the ones mentioned above, goals can be attained to achieve equity and representation without forgoing higher educated and skilled applicants. ... If this cannot be achieved voluntarily, then we...

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Profit maximization is the short-term goal of the business no matter if it sells a product or provides a service. Shareholders' value maximization is the long-term goal of the business. ... " he will find his answer quick and take a decision - if everybody took bribe, there would be no other way one to achieve his goals. ... According to the theory, virtuous actions are those which help us to achieve our potential. The purpose of living is to achieve our potentiality. ...

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Heuristic 3: An effective way to identify goal obstacles is to consider each goal and ask: What other goal(s) or condition(s) does this goal depend on.? What other goal(s) must be completed or achieved in order for this goal to be achieved? (precondition) What goal(s) depend on this goal? (postcondition) What goal(s) must follow from this goal? ... Heuristics 5: An agent failure obstacle occurs when a goal fails because the responsible agent fails to achieve the goal. ...

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One of the first organizations to employ the larger goals of the United Nations in a more regional-specific environment was what is now known as the European Union. ... To meet its stated goals, each organization has these smaller organizations to supervise specific targets and report back to the main body. ... By dispensing the authority and responsibility through smaller organizations, closer attention is able to be paid to each goal and task, thus making action easier to take. For example, one of their stated goals is to "promote economic and social progress- in Europe. ... The methods us...

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X and King by the end of their lives were fighting to achieve the same goals but in different routes with same objectives. ... After asking my peers at UC Berkeley, what they learned in public school about X, they only referred to hate and evil but never his love, his transformation, or the role he played in achieving black self-determination, giving black's hope, or empowering blacks. ... The two men were working towards the same goals as Cone explains in his book, but in different manners. ... The Herald Tribune implies that X was not a leader and did not play a role in achieving b...

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Individuals from every aspect of employment are given formal leadership to influence other organizational members to achieve its organizational goals. ... The effort within the organization lies with enforcing a highly trained and motivated workforce that act with direct commitment to striving to conquer the company's goals and values. ... The second class is the Leadership Orientation class, a four-day class designed to teach the qualities of situational leadership, total quality management and the determinance of the participant's goal as a strategic plan leader. ... This high leve...

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The first element, the CCCD model, is used in everyday communication, and it showed how selecting a communication strategy was very important for achieving objectives. ... Sixth, turf battles occur as organizational members disagree about the teams goals. ... That goal can be considered the objective. ... There needs to be a purpose for the communication, and strategizing the course of action will help achieve that objective. ... When it comes to things like deadline, communication becomes an extremely important factor for achieving a particular objective. ...

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Applying the Learning Organisational objectives are not achieved by people simply turning up to work. Managers must challenge, inspire and maintain employee behaviour to achieve goals. This can be achieved through a balance of the use of rewards, punishment and authority. ... Process theories include: reinforcement, expectancy, equity and goal setting. ... Vroom's expectancy theory According to the expectancy theory of motivation, motivation depends on an individual's goals and choices and the likelihood of actually achieving those objectives. ...

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The popular group AA, with its twelve step healing program for alcohol abusers, promotes abstinence as the only way to achieve successful recovery. ... If the patient has an increased social network in both quality and size, and if the network is altogether supportive, it is possible to achieve the goal of abstaining from alcohol use (Borkman, Kaskutas, &ump; Owen 2007). ... "A goal of absolute abstinence at discharge was more likely to predict abstinence from alcohol at 1 year than was a goal of controlled drinking" (Hall, Havassy, &ump; Wasserman 1990). Also, "subjects with t...

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If it is taken that the above listed needs make up the totality of needs, then the manager of an enterprise must determine his/her subordinate's dominant need and offer opportunities whereby the individual's needs and the organization's goals can be simultaneously met (Swanepoel, 1998: 356). Locke's Goal-Setting Theory The last content theory that will be discussed in this section is that of Edwin A. ... He proposed that, all things being equal, a person will perform better if they strive towards a specific, clear-cut goal, than if they are expected to perform without...

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From now on, war, for Hitler, became one of the most self evident means for achieving political goals. These goals may have changed over time and morphed into a systematic program, but the means for achieving them remained the same. Also in 1920 Hitler showed how he could incorporate certain international events into making the attainment of his goals easier. ... This trait that allowed him to use circumstances to help attain his goals was seen in 1920 with Italy, and would continue after he had formulated his program with such decisions to intervene in Spain and sign non-aggressio...

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Adams accomplished some of these goals. ... He succeeded in his goal and got rid of the old Federalist programs he didn't like. As for expansion, the purchase of the Louisiana Territory allowed Jefferson to achieve exactly what he had dreamed of. ... Accomplishing this goal however, contradicted his goal of eliminating the National debt and strictly abiding by the Constitution. ... Gallatin worked to help achieve Jefferson's goals in National budget. ...

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In the movie a large group of Cuban refugees, try to start a new life and achieve the American dream. ... Although his hopes of achieving his view of the American dream have come true, it still isn't enough. ... When Tony arrives to America, he reminds himself that it his last opportunity to achieve his dreams of being successful. ... His personal greed and need for materialistic wealth, is what at last ends up killing him and everything he had hoped of achieving in his life in America. ...

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Goal orientation. ... Human Resource Management was developing rapidly and techniques were being developed in order to achieve business objectives and goals. ... They have achieved this by being able to look at the longer term view. ... One of the main goals of HR is to make sure that the right people within the organisation are in the right place at the right time in order to meet business goals and targets. ... A variable percentage of the employees salary is rewarded dependent on the number of objectives achieved. ...

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In this way, it influences employment, output, and the general level of prices. a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT LAYS OUT the goals of monetary policy. It specifies that, in conducting monetary policy, the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee should seek "to promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates."" GOALS OF MONETARY POLICY Many analysts believe that the central bank should focus primarily on achieving price stability. ... However, policymakers must consider the long- and short-term ...

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In Machiavelli's eyes, the main goal of politics was maintaining, increasing and preserving power. Anything that came after that was secondary or had nothing to do with the fundamental aspects of politics, unless those aspects aided one in achieving and preserving power. ... Using this insight, Machiavelli in The Prince describes how one would be best to go about achieving and maintaining power. ... Fear ensures more thoroughly and more consistently that the people will be subordinate, and this is necessary for a ruler's one, main goal, as have already been assessed; he believes that...

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Set learning goals and evaluate employees' progress to foster growth. ... This activity by the advisers helps students stay on track and reach their goals. ... Each year, employees and their managers develop professional goals for the upcoming year. These goals are identified and the steps necessary to meet them are laid out in advance. In this way, employees have an understanding of how to achieve their goals and the rewards that will be waiting for them once they do. ...

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While Classical Philosophy tangles with many questions, one could surmise from the readings that the universal goal of most (classical) philosophers was to answer the question "what is the best life?" ... For the purpose of this paper, we will look at Aristotle's interpretation of how to achieve the "best life,"" or "comprehensive good." ... In order for the city to be at its best, Socrates believed that it needed to be ruled by a well educated guardian class whose ultimate goal would be to provide a life of happiness to its subjects. ... Upon identifying the contemplative life as the bes...

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Since the discovery of the New World in 1492, each country has gone through some level of colonization by a European power and transition to its current state. During this period the regions have seen political, social, religious and economic transformations of various degrees. Nevertheless, many sc...

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Mertons Anomie Theory: According to this theory there is a set trend of norms which say what is the proper way to say that you have a successful life and that there are norms to which it gives you the appropriate ways of achieving those goals in life. So this theory is basically a way of portraying goals and means and achieving them in an illegitimate way. ... He has a goal of having a happy life and being able to provide his family with food on the table every day. ... Rob is the main one who always had a goal in life of being able to have his own little family and be rich and basically not h...

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Recent national survey data indicate that the goal of reducing smoking among pregnant women from 25% in 1985 to 10% by the 2000 was not met. While some reduction was achieved, about 20% of US women currently smoke during pregnancy. ... The goal adopted for the year 2010 is to reduce cigarette smoking among pregnant women to a prevalence of no more than 2%. This is an especially ambitious goal given that rates of smoking among teenage girls have risen substantially over the past decade. ... Without vigorous, widespread, and innovative efforts over the next decade, they are unlikely to achie...

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