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An effective negotiation should be a win-win situation … as long as you understand its complexity. It is mainly a form of conflict management. In a conflict somebody should win. When the parties involved understand that the enemy is the issue, everybody wins. There are many conflict management strategies and we will discuss...
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In the Lord’s Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
Woodrow Wilson
Equity theory is a process theory that states that motivation comes from what you get for what you give with a twist: what the other one gets is much more and always exactly what you...
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Goal Setting Theory is about having a goal and how its existence motivates you to create a list of tasks and develop a strategy in order to reach your objective.
Edwin Locke – Goal Setting Theory states that clear goals and appropriate feedback is a powerful motivation tool for your employees.
Characteristics of a...
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Cohesiveness is a characteristic of team that reflects no so much the unity of the group as it reflects the resistance to leave it.
The survival instinct, even suppressed by social norms, will still make you less efficient if you do not like your work environment and the people you work with (social loafing – next post).
A clue...
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Huddle wants to be the world’s best online B2B collaboration platform. I think they already are.
My first use of Huddle was through LinkedIn. It is great and is free. You can share files and have your own private forum for discussions.
Huddle is more than just sharing. It is interacting in a way that allows you to create secure...
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Organizational behavior is not just a text book for those interested. That is how I understood it first. It took time for the theory to settle in and relate with my previous and actual experiences.
Common sense has not much in common with science. The research in the human nature field of the professional life is extensive. And is...
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