Motivation vs. performance

Motivation is seen in the quantity and quality of the effort you put in reaching the goal of the organization. Performance is how the organization quantifies how closer you are of reaching the goal. It seems that these two go together. But motivation alone is not enough. Stupid people with good intention are the worst you can...

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Management by Objectives (MBO)

“It’s just another tool. It is not the great cure for management inefficiency… MBO works if you know the objectives, 90% of the time you don’t.” Peter Drucker Management by Objectives (MBO) is an elaborate, systematic, ongoing program that helps employees to understand their objectives at organizational...

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Job design vs. Motivation

Job design is in itself a convention. Starting with the Scientific Management of Frederick W. Taylor, the work of the employees (managers not included) was simplified to the smallest unit possible, mainly repetitive tasks. The concern for motivation in the work environment has change the purpose of job design. Job satisfaction,...

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Individual Performance vs. Teamwork in pay strategies

There are companies that have smart people in charge of implementing the business strategy. They look also at the long-term goals of company. It is the same with human resources specialists that understand what organizational development is about. Individual performance is important, but a company is not formed from one individual....

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Money – motivation vs. fair trade

It’s a business! It’s just business! – The two most used expressions that justify the action of an employer. For an employee the company is supposed to be a family, a place in which you feel good, this being the main motivation and not the money. How about we treat this as a business for both sides? It is always...

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