You have to change your attitude or else

The management of a company has an interest in changing the attitudes mostly towards ethics, change management processes, safety practices, and workforce diversity. A 1+1=2 process says that if you change beliefs or values you consequently will change attitudes and influence behaviors. It is fairly difficult especially nowadays when...

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Operant Learning Theory

Despite the civilized formulation, basically Operant Learning Theory is learning by reward or punishment, and is applied in organizations through Transactional Leadership. A certain behavior probability can be increased by the positive or negative reinforcement. Most of the means of reinforcement of employees’ behavior are...

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McClelland -Theory of Needs

Psychologist David McClelland has developed a Theory of Needs that focuses not on the hierarchical relationship between them ( Maslow & Alderfer) but on how the needs are shaped over time and how they manifest as a motivational pattern. Categories: Achievement (n Ach) with the following characteristics: A preference for...

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Organizational role in a team

A role is the aggregation of actions that is expected from you. It establishes your position in a team and defines your behavior. Roles are: Formal Executive (execution) roles – what to do Management (administrator) roles – who is the one that  tells others what to do Informal – they emerge as a need related...

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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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