Paradigms in motivation
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Changes in the business environment mean that new ways of motivating employees are needed to replace outmoded ones. Unlike before when job security was enough to motivate employees, the present condition requires that new motivation techniques take into consideration their need for dignity, meaning and community in the workplace. Fortunately, there are many ways by which such can be done. One is to identify problems facing employees and finding ways to solve these problems. Another is to appeal to the so-called 'higher self' by allowing people to align themselves with more meaningful goals that are bigger than their personal and financial goals. Harnessing the energy of the group is another useful technique because employees need a sense of belonging in their workplace. However, it is important not to neglect individual needs even while satisfying their need for group identity.
Publication Name: Credit World
Subject: Banking, finance and accounting industries
ISSN: 0011-1074
Year: 1995
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Holy Grail or wholly hype?
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The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is viewed as HTML's successor, but many questions remain. Where HTML tags describe the data's appearance, XML tags describe what the data is; this enables searching for specific types of data. XML represents both unstructured document data and highly structured database data; describing both hierarchically structured documents and data represented in rows and columns. This makes the technology ideal for managing the exchange of data on the Web. Many financial institutions are using XML to exchange data over the Web. XML is the basis for several markup languages and offers an infinite number of tags.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1999
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Corporate tyranny
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Decisions reached by majority of the members of a committee are seen as just since odd views of particular members have supposedly been ruled out in the process of reaching a consensus. However, committee-based decision-making sometimes give rise to 'corporate tyranny.' Although decisions arrived at by majority of the members of a committee may seem sound as they often adhere to a generally agreed principle, there are particular situations and individual needs that must be considered when making decisions on a situation that requires a moral and ethical analysis.
Publication Name: Journal of Medical Ethics
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0306-6800
Year: 1997
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