Identify the Four Things That the Basic Model of Work

question 35

Essay

Identify the four things that the basic model of work motivation suggests managers can use to motivate employees. Explain how each of these strategies might be used to motivate a 55-year-old tenured professor whose teaching performance has become very weak over the past three years. Briefly explain the relevance of the industrial psychology formulation of the relationship between performance and motivation to the analysis you provide. Be sure to clarify any assumptions that you are making.

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Definitions:

Supply Chain

The entire process of making and selling commercial goods, including production, handling, transportation, and distribution, from raw materials to the final customer.

Push/Pull View

The Push/Pull View of supply chains differentiates between processes that are driven by forecasted demand (push) and processes that are activated by customer demand (pull).

Processes

A series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end in a business or operational context.

Supply Chain

An ensemble of organization units, individuals, maneuvers, knowledge base, and resources orchestrated for the direct flow of a product or service from the supplier to the market consumer.