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Motivation To Work Well Depends More Than High Wages And On Working Conditions
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... in preference to all other possible goals. Motive, then is a concept which joins together drive and goal". This implies that providing the drive for staff to achieve goals that have been set is a vital and important part of the managerial role. Although it is apparent that to become or be motivated does not always rely on drive and goals - it can often arise through voluntary action as well. McDougall (1908) made this extension of the concept of motivation to 'voluntary behaviour' explicit by suggesting that instincts were the 'prime movers' of all human activity. McDougall disagrees with the drive theorists arguing that the instincts of staff in the workplace p ...



Falstaff Beer
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... in Omaha, Nebraska and became the first major brewer to operate seperate plants in different states. Business was so good that Falstaff aquired the National Brewery in New Orleans in 1937. Joseph Griesedieck died in 1938 and his son Alvin took over. Things stayed this way until 1948 when Falstaff bought the Coulumbia Brewery Co. in St. Louis and began to make Falstaff there. Falstaff had three plants in St. Louis. In 1952 Falstaff bough another Brewery in San Jose. That same year Falstaff closed the former Otto Stiffel brewery in St. Louis. In 1954 they bought the Bergoff Brewery in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. 1956 brought two more aquisitions a brewery in Galv ...



Canada's Economy In 1996
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... growth for two consecutive quarters." However, Canada is not in a true recession because there was a 3.0% growth in the third quarter, compared to 2.2% in the second quarter. Eventhough it is not true recession, the slow growth is a sure sign of a slight one. Low inflation is also is also prevalent and is symptomatic of a weak economy. A low inflation rate of 1.4% in November 1996 does not provide much of an indication for economic growth and expansion. A shrinking positive balance of payments indicates these are tough economic times. A fourth indication of a slight recession is the high unemployment rate. An unemployment rate of 10.0% in November 1996 is de ...



How Are Automatic Stabilizers Used To Combat Inflation?
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... propensity to consume, and decreasing consumption. The marginal propensity to consume is the fraction of any change in disposable income spent for consumer goods. If this decreases, demand will not be as high above, or even above where the supply is, therefore reducing the demand - pull inflation. Another way to stabilize demand - pull inflation is to reduce government spendings. Government spendings, are the spending that the government make with the tax revenues, and they add to the gross domestic product. An automatic stabilizer that will lower gross domestic product is welfare. As income rises, there are less people who need welfare, therefore reducin ...



Aerospace Engineers
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... as commercial transports, helicopters, spacecraft, or rockets. Aerospace engineers may be experts in aerodynamics, propulsion, thermodynamics, structures, acoustics, or guidance and control systems. Employment In 1996, aerospace engineers held about 53,000. More than two- fifths worked in the aircraft and parts and guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing industries. The Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and other Federal Government agencies, provided more than 1 out of 7 jobs. Business services, engineering and architectural services, research and testing services, and electrical and electronics ...



The National Farm Workers Association
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... growers argued they needed cheap labor to turn a profit. Major targets of the UFW were California growers of table and wine grapes. In 1965, the UFW with the AFL-CIO led a five-year boycott of table grapes, urging shoppers throughout the country not to buy or eat grapes. In 1970, as a result of the boycott, many growers signed contracts with the UFW. However, vegetable growers signed contracts with the Teamsters in order to limit UFW power and, in 1973 when the grape contracts expired, grape growers also signed with the Teamsters. In protest, more than 10,000 farm workers walked out of the fields. As a result of the strike and further boycotts against let ...



DuPont: An Investment Analysis
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... he brought some of the new ideas about the manufacturing of consistently reliable gun powder. His product ignited when it was supposed to, in a manner consistent with expectations. This was greatly appreciated by the citizens of the growing nation, including Thomas Jefferson, who wrote thanking du Pont for the quality of his powder, which was being used to clear the land at Monticello. Many other heroes of early America owed their success, and their lives, to the dependable quality of DuPont's first product. This represents a good, strong start for a company. DuPont, which is moving through the last decade of the twentieth century and toward its third centu ...



Economics
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... of economic restrictions and, to be blunt, economic lies. An understanding of economics is a bold step forward toward total freedom in society. Aberrations tend to blow rapidly when their lies are exposed. Therefore I have written this short essey on the actuual laws of economics, as they may help you. Today, almost any person has a present time problem, growing more pressing as time goes by and as our society evolves. It is the simple question: How can I live? The answer to this quuestion in a broad general way can be found by attaining an understanding of the subject called "Economics." Economic Theories Economics are as simpl ...



Foreign Aid
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... discussing foreign aid: what kind of foreign aid is being offered. There are three different types of foreign aid: first, there is military foreign aid; second, there is foreign aid for the advancement of business; third, there is emergency foreign aid for food and medicine. Foreign aid to countries can help in many ways. It can be used as a tool in bargaining. For instance a country that has just received foreign aid or is expecting to get their regular installment of foreign aid will be more likely to listen to new ideas. Because some countries are so dependent on their regular installments of foreign aid, they are willing to appease countries such as the U. ...



Costs In The Long-Run
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... could double its capacity to 2,000 sheets per minute. Once the planing decision (for the long run purposes) has been made to operate with two machines, the firm in practice then operates in a new short run situation with its capacity constrained to 2,000 sheets per minute whether it employs 5,6 or 10 men. Decisions in the long-run are investment or planning decisions relating to the scale of production and decisions in the short run are to do with choosing an output level within the capacity constraint. With this introduction to the firms costs and output decisions we can now apply them to see how firms decide on the output to produc ...




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