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  • 1.  compensation/motivation exercise

    Posted 10-23-2007 16:08
    Does anyone have a short (45 min or less) exercise that can be used to help teach a lesson on compensation and motivation?  The chapter covers your basic pay-for-performance concepts and motivational theories...just wondering if anyone has something that could be used in-class as a supplement to the lecture?
     
    Thanks,
     
    Kristin Scott
    Clemson University
     
     
     


  • 2.  compensation/motivation exercise

    Posted 10-23-2007 21:33

    I do an exercise I got from someone at the Army, but it's probably been around for ages.  I put two cups on the floor up front and ask a student to come up from the class.  They stand behind a line and I hand them a coin.  They can toss the coin for one or the other cup.  The near one is a pretty easy toss, the far one is pretty hard but not impossible (maybe 1 and 3 feet away).  I take out a dollar and five dollar bill and tell them that if they get it in the near cup they get a dollar, in the far cup five dollars, otherwise nothing.  I usually call up a second student as well.  I usually lose $1.  The debrief is to talk about Expectancy Theory, in terms of Expectancy, Instrumentality, and Valence.  We discuss how each is represented in the example and what could be done to increase each.  We make sure to discuss that the reward is not only the money but also the esteem of the class and self-esteem, so someone who goes for the $5 and misses could feel like a bold risk-taker, etc.  It probably takes 15 min although you could spend longer on discussion if you wished. 

     

    John S. Carroll, Morris A. Adelman Professor of Management

    MIT Sloan School of Management

    50 Memorial Drive, E52-536

    Cambridge, MA 02142

    617-253-2617

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Kristin Scott
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    Subject: compensation/motivation exercise

     

    Does anyone have a short (45 min or less) exercise that can be used to help teach a lesson on compensation and motivation?  The chapter covers your basic pay-for-performance concepts and motivational theories...just wondering if anyone has something that could be used in-class as a supplement to the lecture?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Kristin Scott

    Clemson University

     

     

     



  • 3.  compensation/motivation exercise

    Posted 10-23-2007 21:35
    Hi Kristin,
    I've got a forthcoming JME article that presents an exercise I developed
    and have used successfully several times. It involves having students
    rate the applicability of each of the major motivation theories to
    explaining what motivates them, and then having them guess the
    percentage of the class that selects each theory as most/least
    applicable (which illustrates the false consensus bias). I'm not sure if
    I'm legally supposed to post the article to this listserv, but I've
    copied the abstract below, and would be happy to send you the paper if
    it sounds like something that you might want to look at and use.
    Cheers,
    Marc

    Dr. Marc H. Anderson (note: on sabbatical until January 30th, 2008)
    Senior Lecturer
    University of Waikato
    Department of Strategy and Human Resource Management
    2566 Ellis Ave., #120
    St. Paul, MN 55114
    Tel: 605-645-0893
    Fax: +64 7 838-4356
    e-mail: mha@waikato.ac.nz

    ABSTRACT
    Management educators teaching topics such as motivation and leadership
    face
    the challenge of clearly explaining why so many diverse theories exist
    and why
    each represents a useful tool worth learning. The large number of “core”
    theories
    in these and other management domains often frustrates students, who see
    the lack of a single, comprehensive theory as indicating that academics
    do not
    truly understand the topic. Because students generally evaluate theories
    according
    to whether the theories match their personal experience, they may
    appreciate
    only one or two as being “correct” or “useful” and dismiss the others as
    invalid. Building on a “conceptual toolbox” metaphor of education, this
    article
    presents a class exercise that vividly illustrates why each of the many
    theories
    in a management domain is valuable and worth learning. The exercise
    involves
    the specific topic of work motivation but can be adapted to any domain
    involving
    a large number of core theories.


    >>> Kristin Scott <kds201@GMAIL.COM> 10/24/07 9:07 AM >>>
    Does anyone have a short (45 min or less) exercise that can be used to
    help
    teach a lesson on compensation and motivation? The chapter covers your
    basic pay-for-performance concepts and motivational theories...just
    wondering if anyone has something that could be used in-class as a
    supplement to the lecture?

    Thanks,

    Kristin Scott
    Clemson University


  • 4.  compensation/motivation exercise

    Posted 10-23-2007 21:49

    Attached is an exercise I use to apply concepts of compensation for an intro HR class. 

     

    Cheers,

     

    Susan

     

    Susan Herman, Professor School of Management

    Director,  Northern <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Leadership</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>

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    907-474-5219 (f)

    www.uaf.edu/nlc

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Kristin Scott
    Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:08 PM
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    Subject: compensation/motivation exercise

     

    Does anyone have a short (45 min or less) exercise that can be used to help teach a lesson on compensation and motivation?  The chapter covers your basic pay-for-performance concepts and motivational theories...just wondering if anyone has something that could be used in-class as a supplement to the lecture?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Kristin Scott

    <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Clemson</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>

     

     

     



  • 5.  compensation/motivation exercise

    Posted 10-23-2007 21:49
    Kristin,
     
    Although not specifically on compensation, here is an exercise I developed to demonstrate goal-setting theory, which you may cover in your lesson on motivational theories. It takes about 15 minutes to do. The task is taken from Schweitzer, Ordonez, and Douma (2004). Students have to create words based on a series of letters given to them. Some of the students are given specific, difficult goals (in terms of how many words to create in the time limit), while others are told to "do their best." They compute their totals and then you display the aggregated results.
     
    I have done it three times and those with the specific, difficult goal always outperform those with the "do your best" goal. You do run a risk, however, that it may not turn out right (especially with a small sample size). You could also modify the exercise to include a pay-for-performance angle.
     
    Interestingly, in Schweitzer, Ordonez, and Douma's (2004) study, they also linked performance with rewards for some of the participants. When the participants self-reported their performance, those with the specific, difficult goal were much more likely to lie and inflate their performance, especially if they were just under their goal. This was especially true when rewards were involved for meeting the goal. So goals and contingent rewards are powerful motivators of performance, but they may also lead to unethical behavior for those who do not meet the goal.
     
    Schweitzer, M.E., Ordonez, L., & Douma, B. 2004. Goal setting as a motivator of unethical behavior. Academy of Management Journal, 47:422-432.

     

    Michael D. Johnson
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Management and Organization
    Michael G. Foster School of Business

    University of Washington
    (206) 616-2756
    mdj3@u.washington.edu

    http://faculty.washington.edu/mdj3/mjohnson/

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Kristin Scott
    Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 1:08 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: compensation/motivation exercise

    Does anyone have a short (45 min or less) exercise that can be used to help teach a lesson on compensation and motivation?  The chapter covers your basic pay-for-performance concepts and motivational theories...just wondering if anyone has something that could be used in-class as a supplement to the lecture?
     
    Thanks,
     
    Kristin Scott
    Clemson University
     
     
     


  • 6.  compensation/motivation exercise

    Posted 10-24-2007 08:13
    At 04:07 PM 10/23/2007, Kristin Scott wrote:
    >Does anyone have a short (45 min or less) exercise that can be used
    >to help teach a lesson on compensation and motivation? The chapter
    >covers your basic pay-for-performance concepts and motivational
    >theories...just wondering if anyone has something that could be used
    >in-class as a supplement to the lecture?
    >
    >Thanks,
    >
    >Kristin Scott
    >Clemson University
    >

    Kristin / everyone else who has responded to her:

    I don't have a compensation exercise handy. However, this is a good
    opportunity to publicize a teaching resource (and encourage all of
    you to participate in it). The Society for Industrial and
    Organizational Psychology hosts a website that serves as a repository
    for all sorts of resources related to the teaching of I-O psychology
    (much of which would be relevant to the readers of this listserv).
    The website contains syllabi, exercises on multiple topics, etc.
    Please feel free to browse the site at http://wiki.siop.org/wiki/ .

    Unfortunately, the website currently doesn't contain an exercise on
    compensation. This is why I really wrote my email: the website's
    content depends on contributions from users. Several of you have
    responded to Kristin's emails with helpful exercises. I encourage you
    to visit the website and upload your exercises on compensation,
    motivation, or any other topic that you feel is relevant. The website
    uses a Wiki format; the content can be easily altered by any visitor
    to the website (instructions are provided, but please let me know if
    you have any problems uploading content).

    Thanks,
    -Mike.

    PS: Because the website is easy to alter, we've been getting hit
    recently by 'spambots' who post miscellaneous links and
    advertisements. We're erasing these as we find them, and we're
    working to make it more difficult for them to deface the site. For
    now, however, please ignore these links if you come across them.




    ===============================================================
    Michael Horvath, PhD
    Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
    Cleveland State University
    (216)687-2574
    m.horvath59@csuohio.edu


  • 7.  compensation/motivation exercise

    Posted 10-24-2007 08:18
    Hi Kristin,
     
    Hope all is well with you! 
     
    I use simulations in my OB class to cover a variety of different topics (same with my HR classes).  At the beginning of the semester, students form teams.  Teams are created based on a fake company that has 50+ employees, and that the team is the company's decision-makers.  I tell them that it doesn't matter what the company does, but that the team (as the decision-makers) must be able to talk about the products/services and, most importantly, the employees and their jobs.  I give a bit of time in my class to do simulations.  Students work through them in class, but their answers must be written down on the sheet I give them - they can't exceed the amount of space on the sheet as well.  I do this so that every team has the same constraints (time and space for their answers).  Of course, this means students must be prepared to go through the exercises as well.
     
    I'm attaching the simulation sheet I give them for motivation.  You'll see that the first question is a doosy!  Teams must chose the job in their company that they believe is essential for the company's productivity.  Then they have to outline how they will motivate the employees in that job, using either Expectancy Theory or Goal Setting Theory.  
     
    I usually do not have time to get to the second question so that the class can debrief and talk about how the teams used the theories to motivate.  Generally speaking, the simulations work well to show the applied focus of OB theories. 
     
    Hope this helps!
     
    Marie

     
    ******************************
    Marie S. Mitchell, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of Management
    University of Nebraska, Lincoln 
    P.O. Box 880491 
    Lincoln, NE 68588-0491 
    Voice: (402) 472-3362 
    Fax: (402) 472-5855   
    E-mail: mmitchell@unlnotes.unl.edu

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    Subject: compensation/motivation exercise

    Does anyone have a short (45 min or less) exercise that can be used to help teach a lesson on compensation and motivation?  The chapter covers your basic pay-for-performance concepts and motivational theories...just wondering if anyone has something that could be used in-class as a supplement to the lecture?
     
    Thanks,
     
    Kristin Scott
    Clemson University
     
     
     



  • 8.  compensation/motivation exercise

    Posted 10-24-2007 09:44
    Please allow me to piggy-back on Kristin's request and pick on your brains for non-pecuniary compensation modes as well. These are generally more relevant to Latin Americans workers and to more collectivist societies than the American one.

    Best,

    Alfredo Behrens
    IBMEC, São Paulo

    On 10/23/07, Kristin Scott <kds201@gmail.com> wrote:
    Does anyone have a short (45 min or less) exercise that can be used to help teach a lesson on compensation and motivation?  The chapter covers your basic pay-for-performance concepts and motivational theories...just wondering if anyone has something that could be used in-class as a supplement to the lecture?
     
    Thanks,
     
    Kristin Scott
    Clemson University
     
     
     



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  • 9.  compensation/motivation exercise

    Posted 10-24-2007 12:07

    Hi Kristen,

     

    One gets a very interesting discussion, although counter-cultural, by having them read Alfie Kohn's "Why Incentives Cannot Work" from HBR a condensation from his book, Punished by Rewards.  I wonder if you throw that into the mix?

     

    Cheers,

     

       Jim

    James G. Clawson

    E. Thayer Bigelow Professor of Business Administration

    Box 6550

    Darden Graduate School of Business Administration

    Charlottesville, VA 22906

    Tel:  434 924 7488

    Web: http://faculty.darden.virginia.edu/clawsonj

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Kristin Scott
    Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:08 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: compensation/motivation exercise

     

    Does anyone have a short (45 min or less) exercise that can be used to help teach a lesson on compensation and motivation?  The chapter covers your basic pay-for-performance concepts and motivational theories...just wondering if anyone has something that could be used in-class as a supplement to the lecture?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Kristin Scott

    Clemson University

     

     

     



  • 10.  compensation/motivation exercise

    Posted 10-24-2007 13:15
    Thanks to all of you for the helpful suggestions--I really appreciate it!
     
    Kristin
     


     
    On 10/24/07, Marie Mitchell <mmitchell@unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote:
    Hi Kristin,
     
    Hope all is well with you! 
     
    I use simulations in my OB class to cover a variety of different topics (same with my HR classes).  At the beginning of the semester, students form teams.  Teams are created based on a fake company that has 50+ employees, and that the team is the company's decision-makers.  I tell them that it doesn't matter what the company does, but that the team (as the decision-makers) must be able to talk about the products/services and, most importantly, the employees and their jobs.  I give a bit of time in my class to do simulations.  Students work through them in class, but their answers must be written down on the sheet I give them - they can't exceed the amount of space on the sheet as well.  I do this so that every team has the same constraints (time and space for their answers).  Of course, this means students must be prepared to go through the exercises as well.
     
    I'm attaching the simulation sheet I give them for motivation.  You'll see that the first question is a doosy!  Teams must chose the job in their company that they believe is essential for the company's productivity.  Then they have to outline how they will motivate the employees in that job, using either Expectancy Theory or Goal Setting Theory.  
     
    I usually do not have time to get to the second question so that the class can debrief and talk about how the teams used the theories to motivate.  Generally speaking, the simulations work well to show the applied focus of OB theories. 
     
    Hope this helps!
     
    Marie

     
    ******************************
    Marie S. Mitchell, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor of Management
    University of Nebraska, Lincoln 
    P.O. Box 880491 
    Lincoln, NE 68588-0491 
    Voice: (402) 472-3362 
    Fax: (402) 472-5855   
    E-mail: mmitchell@unlnotes.unl.edu

     
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    Subject: compensation/motivation exercise


    Does anyone have a short (45 min or less) exercise that can be used to help teach a lesson on compensation and motivation?  The chapter covers your basic pay-for-performance concepts and motivational theories...just wondering if anyone has something that could be used in-class as a supplement to the lecture?
     
    Thanks,
     
    Kristin Scott
    Clemson University
     
     
     

     




  • 11.  compensation/motivation exercise

    Posted 10-24-2007 15:15

    Kristin,

    After covering the chapters related to motivation, I used a video clip from the CBS's newsmagazine 60 Minutes (which sometimes provides me with good materials) which shows the SAS Corporation's benefit program.  The segment is called "The Royal Treatment," and lasts some 13 minutes.  It is great because it allows the students to appreciate theories in action (reduces a little bit the notion that theory is just BS).  After we finish the video I get them in teams (can go individually too) and ask them to compare their experiences (part-time jobs, etc.) with what they just saw in terms of motivation.  The video is great to discuss the results when an organization is truly committed to and trusts its employees.  Generally I close the discussion by going back to the origin – Maslow's Needs Hierarchy.  The video shows a company that really deals with the five levels of needs!

    Thanks,

     

    Ivan

     

    _______________

    Dr. R. Ivan Blanco

    Department of Management

    McCoy College of Business Administration    

    Texas State University - San Marcos

    San Marcos, TX 78666

    Phone (512) 245-1842   rb39@txstate.edu

     

     

    _ _ _ _ _ _ _

    The trouble with other cultures is that people don't behave the way they're supposed to, that is, like us.  The solution to this difficulty is to stop expecting them to.  Craig Storti, The Art of Crossing Cultures (1990).

     

    Las naciones marchan al termino de su grandeza con el mismo paso que camina su educacion."  "Nations march toward their greatness at the same pace as their educational systems evolve.  Simon Bolivar

    =====================

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Kristin Scott
    Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:08 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: compensation/motivation exercise

     

    Does anyone have a short (45 min or less) exercise that can be used to help teach a lesson on compensation and motivation?  The chapter covers your basic pay-for-performance concepts and motivational theories...just wondering if anyone has something that could be used in-class as a supplement to the lecture?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Kristin Scott

    Clemson University

     

     

     



  • 12.  compensation/motivation exercise

    Posted 10-24-2007 19:44
    Hi Kristen,
     
    I teach a compensation course in a Master's program and use several articles from HBR on compensation. Alfie Kohn's article, that Jim refers to below, is terrific. The article, "When Salaries Aren't Secret" by John Case is another good one, especially for considering equity theory. While I don't directly centre the discussions on illustrating the motivation theories, these are the underlying drivers and the articles could be considered in this light.
     
    Cheers,
    Chris
     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Clawson, Jim
    Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2007 1:37 am
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: Re: compensation/motivation exercise

    Hi Kristen,

     

    One gets a very interesting discussion, although counter-cultural, by having them read Alfie Kohn's "Why Incentives Cannot Work" from HBR a condensation from his book, Punished by Rewards.  I wonder if you throw that into the mix?

     

    Cheers,

     

       Jim

    James G. Clawson

    E. Thayer Bigelow Professor of Business Administration

    Box 6550

    Darden Graduate School of Business Administration

    Charlottesville, VA 22906

    Tel:  434 924 7488

    Web: http://faculty.darden.virginia.edu/clawsonj

     

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Kristin Scott
    Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:08 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: compensation/motivation exercise

     

    Does anyone have a short (45 min or less) exercise that can be used to help teach a lesson on compensation and motivation?  The chapter covers your basic pay-for-performance concepts and motivational theories...just wondering if anyone has something that could be used in-class as a supplement to the lecture?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Kristin Scott

    Clemson University

     

     

     



  • 13.  compensation/motivation exercise

    Posted 10-25-2007 06:20
    I have been following this discussion for some time. Thanks to all of you for your inputs.
    Can someone guide me on how this video on SAS Corporation (and any other) benefit program can be procured?
     
    Regards,
     
    rakesh agrawal


     
    On 10/25/07, Blanco, R Ivan <rb39@txstate.edu> wrote:

    Kristin,

    After covering the chapters related to motivation, I used a video clip from the CBS's newsmagazine 60 Minutes (which sometimes provides me with good materials) which shows the SAS Corporation's benefit program.  The segment is called "The Royal Treatment," and lasts some 13 minutes.  It is great because it allows the students to appreciate theories in action (reduces a little bit the notion that theory is just BS).  After we finish the video I get them in teams (can go individually too) and ask them to compare their experiences (part-time jobs, etc.) with what they just saw in terms of motivation.  The video is great to discuss the results when an organization is truly committed to and trusts its employees.  Generally I close the discussion by going back to the origin – Maslow's Needs Hierarchy.  The video shows a company that really deals with the five levels of needs!

    Thanks,

     

    Ivan

     

    _______________

    Dr. R. Ivan Blanco

    Department of Management

    McCoy College of Business Administration    

    Texas State University - San Marcos

    San Marcos, TX 78666

    Phone (512) 245-1842   rb39@txstate.edu

     

     

    _ _ _ _ _ _ _

    The trouble with other cultures is that people don't behave the way they're supposed to, that is, like us.  The solution to this difficulty is to stop expecting them to.   Craig Storti, The Art of Crossing Cultures (1990).

     

    Las naciones marchan al termino de su grandeza con el mismo paso que camina su educacion."  "Nations march toward their greatness at the same pace as their educational systems evolve.  Simon Bolivar

    =====================

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Kristin Scott
    Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:08 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: compensation/motivation exercise

     

    Does anyone have a short (45 min or less) exercise that can be used to help teach a lesson on compensation and motivation?  The chapter covers your basic pay-for-performance concepts and motivational theories...just wondering if anyone has something that could be used in-class as a supplement to the lecture?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Kristin Scott

    Clemson University

     

     

     





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  • 14.  compensation/motivation exercise

    Posted 10-25-2007 10:56

    Rakesh,

     

    The piece aired on Oct 13, 2002, and it could have been taken out of circulation by CBS.  Try CBS's web site!

     

    Thanks,

     

    Ivan Blanco

     

     

     

    _______________

    Dr. R. Ivan Blanco

    Department of Management

    McCoy College of Business Administration    

    Texas State University - San Marcos

    San Marcos, TX 78666

    Phone (512) 245-1842   rb39@txstate.edu

     

     

    _ _ _ _ _ _ _

    The trouble with other cultures is that people don't behave the way they're supposed to, that is, like us.  The solution to this difficulty is to stop expecting them to.  Craig Storti, The Art of Crossing Cultures (1990).

     

    Las naciones marchan al termino de su grandeza con el mismo paso que camina su educacion."  "Nations march toward their greatness at the same pace as their educational systems evolve.  Simon Bolivar

    =====================

    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Rakesh Kumar Agrawal
    Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:20 AM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: Re: compensation/motivation exercise

     

    I have been following this discussion for some time. Thanks to all of you for your inputs.

    Can someone guide me on how this video on SAS Corporation (and any other) benefit program can be procured?

     

    Regards,

     

    rakesh agrawal



     

    On 10/25/07, Blanco, R Ivan <rb39@txstate.edu> wrote:

    Kristin,

    After covering the chapters related to motivation, I used a video clip from the CBS's newsmagazine 60 Minutes (which sometimes provides me with good materials) which shows the SAS Corporation's benefit program.  The segment is called "The Royal Treatment," and lasts some 13 minutes.  It is great because it allows the students to appreciate theories in action (reduces a little bit the notion that theory is just BS).  After we finish the video I get them in teams (can go individually too) and ask them to compare their experiences (part-time jobs, etc.) with what they just saw in terms of motivation.  The video is great to discuss the results when an organization is truly committed to and trusts its employees.  Generally I close the discussion by going back to the origin – Maslow's Needs Hierarchy.  The video shows a company that really deals with the five levels of needs!

    Thanks,

     

    Ivan

     

    _______________

    Dr. R. Ivan Blanco

    Department of Management

    McCoy College of Business Administration    

    Texas State University - San Marcos

    San Marcos, TX 78666

    Phone (512) 245-1842   rb39@txstate.edu

     

     

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    The trouble with other cultures is that people don't behave the way they're supposed to, that is, like us.  The solution to this difficulty is to stop expecting them to.   Craig Storti, The Art of Crossing Cultures (1990).

     

    Las naciones marchan al termino de su grandeza con el mismo paso que camina su educacion."  "Nations march toward their greatness at the same pace as their educational systems evolve.  Simon Bolivar

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    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Kristin Scott
    Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:08 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: compensation/motivation exercise

     

    Does anyone have a short (45 min or less) exercise that can be used to help teach a lesson on compensation and motivation?  The chapter covers your basic pay-for-performance concepts and motivational theories...just wondering if anyone has something that could be used in-class as a supplement to the lecture?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Kristin Scott

    Clemson University

     

     

     





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