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Motivation levels of mis managers versus those of their employees
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Analysis of the results show that MIS managers perceive their jobs to contain all the necessary ingredients for motivation, in two areas, however, problems exist; low social need and high growth need of MIS managers, compared to other managers.Abstract:
A national study of key factors for motivation was conducted for three levels of MIS management Analysis of the results show that MIS managers perceive their jobs to contain all the necessary ingredients for motivation, in two areas, however, problems exist MIS mangers at all three levels perceive supervisory feedback as needing improvement So do their subordinates, as identified in a previous study Also, the survey revealed both low social need and high growth need of MIS managers, compared to other managers These characteristics man inhibit effective communication, both within subordinates and with other managers Once recognized, the negative aspects of these characteristics may be counteracted, with techniques previously proven in behavioral scienceread more
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Perceived importance of systems analysts' job skills, roles, and non-salary incentives
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TL;DR: The Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) as discussed by the authors was developed to diagnose existing jobs to determine if (and how) they might be redesigned to improve employee motivation and productivity, and to evaluate the effects of job changes on employees.
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A New Strategy for Job Enrichment
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a new strategy for redesigning jobs to increase the work motivation and satisfaction of employees, including discussion of why some jobs prompt employees to become self-motivated in their work and others to do the opposite.
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