Essays about: "rewards and recognition"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 essays containing the words rewards and recognition.

  1. 11. A case study of how innovative companies manage and balance continuous innovation and continuous improvement in Sweden

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för kvalitetsteknik, maskinteknik och matematik

    Author : Jennie Näslund; [2016]
    Keywords : Total Quality Management; continuous improvement; continuous innovation; innovation management and company culture;

    Abstract : Background and problem Previously, management has focused on cost, lead time reduction and quality improvement for competiveness in the market. However, most researchers agree that in today´s highly competitive business environment quality is a necessity but not sufficient. READ MORE

  2. 12. Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes for Faster Object Recognition

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Björgvin Olafsson; [2016]
    Keywords : pomdp; policy gradient; optimal control; object detection; computer vision; information rewards; fixation policy; observation model;

    Abstract : Object recognition in the real world is a big challenge in the field of computer vision. Given the potentially enormous size of the search space it is essential to be able to make intelligent decisions about where in the visual field to obtain information from to reduce the computational resources needed. READ MORE

  3. 13. The influence of motivation on employee's job satisfaction : a study of First Bank Nigeria PLC

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Chantale Meshi; Asiya Muazu Tukur; [2016]
    Keywords : Motivation; Rewards; Job satisfaction; Recognition; First bank Nigeria Plc;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this study is an attempt to find out the influence motivation has on employees’ job satisfaction based on our case which is First Bank Nigeria Plc. To be able to meet this objective, several motivation theories were discussed and intrinsic/extrinsic motivational factors as found in related literature were taken into consideration. READ MORE

  4. 14. Retaining Knowledge Workers : A ranking of the most valuable Rewards

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Lars-Olof Strand; [2016]
    Keywords : Rewards; knowledge worker; motivation;

    Abstract : With the past decades of a growing trend in the western-world where knowledge workers are replacing traditional workers the importance of finding ways to attract, retain and engage the former is becoming even more challenging as the preferences of this kind of workers is totally different than for other workers. Non-monetary rewards such as achievement, autonomy and feedback have for a long time been highlighted by researchers to be of importance, yet the human relations departments (HR) still seem not to have realized the importance of such rewards and while HR strategies often are focusing on total rewards as a summary of monetary and non-monetary rewards there is a lack of an uniform ranking of the importance in between them. READ MORE

  5. 15. Knowledge sharing in a competence intensive company

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för datalogi

    Author : Matilda Johnsson; [2015]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The overall purpose of this study is to investigate a competence intensive company, evaluating their knowledge sharing. By identifying barriers and in what way IT can have a positive impact on the knowledge sharing, the study investigates how knowledge can be shared more efficiently within the company. READ MORE