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How to create  effective teams , teamwork, and  team building  is a challenge in every organization. Work environments tend to foster rugged individuals working on personal goals for personal gain. Typically, reward, recognition, and pay systems single out the achievements of individual employees. The  culture  that bred powerful individual contributors, both traditionally and in less egalitarian workplaces today, is not conducive to nor does it encourage teamwork. So, if your  goal is a teamwork culture , you have history and past practices to overcome. You need to overcome the past while doing the right things to institute a new culture of teamwork. There is a reason why a whole generation of consultants and trainers were paid millions of dollars to help organizations become more team-oriented. Employees needed consulting, coaching, training, and hand holding. \Managers needed all of these plus leadership skills that would allow the...

Want to know more about  motivation at work ? Motivation is that wonderful energy, drive, and excitement that employees expend when they are inspired to contribute. Motivation is tapped with goals, clear expectations, recognition, feedback, and encouraging management. Motivation flourishes in a positive employee and customer focused work  culture . Use these ideas to foster motivation in your workplace. 7 Ways to Foster Employee Motivation - Today Your work environment has a serious impact on motivation. All aspects of your organization culture influence and define the motivation at work in your company. No matter what climate and work culture your organization provide to support motivation, you can, within the perimeters of your areas of responsibility, and even beyond, if you choose to extend your reach, create an environment that fosters and calls forth motivation. Here are 7 key ways to promote motivation in your workplace.   What People Want From Work:...

Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a motivational theory in psychology comprising a five tier model of human needs, often depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid. Maslow (1943, 1954) stated that people are motivated to achieve certain needs and that some needs take precedence over others. Our most basic need is for physical survival, and this will be the first thing that motivates our behavior. Once that level is fulfilled the next level up is what motivates us, and so on. This five-stage model can be divided into deficiency needs and growth needs. The first four levels are often referred to as deficiency needs ( D-needs ), and the top level is known as growth or being needs ( B-needs ). Deficiency needs arise due to deprivation and are said to motivate people when they are unmet. Also, the motivation to fulfill such needs will become stronger the longer the duration they are denied. For example, the longer a person goes without food, the more hungry they will beco...

The development of the industrial/organizational psychology in Turkey may be traced to 1950's, which saw the publication of books and articles in the field. For example, Sherif (see above) directed dissertations in which Terman-Merril Army Beta tests were standardized (Acar & Sahin, 1990). Intelligence tests were used for selection of candidates to be sent to the U. S. for higher education (Vassaf, 1987). Also, during this period, lectures in industrial psychology were beginning to be offered at Turkish universities. The beginning of 1960's was the time when some foreign-Turkish joint projects were initiated. An example of these joint projects is the Psychotechniques Laboratory established by French and Turkish State transportation companies, one in Istanbul for the study of city bus drivers and the other in Ankara for the selection of railroad operators and personnel responsible for signalization systems. In the laboratory at Ankara, the staff consisted of a group o...