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... be- haviors are regulated by comparisons of performance and an aspiration level presumes that some agreement exists on the organizational goal and variables for measuring progress along that goal. ... uncertainty of means-ends relations Foundations 19 activities. Such goals are easier to form coalitions around than maximiza- tion goals. Second, the bargainers are unable to calculate the opt...

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... inves- tigation once they are satisfied with the basic findings, and performance feedback research could potentially end up as a sprawling affair that seeks to inform a wide range of managerial activities. ... 1972. A garbage can model of organizational choice.” Administrative Science Quarterly ,17 (March): 1–25. 174 Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback of the organization o...

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... repair these. Manager All managers will receive full management training at an early stage in their appointment, if they have not already received it. Staff appraisal All staff participate in the well-structured ... what they need and when. Feedback to managers can facilitate organisational change. Managing change No one denies that human beings prefer the status quo. Therefore, the intro...

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... ‘acceptable’ than absence for humanitarian reasons. It is also paid whereas social absence is not. The occupational physician regularly finds that individuals with frequent sickness absences are ... the variation, which ranged from 7 Table 6.1 Average number of days of sickness absence 94 Occupational health 2.4 The fact that the infected health care worker may have died, or may already...

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... what they need and when. Feedback to managers can facilitate organisational change. Managing change No one denies that human beings prefer the status quo. Therefore, the introduction of any change ... well-trained managers 70 Occupational health behavioural problem which can be controlled by the individual. It is not always easy for the manager to make a decision as to which of thes...

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... 176 Occupational health Radiation There is a continually expressed anxiety that display screens emit damaging ionising and non-ionising radiation. Exhaustive tests by the National Radiological ... users. The manager of each department should 174 Occupational health reasonably practicable and what is operationally possible in order to avoid hazard to health. Strict interpretation of th...

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... medical examination is generally a waste of time, many organisations want it and are prepared to pay for it. External providers may find it difficult to move an organisation towards a more proactive ... wanted to highlight as it may be perceived as a tool of management. In this, as in any other aspect of occupational health, the physician has to take a balanced view and give scien...

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... party. Mass media generate and publish rankings on many forms of organizational performance, since magazine and newspapers readers have an interest in rankings in general, and in particular rank- ings ... Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback available information. The information may be biased, such as when in- formation is more readily available for high-performing organizatio...

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... when and how the organization will respond. 3.3 Aspiration levels and adaptation Is it helpful or harmful for organizations that managers use performance feedback and aspiration levels to manage ... Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback as well as other variables such as satisfaction, so it clearly is an alter- native way of making employees pursue given goals (Ashford and Sak...

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... measures that do not cap- ture how managers determine organizational risk levels. The image of the manager as a solitary decision maker may be accurate for some or- ganizational decisions, but managers ... showed a somewhat higher propensity to risk than non -managers have, the results suggest that managers acting as man- agers take more risks than manager s acting as individuals...

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