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Details: You are responsible for supervising one clerical assistant. You know that a large amount of work is going to be assigned to this person in the very near future and that it will be necessary to keep motivation high to meet deadlines. You do not have resources available for any extra monetary rewards. Post on the discussion board your options and the recommendation you would make for the types of intrinsic and/or extrinsic rewards for keeping your clerical assistant's motivation at a high level.

Details: Meet with other department members, using the Discussion Board. Talk about the differences in organizational structures and how they can impact a company's bottom line. Use examples from your own previous work experience.

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The response is 737 words to assist you in discussing organizational structures and their impact on the bottom line of a company as well as rewards and recommendations for keeping employee motivation high.

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Details: You are responsible for supervising one clerical assistant. You know that a large amount of work is going to be assigned to this person in the very near future and that it will be necessary to keep motivation high to meet deadlines. You do not have resources available for any extra monetary rewards. Post on the discussion board your options and the recommendation you would make for the types of intrinsic and/or extrinsic rewards for keeping your clerical assistant's motivation at a high level.

According to Merriam-Webster online dictionary to motivate is to "impel or excite", oneself or other. If it means to impel or excite someone (the employee) then, the first requirement is that this process needs be continuous or on regular bases or any intervening interval will kill the excitement. Unlike, as told by some self proclaimed management gurus, employee motivation can never be effective, if it takes place in vacuum. By that I mean to say something happening on six monthly or yearly bases. Such long term employee motivation is matter for organisation rather then management routine task.

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