Understanding Equity, Expectancy Theories & Organizational Culture
Adam’s Equity Theory
Adam’s Equity Theory posits that perceived inequity plays a major role in motivational processes.
- People exchange inputs for outputs.
- People have a natural tendency to compare themselves to one another.
- The nature of the comparison is between input-output ratios, as follows:
Inputs of employee / Outputs of employee versus Inputs of referent other / Outputs of referent other
- If the comparison of the input-output ratio seems in balance, equilibrium, or equity, then behavior will
Marxist Anthropology: Key Concepts and Social Impact
Anthropology of Marx
Karl Marx was born in 1818 in Trier, Rhineland, Prussia, and died in 1883. He was a 19th-century philosopher influential in social, economic, and political fields. His main influences include:
- The Left Hegelians, including Ludwig Feuerbach, whose materialistic turn influenced Marx’s philosophy and introduced the concept of alienation in the religious sphere.
- Utopian socialist ideas, in opposition to conservative thinkers, sensitive to the economic and social situation, advocating
Christian Kingdoms’ Rise and Repopulation in Iberian Peninsula
The Rise of Christian Kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula
Navas de Tolosa: Christians defeated Muslims. This battle effectively led to the conquest of Andalusia by the Castilians.
Repopulation Methods
| Method | Centuries | Location | Characteristics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presura System | 8th-10th | Deserted lands of the Duero River | Asturian laws promoted this system |
| Town Council System | 11th-12th | Duero, Tajo, Pyrenees, Ebro | The king gave some charters |
| Military Orders | 12th-13th | Tajo and Sierra Morena | Occupied these territories to defend the border against |
Understanding Public Contracts: Elements, Procedures, and Termination
Understanding Public Contracts
A contract is any agreement that creates obligations. In the context of public contracts:
- Subject: An end for a public legal entity.
- Object: The contract should be conducted for the organization or operation of a public service.
- Special Legal Regime: Governed by specific rules.
- Form: Usually formalized through an administrative document.
- Jurisdiction: Disputes are resolved in contentious-administrative courts.
Classes of Contracts
- Administrative contracts
- Direct object contracts
- Mixed
Mastering Market Research: Trends, Analytics, and Questionnaire Design
Emerging Societal Trends and Market Research
Emerging Societal Trends: Sharing: People enjoy sharing and benefit from it (e.g., Airbnb, Uber). Dialogue and Co-creation: Increased e-commerce and online communities facilitate customer communication, cooperation, and information sharing.
Descriptive Analytics
Links the market to the firm through information, helping managers make actionable decisions. Principles involve systematically collecting and interpreting data to aid decision-makers.
Descriptive
Digital TV Signal Transmission and Reception: Key Concepts
Digital TV Signal Transmission and Reception
In the spectrum shown in the figure, the digital signals are:
c) Luminance, chrominance, sound stereo sound 2, 3, and 4.
To narrow the spectrum occupied by an analog TV channel, the following is used to deliver the luminance modulation:
c) AM with Vestigial Sideband (VSB).
Report of the scheme at which point the spectrum is shown below:
d) 4
To output a television signal from a mountain with a coverage angle of 160 degrees, if the panels only cover 90 degrees,
Read MoreMaximizing Performance Through Workforce Engagement
Why Engage Your Workforce?
Why do we want to engage the workforce? Customer satisfaction is correlated with employee satisfaction, and employee attitudes correlate strongly with higher profits. Key employee attitudes are strongly correlated with profits.
Key Drivers of Workforce Engagement
Drivers of engagement include:
- Commitment to organizational values
- Knowing that customers are satisfied with products and services
- Belief that opinions count
- Clearly understanding work expectations
- Understanding how personal
St. Thomas Aquinas: His Philosophical and Historical Context
Historico-Philosophical Context of St. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas was born north of Naples. He attended college in Roccasecca and entered the Dominican Order. He held a chair in Paris and returned to Italy to engage in teaching. He returned to Paris after Orvieto to reorganize the School of Philosophy and reread the works of Aristotle. He died in 1274 while traveling to the Council of Lyons. His most outstanding works include Summa Theologica, earning him the title of Angelic Doctor.
Socio-Economic
Read MoreModernism: Trends, Themes, and Key Figures in Literature
Modernism: Anxiety and Commemoration
Modernism marked the reappearance of anxiety, a characteristic of European Romantic literature. Poetry is used to commemorate the last moments.
Major Trends of Modernism
Initiated by Rubén Darío, modernism involves the integration of various viewpoints, Parnassianism, and symbolism. It draws from varied sources of American and Hispanic poetry. Modernism is an enveloping movement that collects items from different sources and endorses them.
Parnassian Modernism:
Read MoreUnderstanding Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, and Conjunctions
The Verb
Definition: From a semantic point of view, verbs constitute a class of words that indicate action, process, or state. From a syntactic point of view, verbs are the core of the verb phrase, which acts as the predicate of the sentence.
Verb Form
Verb form is the morphologically most complex word class, conveying diverse grammatical information. This requires it to take different forms for all these meanings. Verbs have different morphological features:
- Theme or Root: Expresses the semantic or