{"id":147854,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/passion-for-the-outdoors-and-for-people"},"modified":"2017-08-17T17:13:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T17:13:10","slug":"passion-for-the-outdoors-and-for-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/passion-for-the-outdoors-and-for-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion for the Outdoors and for People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, you are assuming the role of a human resources consultant, hired by Patagonia to analyze their employees\u2019 level of motivation.<\/p>\n<h3>Your Assignment<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the Case Application 1: Passion for the Outdoors and for People (end of Chapter 17).<\/p>\n<p><strong>After reading the case details, prepare your report for Patagonia managers by answering the following questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n<li>According to Maslow\u2019s hierarchy, which basic needs does the Patagonia culture meet? What would it be like to work at Patagonia? (Hint: Go to Patagonia\u2019s website and find the section on jobs.) What\u2019s your assessment of the company\u2019s work environment? (20 points)<\/li>\n<li>Use the expectancy theory and\/or the equity theory of motivation to explain how feeling underpaid might affect the work of a Patagonia associate and what a manager can do to increase the employee\u2019s motivation. (20 points)<\/li>\n<li>What do you think might be Patagonia\u2019s biggest challenge in keeping employees motivated? If you were managing a team of Patagonia employees in the retail stores, how would you keep them motivated? (20 points)\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, you are assuming the role of a human resources consultant, hired by Patagonia to analyze their employees\u2019 level of motivation. Your Assignment &nbsp; Read the Case Application 1: Passion for the Outdoors and for People (end of Chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/passion-for-the-outdoors-and-for-people\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}