reinforcement
(noun)
The process which enables behavior with desirable consequences to be repeated.
(noun)
The process of repeating a behavior with desirable consequences.
Examples of reinforcement in the following topics:
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Reinforcement Theory
- These four inputs are positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment.
- A fifth input could be described as extinction, which is a lack of reinforcement for a behavior that had previously been reinforced.
- This will positively reinforce the desired behavior.
- Negative reinforcement: When a desired behavior is responded to with the removal of something the individual doesn't like, the behavior is reinforced.
- Immediacy - The time between the desired behavior and the potential reinforcement will have impact on how significantly the reinforcement will be correlated with the behavior.
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Behavior Modification
- Reinforcement, both positive and negative, can be created via incentives or the removal and avoidance of negative stimuli.
- Hence the idea of reinforcing something deliberately, after it occurs.
- This is positive reinforcement.
- This is negative reinforcement.
- Differentiate between the various stimuli managers use to create or reinforce certain types of behavior
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Change from another angle
- Reinforce new work practices with rewards.
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Ethical Issues at an Individual Level
- Motivating and reinforcing positive behavior while creating an environment that avoids unethical behavior is a critical responsibility of both managers and employees.
- Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations can reinforce positive behavior and/or eliminate negative behavior in the workplace.
- If an employee is blowing the whistle, it is likely that the organization itself has failed to empower and positively reinforce honest and ethical discussions internally.
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Doing business across cultures
- The Individualism (IDV) focuses on the degree the society reinforces individual or collective, achievement and interpersonal relationships.
- The Masculinity (MAS) focuses on the degree the society reinforces, or does not reinforce, the traditional masculine work role model of male achievement, control, and power.
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Organizing team meetings
- Staying upbeat is a good way to build morale and reinforce individual cooperation and participation.
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Disadvantages of Corporations
- Some maintain that recent events in corporate America may serve to reinforce Smith's warnings about the dangers of legally-protected, collectivist hierarchies.
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Using Formatting for Visual Flow
- And still other research indicates that meetings and presentations reinforced with visuals help participants reach decisions and consensus in less time.
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Dealing with a Difficult Audience
- If you know the details of the evidence the person has presented, you have the option of presenting a counterargument or reinforcing parts of your presentation that contradict the findings.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
- The two overlap and reinforce each other, but their limits lie within the boundaries of a company's tangible capacities.
- Corporations have no conscience per se, but like any social system can develop a guiding culture, maintained through education and reinforced by the habits and interactions of the people within the corporation.