Employee motivation is one of the important factors that can help the employer to improve employee and organizational performance. Different theories of motivation are discussed. The paper concludes that employee retention can be practiced better by motivating the employees in the following aspects: Open communication, Employee reward program, Career development program, Performance based bonus...

Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) is a professional development program designed to reduce stress and improve teachers’ performance. Two pilot studies examined program feasibility and attractiveness and preliminary evidence of efficacy. Study 1 involved educators from a high-poverty urban setting (n = 31). Study 2 involved student teachers and 10 of their mentors working ...

This paper presents in an informal way the main ideas underlying our work on the model-theoretic foundations of algebraic speciication and program development. We attempt to ooer an overall view, rather than new results, and focus on the basic motivation behind the technicalities presented elsewhere and on the conclusions from this work.

This paper presents in an informal way the main ideas underlying our work on the model-theoretic foundations of algebraic speciication and program development. We attempt to ooer an overall view, rather than new results, and focus on the basic motivation behind the technicalities presented elsewhere and on the conclusions from this work.

BACKGROUND In 2002 Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network Internal Medicine residency program sought to establish a faculty development program for their teaching faculty that emphasized learner-centered teaching of patient-centered care. DESCRIPTION Medical educators trained in observational research practices shadowed teaching teams for 24 months and observed 24 General Internal Medicine...