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14.4: Learning and Reinforcement

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    Learning Outcomes

    After reading this chapter, you should be able to answer these questions:

    1. How do organizations offer appropriate rewards in a timely fashion?
    2. What are the best practices that organizations utilize to train employees in new job skills?
    3. How do managers and organizations reduce undesirable employee behavior while reinforcing desirable

      behavior?

    4. How can employees be trained to assume more responsibility for self-improvement and job

      performance with the goal of creating a work environment characterized by continual self-learning and employee development?


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