fandomhigh | Management Theory [Tuesday, March 24, 4th period]

The Danger Shop was ready with the usual levers and slides and awesome uniforms as like any Yzma-led week, but when they arrived at their destinations there was just Toby, the TA. Oh, and a slight glitch in the Danger Shop program.

But hey, Toby could so do this. He was the sub, in charge of like, making sure class went smoothly despite Miss Yzma's unfortunate kitty-cat take on life. "Hey guys! Miss Yzma is a kitten this week, so I'm gonna like, lead the class in her place. How awesome is that?" Toby was super excited for the opportunity. "She didn't have like, a syllabus, so I decided we should learn about staff motivation." Someone should be taking pictures of the magically nearly-coherent Toby. It could be like a Nessie sighting.

"All managers need, like employees under them, right? So how do we pick the right staff members for our needs? Well, we figure out a description of what we want them to do and make sure they can do it, duh! Like when I got hired by the beyond awesome Miss Bell, she needed someone smart who had good taste at Pixie Dust and I am so totes that. But on top of it, I also met her need of having pretty employees who could up-sell to customers, so it was like a two-for-one deal. And then she motivated me to do an awesome job by offering discounts, absinthe, and the opportunity to set stuff on fire. But like, before that, in Dante's Cove I was a bartender and I was so totally unmotivated. The guy who owned the bar was a jackass and way too touchy for my tastes. He didn't pay that well, either so I tended to like, slack off and not get much done when there was down time without customers. So how would you motivate someone who's not interested in their job? How would you wanna be motivated as an employee?"

Toby was almost making sense here, but he got the feeling he was talking a lot. "Anyways, let's talk about motivation and what work-" Toby was interrupted by a bucket of green slime falling from above onto his head. "WHAT IN THE HELL?" Toby looked all around himself, wondering what had just happened and why. "OMM this is so like, totes embarrassing. You dudes start talking about motivation and I'll be over here with a towel!"

[THE WORD OF THE DAY IS "WORK"! Say it and mod your own SLIME!]

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Motivate me.

Helen Haras-Uquara

Romeo Montague

Dōjima Yurika

Chuck Bass

Arthur Pendragon

Eric van der Woodsen

Hyuuga Hinata

T.R. Wexler

Liir Thropp

Aravis

Cindy Mackenzie

Rikku

Agnes Nitt

Jenny Sparks

Wendy Watson

Edmund Pevensie

Dude, just like a normal day! Who wants a gator?

Romeo would have had to be pretty slow not to know which lever to pull after nine classes. He avoided the aquatic life.

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Liir avoided the terrible lever of dooom.

Rikku did! Rikku totally wanted a gator!!

Gators were awesome.

Wow, she was gonna miss this class when the semester was over.

Agnes arrived at class dripping wet, after having nearly been fatally savaged by a rabid barnacle.

...Don't ask.

React to there being no teacher or to Toby or to his SLIIIIME.

The lecture reminded Romeo he needed to check on Toby at the shop sometime. No because he thought Toby needed motivating, but because he was a sorry excuse for a manager if he only saw his employees at work to yell at Jenny for smoking.

... then again, perhaps that was for the best.

Liir winced at the slime.

"Do you, um... need help with that?"

He didn't have a towel but he was willing to assist. After all, it looked uncomfortable.

Oh, yeah, Pixie Dust. Jenny supposed she should actually show up for her job sometimes...

How do you like, motivate someone who's not interested in their job? How would you want to be motivated? Intrinsic motivation only goes so far, people. (Also, remember the WORD OF THE DAY IS WORK.)

"Money?" Romeo suggested. "After a sense of duty, money is the best motivator I know of."

"Violence," Rikku chirped. "I mean. You threaten a little head-bashing, that usually gets you somewhere."

"Offer praise for a job well done and encourage employees to come up with ways to help that you might not have thought of."

"Guilt usually works..." Agnes began.

And then the slime came down.

She blinked a few times, and looked up at the ceiling. And then continued talking, her eyes flashing a glare that DARED anyone to point out the slime. "After all, if you make someone believe that they're a failure as a human being if they don't complete a task, they'll be sure to finish it. Of course, that only leaves the question of the festering resentment to deal with, but what do you care? It's THEIR problem."

"Terror. If they're scared of you they'll do whatever you want. And stay alive, because they figure if they die you'll just dig them back up and put them to work." Jenny paused. "Wait, other people don't have that problem, do they?"

Say hello, help him towel off.

It's Tuesday and I don't have jury duty. *rejoices*

Sadly, this means I have work.

*cheers*

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