1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
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| 1. What level of workers are most likely to be motivated from Taylor's Theory? | General Staff | 2. Taylor's theory is based on the idea that staff are only motivated by...? | Money | 3. Why did Taylor create a new approach to motivating staff? | He felt that workers were producing much less than they were capable of | 4. Explain how a piece rate works | Staff are paid for each product/ service they complete- The more they complete the more they get | 5. What is a problem with piece rates in the modern day? | Business have to pay a minimum wage which sometimes is more than piece rates might be | 6. Describe Mayo's Theory | Workers need to feel part of a team in order to be motivated. The business needs to develop the employees importance | 7. State 3 ways a business could enact Mayo's suggestions | Involving employees in decision making, staff days, partys, team work, management 'open' meetings, Employee awards | 8. State one issue of employees being more aware of the inner workings of management | Any errors or issue will be highlighted allowing staff to grow frustrated | 9. The employees at Microsoft are more likely to benefit from... | Mayo's Theory |
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