(1) We've all probably seen organizations that function in rundown buildings, yet morale and productivity are high. (2) One researcher (Herzberg) contends that people's attitudes toward their jobs far outweigh the importance of working conditions or environment. (3) Herzberg has provided a list of motivational factors, or satisfiers, that can be said to motivate individuals and to produce job satisfaction. (4) Achievement is important to many employees. (5) Is it to you? (6) Achievement means feeling that you've accomplished a goal; that is, you've finished something that you've started. (7) Some work situations provide this feeling; others, such as assembly-line work, often make feelings of achievement difficult. (8) This is especially true when cycle times (the time needed to complete one task) are as short as 6 seconds or less. (9) One former student working for a food company that prepared institutional meals had a job that repeated every 2 seconds. (10) His task was to place two slices of white bread on a tray as it passed by on a conveyor belt (later, others added meat, condiments, etc., to produce a sandwich). (11) Thirty times a minute the same task was performed, and he never saw the finished product