Essays on Motivation Theories

2016-04-09

References 12 Introduction As we know, the labor resources are the main resource of enterprises. The results of the company and its competitiveness depend largely on the quality and effectiveness of the above mentioned resources. The difference between the labor force and other types of resources lies in the fact that each employee may waive the conditions offered to him and can require changes in working conditions, retraining or even voluntary redundancy. The concept of “labor resources of the enterprise” characterizes its potential workforce. Employees can be organized in labor unions and to act as a separate subject of ...

Elton Mayo was born on December 26, 1880 in Adelaide (South Australia) and was the second child in a family of respected colonists. He was expected to follow the footsteps of his grandfather and choose a career of a doctor. But he did not show great results at the University, and he was sent to the UK. There, in Scotland, he went on to study medicine and psychopathology. At the University he got acquainted with works of Durkheim and Freud, and they had a huge impact on Mayo’s ideas. After a couple of years spent in the UK, he returned to Australia to ...

Motivation refers to the internal and external reasons that stimulate or encourage people to act. Motivation can be used in companies to stimulate the workers to be interested in their jobs. The workers are motivated such as the pay method through various ways. The use of remuneration methods has different strengths and limitations. A limitation of the pay motivation method is that it is an extrinsic factor that is expected by the workers and as such may not work to motivate the employees since they think it is their right. This is in line with the Herzberg two-factor theory ...

Introduction

Employees form the major profit determining factor within any organization. This is because they are the people who offer labour and strategic ideas that can be used to make an organization gain competitive advantage in the market at large. Employees ` performance and actions are influenced by different factors including working conditions, amount of salaries, and how motivated they are. These actions can be termed as employee outcomes which include good or poor performance, resignation and improved contribution. On the other hand, there are various motivation theories which include drive, incentive and humanistic theories. This paper seeks to discuss which ...

Postpartum: Motivation Concept Theory

Motivation in general can well be explained as one basic reason for life existence. Every animal that has the slightest capacity to make decisions has to be motivated towards choosing a certain way of action. Motivation is defined as a voluntary force generated from within or outside a being to act in a preferred manner for personal satisfaction in achieving or exceeding targeted goals (Shah & Gardner, 2008). The aspect of motivation has so many theories arising from research and studies over time that had different perspectives towards the same goal or end. Motivation is differently perceived from one individual to the ...

Research Question: What strategies and approaches are effective in motivating organizational members?

Introduction Human capital represents one of the most critical assets in any organization, whose full value may however, only be realized when the work environment, motivation, and other factors are in proper balance. Getting organizational members to put in their best efforts, even in the most difficult circumstances, remains the most important and challenging tasks for managers. Motivation (intrinsic motivation) describes the factors/reasons that drive behavior, by energizing and sustaining activities through the spontaneous satisfaction that is inherent in effective actions. It derives from within the organizational member’s goals, ambitions, thoughts, expectations, and beliefs, which are bound ...

Business

Toyota Motor Company, located at 1, Toyota-cho, Toyota City, Aichi 471-8571, Japan, was incorporated in 1937 as Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. It is among the forerunners in passenger car manufacturing, and is today, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of automobiles in terms of both, units sold and net sales. Since the U.S happens to be one of its biggest markets, and the company has been able to almost double its sales in comparison to Honda Motors, it competes with other U.S car manufacturers; General Motors (GM) and Ford Motors for the premier #1 position (Toyoland, 2010). However, ...

Speaking difficulties of International students

The number of students who travel to other countries for education has increased considerably in recent years. Immigrant students join courses in order to learn English so that they can communicate with the local people, settle in a new country and study the subjects of their interests. Students expect that the courses should not only provide the knowledge of English language but also offer tips that would prepare them in every way to settle in a new culture. They expect to get knowledge about manners and etiquettes of the new country and serve as finishing schools. This renders the situation in a ...

In the field of business, keeping employees motivated is an essential part to the survival of a corporation due to employees serve as the life-blood of companies. Employees function a vital role in any business. In the field of Psychology, motivation is defined as the driving force that gives people reasons to do something. Motivation is the force that aids individuals towards realizing their goals, where people attempt to exert effort in order to reach their desired goal. In order to motivate people, there must be a connection between the job goal and the needs and interest of the employee. Employee needs ...

Introduction

‘When employees feel inspired to live up to their full potential in the workplace, their companies excel.’ (Harvard Business School, 2005). In the fast changing environment of the 21st century, there have been a number of changes in which profit margins have decreased and companies have made the difficult decision to close down their businesses due to tough competition. Managers motivating employees to their full potential can generate a successful organisation, even in the tough times. The scope of this topic is to examine theories of motivation and to understand how they correlate with managers and employees in the workforce.

Description of motivation

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For a long time, individual differences have been considered as significant factors that influence human behaviour and consequently motivation. Resaerchers such as McClelland, Murray, Atkinson, and Clark empirically noted numerous individual differences in motivation. The most notable was the Need for Achievement (nAch). However, despite the massive support for motivation theories that conceptualized individual differences, the systematic study of various individual differences in motivation signifacntly slowed down in the 1970’s and 1980’s. It was noted that individual differences have a statistically insignificant influence on human behaviour at thier workplace. The few emperical results which statistical significance did not have ...

The use of teams for conflict resolution, the methods and benefits of delegation and empowerment, coaching, support and mentoring, training supervision and evaluation

P9 Planning work orientation and job design

There are many reasons as to why team work program increases performance and employee satisfaction. One of them is application of motivation theories and empowerment techniques. Having worked at Tata consultancy and at the human resource department as a human resource officer, I know that team work is important especially where pressure mounts on due to workload. As it is evident in the Tata consultancy services for example, this team work program facilitates real world real people. ...

Introduction

There is vast scholarly literature which has analyzed the impact of high level leadership, organizational culture and the practices of human resource with the performance of an organization. According to scholars from SHRM, organizational performance does not only depend on specific practices followed by human resource professionals but also the influence that is caused on the human resource practices by the organizational climate and high level management leaders in bringing out favourable transformation to an organization. Going by this stand, it is essential to review certain qualities that top management leaders have which mandates specific human resource practices to ...

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Working with and leading people

A leader must have certain skills and attributes which makes people obey and abide by his decisions. Some important skill sets leaders should have is having a drive to achieve, integrity and honesty, motivation, emotional maturity, cognitive ability, flexibility and creativity, charisma, self confidence, business knowledge, self efficacy and effectuation. These are just some skill sets that a leader should possess. In general, the traits of most leaders may be divided based on task competence or trait related, interpersonal attributes and demographics. In a similar manner, the behaviours displayed by leaders may be further classified into change, relational dynamics and task ...