131 Motivation Flashcards
What is piece rate?
Where an employee is paid based on the amount of products they produce.
What is commission?
Usually given as a percentage of a sale.
What is a bonus?
Additional remuneration paid to an employee for excellent performance.
What is a salary?
Employees are paid a set amount per year, which is split into equal amounts each month.
What is profit sharing?
Where a business gives employees a share of the business profits.
What is share ownership?
Where employees are given shares in the business.
What is performance related pay?
Payment based on the performance of employees; the better an employee performs, the more they are paid.
What is consultation?
When managers ask the views of employees and involve them in the decision-making process.
What is job design?
Where managers plan the job so that it is more interesting to an employee.
What is job enlargement?
When managers increase the scope of the job for workers by giving them more jobs to do to prevent boredom.
What is job rotation?
When managers change the employee’s role to provide a greater variety of work.
What is job enrichment?
When managers give employees more work to do, but the extra job has a higher responsibility level.
What is empowerment?
Where managers pass authority onto employees to make them more motivated.
What is team working?
When employees work with others to learn from each other, develop social skills, and share ideas.
What is flexible working?
When an employee is allowed to choose their working hours according to their personal needs.
What does Taylor’s theory suggest about motivation?
Money is the only motivator; piece rates and other monetary rewards should be given for meeting targets.
What does Mayo’s theory emphasize?
Communication and teamwork motivate workers; firms should enable collaboration and managers should show interest in employees.
What is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
Workers are motivated by different needs in a hierarchy: physiological, security, social, self-esteem, and self-actualization.
What did Herzberg identify as factors in motivation?
Hygiene factors (pay, working conditions) make workers satisfied but don’t motivate them; motivators (recognition, achievement) increase productivity.
What is Vroom’s expectancy theory?
Employee motivation is based on Valence (desire for reward), Expectancy (likelihood effort leads to performance), and Instrumentality (belief performance leads to reward).
What does Porter and Lawler’s theory state?
An individual’s motivation is affected by the expected reward for completing a task, influenced by intrinsic and extrinsic rewards.
