2.4 Motivation and demotivation Flashcards
Intrinsic motivation
Comes from the activity itself
Extrinsic motivation
Comes from outside of the activity
Importance of motivation
- Boost profitability
- Increased effort increases productivity
- Pride and wellness increases quality
- Loyalty to the business
- Committment to the business
- Less labour turnover
Frederick Winslow Taylor Scientific Management theory
- focuses on money
- workers selected scientifically
- pay based on results
- managers should say how it should be done
- activities that don’t contribute are eliminated
- only activities that offer profit
- each worker should have a work adequate for their capacities
- only source of motivation is money
Disadvantages of Taylor theory
- hard to measure mental output
- not everyone is motivated by money
- the more educated people is, the more they want to have a say in how things are done
- implies being told what to do
- repetitive tedious work
Abraham Maslow Hierarchy Pyramid of Human Needs
- physiological needs, basic needs (food, warmth, shelter)
- safety needs (security of body, employment, family, health and property)
- love belonging (friendship, family)
- esteem (confidence, achievment, respect)
- self actualization (morality, creativity, spontaneity, problem solving)
Disadvantages of Maslows pyramid
- Impossible to motivate all workers using the same hierarchy of needs
- Levels are hard to measure, no borders
- order of needs might be different for different people
Frederick Herzberg motivation theory
driven by intrinsic motivation
hygiene factors: (why are employees demotivated?) no motivation but satisfaction (rules, working conditions, pay)
motivational needs: (what might motivate employees?) lead to psychological growth of workers (achievment, recognition, responsibility)
Job enlargement (herzberg)
more variety in tasks (but not more challenging)
disadvantages: can increase dissatisfaction if its just giving more duties
Job enrichment (herzberg)
more complex and challenging tasks to max potential and sense of achievement
disadvantages: cannot be applied in all situations
Job rotation (herzberg)
rotate possitions in the business
disadvantages: must go through a training phase before
Disadvantages of Herzbergs theory
- cant be applied to low skilled/low paid labour
- herzbergs research was based on engineers and accountants only
- not all employees will be motivated by empowerment or enrichment
McClelland’s acquired needs theory
- achievement
- affiliation
- power
- one of these dominates depending on the person
Disadvantages of McClellands theory
- Most people have all three needs that take turns at different times
- Best managers: power needs, happy ones: affiliation
Deci and Ryan’s self-determination theory
types of motivation: autonomous and controlled
types of needs: competence, relatedness, autonomy
Disadvantages of Deci and Ryans theory
- Hard to identify how much of each need different people require
- Many employees are driven only by rewards and arent able to internalise motivators if theres no personal belief
Adam’s equity theory
Employees are demotivated if theres no equity between inputs and outputs
input: loyalty, social skills, experience, knowledge, skills, effort
outputs: responsibility, challenge, recognition, profit, bonus, salary
what it gives = what it receives
Vroom’s expectancy theory
Behaviour determined by expected outcomes, belief that effort will lead to good performance
1. expectancy (will the effort lead to good performance?)
2. instrumentality (will the performance produce the expected outcomes?)
3. valence (are the outcomes desirable to the employee?)
Labour turnover
Percentage of employees who leave a coompany during a fixed period of time
Identification process
- Job description
- Person specification
- Internal/external recruitment
Job description
Details about the job such as the title, tasks, responsibilities
Person specification
Details about the type of person required such as the skills, qualifications, experience
Internal recruitment
When the organizations makes someone who already works there take a new position