Lesson 11 ( motivation) Flashcards

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define motivation

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process by which a person’s efforts are energized, directed, and sustained toward attaining a goal.

key elements

  1. energy
  2. direction
  3. presistance
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Early theories of motivation

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory
McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y
Herzberg’s two-factor theory
The three-needs theory

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what are the 5 stages of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory?

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Physiological needs

Safety needs

Social needs

Esteem needs

Self-actualization needs

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physiological needs definition

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A person’s needs for food, drink, shelter,and other physical requirements.

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Safety needs definition

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A person’s needs for security and protection from physical and emotional harm as well as assurance that physical needs will continue to be met

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definintion of Social needs

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A person’s needs for affection, belongingness, acceptance, and friendship

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definintion of Esteem needs

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A person’s needs for internal esteem factors such as self-respect, autonomy, and achievement and external esteem factors such as status, recognition, and attention

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definition of Self-actualization needs

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A person’s needs for growth, achieving one’s potential, and self-fulfillment; the drive to become what one is capable of becoming

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definiton of McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y

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theory X : Most employees dislike work and avoid it as much as possible. Managers need to control and threaten ounishment and force workers to do their job. Employees prefer to be directed, have little responsibility, and have modest goals. Employees are motivated by fear and money.

theory Y : People love working towards goals, and commitment to goals increases based on perceived reward for achieving them. Most employees seek responsibility. employyess, imagination, creativity, and cleverness can be used to solve problems.

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Herzberg’s two-factor theory

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motivators : factors that directly motivate people to work harder

  • acheivement
  • recognition
  • work itself
  • responsibility
  • advancement
  • growth

hygiene factors: factors that can de-motivate if not present but do not actually motivate people to work harder

  • supervision
  • salary
  • working conditon
  • security
  • status
  • personal life
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Three-Needs theory

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achievement : if the employees were guven targets , which can make them motivated to work

power: when we give responsiblitites to customer which will make them motivated
affiliation: if the organization have a friendly environment the employees will be motivated to work

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Contemporary theories of motivation

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Goal-Setting theory
Reinforcement theory
Designing motivating jobs 
Equity theory
Expectancy theory
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Goal-Setting theory definiiton

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When an employee is working toward a specific purpose, the performance of the organization will improve. The objective shouldn’t be too difficult or simple. Just give agoal that the employees are capable of.

Self-efficacy: an individual’s belief that he or she is capable of performing a task

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goal setting theory

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  1. objectives: what is to be accomplished in the given period of time
  2. plan: how to achive the objective
  3. perfomace: to motivate people to high levels perfomance, objectives should be clear
  4. achievable: difficult but acheivable. to have high levels of perfomance you need to set high standards
  5. mesurable: you cant mannage what you dont mesure so mesure wwhat matters
  6. specific: emplaoyees must knwo excatly what is expected of them. and expcted to have task completed within the given time period
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Reinforcement theory

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theory explains every action has a reaction

if the org. provide good environment, good salary flexibility the employees will work to acheive organizational goals

if the managers need to motivate employyes they need to provide good reinforcememnts

Reinforcers: consequences immediately following a behavior, which increase the probability that the behavior will be repeated

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Designing motivating jobs

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  1. Job design: identifying differnt tasks and combine them and create a job
  2. Job scope: how many tasks are combined to a certain job
  3. Job enlargement: expanding the jobs horizantally by adding job tasks —————–
  4. Job enrichment: vertical expansion menas is adding more job responsibility |
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  5. job dept :employees’ level of control over their work
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Equity Theory

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Employees always compare their input to the output they receive, if there’s ineqality. The employees will not feel motivated to work.

If the employees feel equality, then they’ll feel motivated and work towards organizational goals.

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Expectancy theory

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Individuals will eventually reach the organizational goals as they pursue their own individual goals. The employee expects rewards and benefits as a result. Giving these to the workers would boost their motivation.

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what are 3 factors expentency theory based on?

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  1. expentancy: in hopes that the increased efforts will result in better perfomance
  2. instrumentality: the belief that if a employee perfome well that a valued outcome will be recived even if its promised by a mnnager
  3. valance: the importnace that the individual places upon the expected outcome
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Integrating contemporary theories of motivation

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a theory that combine all 5 conemperory theories

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Current issues in motivation

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  1. Managing cross cultural motivational challenges
    Managers cannot assume that motivating programmes that are successful in one setting would be successful in another.
    The United States is where the majority of modern motivation theories were created.
  2. Motivating unique groups of workers
    Diverse employees
    Professionals
    Contingent workers
  3. Designing appropriate rewards programs
    * Open-book management: a motivational approach in which an organization’s financial statements (the “books”) are shared with all employees
    * Employee recognition programs: personal attention and expressing interest, approval, and appreciation for a job well done
    * Pay-for-performance programs: variable compensation plans that pay employees on the basis of some performance measure