Motivatation Flashcards
Impacts on motivating employees
More productive and efficient employees
Employees are more likely yo be reliable and dependant
Reduce the turn-over rate and make employees less likely to leave.
What does Taylor’s theory suggest
Workers are influenced by money
The more money they got the harder they worked
What is an advantage of Taylors theory
Increased efficiency by workers and increased production
Performance based on a payment system
Disadvantages of Taylor’s theory
Costly
Excludes workers and could make them feel like machines and not seen as real people.
Whats mayos theory suggest
The conditions of the work place effected the employee performance
Advantage of mayos theory
Shows an interest within employees and can boost productivity as they have better working conditions
Employees are made ton feel involved as they are involved in decision making
Disadvantages of mayos theory
Managers have lack of control over employees as they are involved in decision making
Potential conflict, as making stronger relationships can lead to disagreements and arguments.
Whats Maslows theory suggest
Hierarchy of needs
Self-actualisation
Esteem
Love and belonging
Safety
Physiological
Whats an advantage of Maslows theory
Higher employee satisfaction, be meeting the needs of your employees a business can make a more enjoyable work space where production would be increased and so would the efficiency of the employeer.
Increased motivation, motivation could be increased due to the businesses offering and meeting the employees needs and specific desires
Disadvantages of maslows theory
Expensive, meeting the needs of all your employees will be costly
Time consuming, requires a high amount of effort and time from the management to directly connect individually with each employee.
Whats herzbergs theory
Suggests there are 2 factors with effects performance from employees and these are hygiene and motivation factors
Whats a hygiene factor in herzbergs theory
Basic necessities such as a wage, relationship with co-workers and good working conditions
Whats advantages of herzbergs theory
Can make employees engaged with their work and can over all increase production
Shows that the managers have a commitment to their employees
Challenges to lead to job satisfaction
Whats vrooms theory
The intensity of work depends on the perception of the outcome.
Whats are the 3 components in vrooms theory and explain them
Expectancy= being told the goal they are working towards
Instrumentality= beliefs in the rewards
Valence= undergoing tasks which will achieve this goal
