Motivation II Flashcards
Motivating Potential Score (MPS)
motivation, performance and satisfaction will improve
turnover and absense reduced
Job Design
the way a job is organized and how it benefits the employee
( day-to-day improvement)
meaningfulness of the job
Redesign jobs: Job rotation
- cross training
- periodic shifts from one task to another
- strengths : reduces boredom, increases motivation, understand their work contribution
- weakness : creates disruption, requires extra time form manager, reduced efficiencies
Redesign jobs : Job enrichment
high level responsibilities are added to the job to increase a sense of purpose, direction and meaning and increase intrinsic motivation
Relational job design
prosocially motivating people
- allows to see that their actions affect a real person and that their jobs have tangible consequences
- emotional connection
- higher commitment to tasks
Redesign jobs : Job crafting
customizing your job - actively changing the tasks and interactions with others
Job sharing
allows two or more individuals to split a traditional 40h week job
Telecommuting
do work at home at least 2 days in a week
undermines corporate culture
Employees involvement : participative management
employees involvement program decision making power with an immediate supervisor
Employees involvement : representative participation
workers are represented by small group of employees who actually participate in decision making
Payment : piece rate
pays what employee produces
Payment : Merit based pay
pay for performance
Payment : Bonuses
significant components to salary
Payment : Profit sharing plans
distributive compensation based on companies profitability
Payment : Employee stock ownership
acquire stock, often below market price, part of benefits
