Motivational theiories

Question 1

Friedrick Wilson Taylor’s “Scientific Management”

(he worked in the first Ford factory)

Answer 1

• “honest pay for an honest day’s work”
• sliding scale of pay based on peer review
• setting of hard targets
• standardization of work methods
• forced adoption of “best practices”
• time and motion studies
• skill is largely removed from the tasks
  -› lead to several srikes

Question 2

Theory of x and y

Answer 2

it supposes different things about workers
* theory x
assumes that the workers are lazy, they do not want to be there (mostly factories)
eather motivating them or punushing them to work
* theory y
assumes that you want to work there, you are motivated
eather shaming them or praising them
(mostly white collar jobs)

Question 3

Maslow’s pyramid

Answer 3

THE HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
you always have to deal with the lower levels, just after that you can worry about the next
the levels (from top to bottom)
* self actualization
* esteem
* love/belonging
* safety
* physiological

Question 4

Herzberg’s Satisfiers and motivators

examples!

Answer 4

• Hygene Factors
  if you have them you don’t think about them, if they are bad you think about them all the time, you might even leave
  pl: supervision (boss), policy, working conditions, salary, peer relationships, job security
• Motivation factors
  the things that push you to work harder
  pl: Achievement recognition (positive feedback), the work itself, advancement, personal growth

Question 5

John Adams’ Equity theory

Answer 5

Inputs: anything you do at work
Outputs: the rewards
everytime you do stg (input) you should get stg (output)
equity and peer comparison

Question 6

Types of motivational theories?

Answer 6

-› Friedrick Wilson Taylor’s “Scientific Management”
-› Theory of x and y
-› Maslow’s pyramid
-› Herzberg’ Satisfiers and motivators
-› John Adams’ Equity theory