Buddhist teaching for motivation”
Assignment 01
Lecture – Mr. Thilak. S. Subhasinghe
Student – Rev. R. Chandawimala (SIBA-BABL-10-04)
Subject – Buddhism and Modern Management (111 304 )
Institute – Sri Lanka International Buddhsis Academy.
What is Motivation?
Motivation is the word derived from the word ’motive’ which means needs, desires, wants or drives within the individuals. It is the process of stimulating people to action to accomplish the goals. In the work goal context the psychological factors stimulating the people’s behavior can be
Desire for money
Success
Recognition
Job-satisfaction
Team work, etc.
One of the most important functions of management is to create willingness amongst the employees to perform to the best of their abilities. Therefore the role of a leader is to arouse interest in performance of employees in their jobs. The process of motivation consists of three stages:1. A felt need or drive
2. A stimulus in which nodes have to be aroused
3. When needs are satisfied, the satisfaction or accomplishment of goals.
Therefore, we can say that motivation is a psychological phenomenon which means needs and wants of the individuals have to be tackled by framing an incentive plan.
Motivation Theories
According to subject of Management have some kind of motivation theories. These theories were introduced by most of scholars in the world. However when considers about history can motivation theories categorize as
Classical Motivation Theories
Modern Motivation Theories
Under the classic motivation theories can introduce following three theories.
Classical Motivation Theories
1. The Hierarchy Of Needs Theory
Abraham Maslow is well renowned for proposing the Hierarchy of Needs Theory in 1943.
This theory is a classical depiction of human motivation. This theory is based on the assumption that there is a