Motivation Theories
Introduction
If I ask any person who is successful in whatever he or she is doing what motivates him/her, very likely the answer will be "goals". Goal setting is extremely important to motivation and success.
We are still students but almost everybody of us has been working somewhere. I have few simple questions for you. So what motivates you? What do you expect from your current position? What do you think are the most important aspects to a job?
A good first step towards understanding what motivates people is to ask "What do people want from their jobs?" We might answer, "money" or "power" but really it is very difficult to judge because depending on our own individual values and beliefs, we are not all motivated by the same things to the same degree. Managers need to be aware that the things that motivate them may not necessarily motivate their employees.
Consider the following discussion between two workers. It is clear that the things that they think are important in their jobs are quite different.
Jim - I think that you are crazy for quitting your job at the factory. The work may have been boring but it pays better than any other job around here.
Frank - Maybe you are right but I couldn't hack it. The job drove me up the wall. Even though I don't earn as much money in my new job, I enjoy it. There's something new every day and I'm glad I made the move.
1. WHAT IS MOTIVATION?
Since motivation influences productivity, supervisors need to understand what motivates employees to reach peak performance.
It is not an easy task to increase employee motivation because employees respond in different ways to their jobs and their organization's practices.
Motivation can be defined as a goal-directed behavior as I sad at the beginning of our presentation.
Another way to say this is that it is a concept used to describe the factors within an individual which arouse, maintain and channel behavior towards a goal.
While it is easy to see the things
If I ask any person who is successful in whatever he or she is doing what motivates him/her, very likely the answer will be "goals". Goal setting is extremely important to motivation and success.
We are still students but almost everybody of us has been working somewhere. I have few simple questions for you. So what motivates you? What do you expect from your current position? What do you think are the most important aspects to a job?
A good first step towards understanding what motivates people is to ask "What do people want from their jobs?" We might answer, "money" or "power" but really it is very difficult to judge because depending on our own individual values and beliefs, we are not all motivated by the same things to the same degree. Managers need to be aware that the things that motivate them may not necessarily motivate their employees.
Consider the following discussion between two workers. It is clear that the things that they think are important in their jobs are quite different.
Jim - I think that you are crazy for quitting your job at the factory. The work may have been boring but it pays better than any other job around here.
Frank - Maybe you are right but I couldn't hack it. The job drove me up the wall. Even though I don't earn as much money in my new job, I enjoy it. There's something new every day and I'm glad I made the move.
1. WHAT IS MOTIVATION?
Since motivation influences productivity, supervisors need to understand what motivates employees to reach peak performance.
It is not an easy task to increase employee motivation because employees respond in different ways to their jobs and their organization's practices.
Motivation can be defined as a goal-directed behavior as I sad at the beginning of our presentation.
Another way to say this is that it is a concept used to describe the factors within an individual which arouse, maintain and channel behavior towards a goal.
While it is easy to see the things