Pepsico Organizational Behavior Project
I. LITERATURE REVIEW A. Motivation:
Motivation is defined as the process of Internal and external factors that initiates, guides and maintains goal-oriented behaviors like committed to a job, role, or to make an effort to attain a goal, has been considered as one of the most frequently studied topic in the organizational science and the critical area in the Organization Behavior.
Motivation consist of three major components: 1st is direction which is the road the motivator use to attain his goal, 2nd is the intensity that is noticed by the concentration and vigor that goes into pursuing his goal, 3rd last is Persistence which is the continuity of the effort toward the goal.
Early studies on motivation were written between the end of 19th and beginning of 20th centuries as they were focused more on intrinsic motivations that arise from within the individual. They suggested that human are programmed to behave in specific way according to the behavioral cues that they were exposed to. Right after that many studies took different approaches and other explanations for human motivation. Now the main motivation theories are classified into 2 main schools: 1ST ARE THE CONTENT/EARLY THEORIES OF MOTIVATION:
They are considered as the earliest theories of motivation. They are also focusing on internal factors that energize behavior. As well as, called needs theories, because they are concentrates and focus on the importance of determining 'what' motivates individuals. Overall when it comes to work environment these theories have the greatest impact on management but academically they are the least accepted one. Example of early motivation theories are Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Theory X and Theory Y, McClelland’s Need , Herzberg’s' Two Factor Theory, and ERG Theory
* Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
It is considered as the most widely known theory of motivation and was made by American Abraham Maslow in the 1940s and 1950s. It basically about that every human has
Motivation is defined as the process of Internal and external factors that initiates, guides and maintains goal-oriented behaviors like committed to a job, role, or to make an effort to attain a goal, has been considered as one of the most frequently studied topic in the organizational science and the critical area in the Organization Behavior.
Motivation consist of three major components: 1st is direction which is the road the motivator use to attain his goal, 2nd is the intensity that is noticed by the concentration and vigor that goes into pursuing his goal, 3rd last is Persistence which is the continuity of the effort toward the goal.
Early studies on motivation were written between the end of 19th and beginning of 20th centuries as they were focused more on intrinsic motivations that arise from within the individual. They suggested that human are programmed to behave in specific way according to the behavioral cues that they were exposed to. Right after that many studies took different approaches and other explanations for human motivation. Now the main motivation theories are classified into 2 main schools: 1ST ARE THE CONTENT/EARLY THEORIES OF MOTIVATION:
They are considered as the earliest theories of motivation. They are also focusing on internal factors that energize behavior. As well as, called needs theories, because they are concentrates and focus on the importance of determining 'what' motivates individuals. Overall when it comes to work environment these theories have the greatest impact on management but academically they are the least accepted one. Example of early motivation theories are Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Theory X and Theory Y, McClelland’s Need , Herzberg’s' Two Factor Theory, and ERG Theory
* Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
It is considered as the most widely known theory of motivation and was made by American Abraham Maslow in the 1940s and 1950s. It basically about that every human has
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