What is motivation? The word "motivation" comes from the Latin word movere - "to move." And managers often view motivation in exactly those terms ("I need to get my people moving!"). Motivation is the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action. General motivation is concerned with effort towards any goal‚ whereas effort towards Organizational goals reflects work-related behavior. Many contemporary authors have also defined the concept
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Motivation and more specifically‚ motivation in the workplace cannot be defined simply. From an Industrial/Organizational psychology standpoint‚ motivation can be defined as "those processes within an individual that stimulate behavior and channel it in ways that should benefit the organization as a whole" (Miner‚ 1992‚ p. 54). The challenging subject of motivation has been studied and analyzed for many decades. Such interest and study is in part attributable to the understanding and appreciation
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In Motivation and Personality‚ Maslow descried his theory of motivation and the fact that motivation itself centered on a hierarchy of needs. (Crainer‚ 2003) Maslow explained that individual motivations very based on a scale‚ or hierarchy‚ of what one needs/desires at any point in time and that motivation was based strictly on rewards. First a person is motivated by physiological needs such as bread/water. Once these needs are met‚ safety needs emerge‚ then love‚ followed by ego. Ultimately‚ as a
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APPLICATION OF MOTIVATION Application of motivation refers to linking of management theories to real life situations and bringing them into practice for its one thing to be able to regurgitate motivation theories. It’s often another to see how‚ as a manager you could use them. A number of motivation techniques and programs that have gained varying degrees of acceptance in practice. The following are a few of them:- MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVEMANAGEMENT BY Management
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Workplace Discrimination Business Law Workplace Discrimination Discrimination occurs when an employee suffers from unfavorable or unfair treatment due to their race‚ religion‚ national origin‚ disabled or veteran status‚ or other legally protected characteristics. Employees who have suffered reprisals for opposing workplace discrimination or for reporting violations to the authorities are also considered to be discriminated against. Federal law prohibits discrimination in work-related
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Consider the different methods used to give effective voice to employees and critically evaluate the importance of this to the employment relationship Due Date: 14/01/2011 Word Count: 3216 The development of the different methods used to engage ‘employee voice’ strongly coincides with the timeline that businesses have endured through in the present/ twentieth century. In the UK in particular‚ the methods implemented could be correlated to the economic and political climate of the country
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Empowerment and Motivation After the severe impacts of the Great Recession‚ the high unemployment rate‚ decreasing productivity and low morale have haunted with the public and private sectors. Therefore‚ a great number of organizations are starting to focus on the structure of horizontal organization and smart employees who are responsible. This is partly due to the fact that the flatter organization‚ together with responsive employees‚ goes a long way to enhance organizational health and effectiveness
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Assignment 3: Teamwork and Motivation Organization Motivation Plan An organization should take steps that would best benefit the organization as a whole to strategize a motivation plan. It first must identify what employees value and then determine how the organization can reciprocate that what the employees want is being heard. This can be done by taking the initiative to communicate first-hand with employees so that the plan is clear
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................................................................................................ 30 7. Job Design and Work Teams........................................................................................ 31 8. Communications and Employee Participation.............................................................. 33 9. Performance Appraisal and Performance Management ............................................... 35 VI. Knowledge Management and Knowledge Transfer............
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Management the future of HR”[1]‚ the author describes how the loss of talented personnel can lead to considerable knowledge erosion. The author is also of the opinion that interview processes should be modified to identify more accurately the prospective employee who can help maximize collaboration. Therefore the article concludes the need for a comprehensive interviewing and retention strategy. Margaret Barchan quotes[2]‚ the example of a Swedish company (Celemi)‚ measuring the knowledge within a firm indirectly
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