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    1) Various managerial techniques used to motivate people Motivation is the act of stimulating someone or oneself to get a desired course of action‚ to push the right button to get a desired result. Motivation has been shown to have roots in physiological‚ behavioral‚ cognitive‚ and social areas. Various managerial techniques used to motivate people A) Monetary or financial incentives Monetary incentives are offered in terms of money. Such incentives provide more cash or

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    According to Lockley (2012) offering training and development programs that effectively contributes to personal and professional growth of individuals is another effective employee motivation strategy. At the same time‚ Lockley (2012) warns that in order for motivational aspects of training and development initiatives to be increased‚ ideally they need to be devised and implemented by a third party with relevant competency and experience. Alternative working patterns such as job-rotating‚ job-sharing

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    II. Motivation The movie “Moneyball” based on true story of the General Manager of the Oakland A’s‚ Billy Beane who decided to challenge the conventional wisdom in the professional baseball which selection and purchasing of players should rely on their performance rather than public perception of a player. Together with a Yale graduate‚ Beane looked at data on actual performance‚ not public opinion which real possibilities emerged for players that had been overlooked and underpaid. Beane exchanged

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    TABLE OF CONTENT Motivation can be define as the process that account for an individual intensity‚ direction and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal. Motivation can help the employee be more comfortable to do their work at workplace. Beside through the motivation it will influence to the employees performance toward s their job. There have many differences of meaning for motivation based on our researcher. According to Robbins and Judge (2007)‚ they defined motivation as a process that

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    3.What is motivation..? Internal and external factors that stimulate desire and energy in people to be continually interested and committed to a job‚ role or subject‚ or to make an effort to attain a goal. Motivation results from the interaction of both conscious and unconscious factors such as the intensity of desire or need‚  incentive or reward value of the goal‚ and  expectations of the individual and of his or her peers. These factors are the reasons one has for behaving a certain

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    Gawel‚ Joseph E. (1997). Herzberg ’s theory of motivation and maslow ’s hierarchy of needs. Practical Assessment‚ Research & Evaluation‚ 5(11). Retrieved September 19‚ 2008 from http://PAREonline.net/getvn.asp?v=5&n=11 . This paper has been viewed 245‚512 times since 11/13/1999. Herzberg ’s theory of motivation and Maslow ’s hierarchy of needs Joseph E. Gawel‚ The Catholic University of America Among various behavioral theories long generally believed and embraced by American business are

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    1 MEANING OF MOTIVATION Motivation has been variously defined by scholars‚ usually one or more of these words are include in the definition: desires‚ wants‚ aims‚ goals‚ drims‚ motives and incentives. “Motivation” is a Latin word‚ meaning “to move”. Human motives are internalized goals within individuals. As Berelson and Steiver state: “A motive is an inner state that energizes‚ activates or moves and directs or channels behaviour toward goals”. Definition of motivation “According

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    Question: Explain the merits of the path-goal model of motivation by contrasting it with other theories of motivation. The path-goal model of motivation refers to the works of Robert J House in 1971 and later revised in 1996. House theorized that leaders are directly responsible for motivating their subordinates‚ and ideally could motivate them towards achieving personal goals and ultimately the goals of the organisation. Motivation refers to the “cognitive decision-making process through which

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    Critically evaluate Piaget ’s theory of cognitive development Piaget has been described as the father of cognitive psychology (Shaffer‚ 1988) and his stage theory as the foundation of developmental cognitive psychology (Lutz & Sternberg‚ 2002). It is not possible to describe Piaget ’s empirical findings and theory in only 1‚500 words. Instead‚ I will briefly review the theory ’s scope‚ comprehensiveness‚ parsimony‚ applicability‚ heuristic value and methodological underpinning. I will then evaluate

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    RUNNING HEAD: Motivation Theory and Practice Name University Name Instructor name Course Name Date Motivation Theory and Practice Introduction Motivation is the psychological process which gives the behavior a meaning or a purpose and direction (Kreitner‚ 1995); an internal drive to satisfy the unsatisfied needs (Higgins‚ 1994) and the will to achieve (Bedeian‚1993).The word motivation has a different connotation in Psychology‚ it refers to the initiation‚ direction‚ intensity and persistence

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