Effective Organizational Communication: a Key to Employee Motivation and Performance Kirti Rajhans Asst. Professor‚ National Institute of Construction Management & Research‚ Pune- 411045‚ India. Email: kirti.rajhans@gmail.com _________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT: Organisational Communication‚ in today’s organizations has not only become far more complex and varied but has become an important factor for overall organizational functioning
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Grand Theorist Abraham Maslow Abraham Maslow‚ American Psychologist‚ was born on April 1‚ 1908. His parents were Jewish immigrants who fled from their home country of Russia to escape persecution in the early 20th century. Maslow faced anti semitism and racism as he grew up in a very poor working class neighborhood in New York. Maslow was also classified as a child with mental instability; which heavily influenced his theory as an adult. With that being said‚ Maslow only had a few close friends
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The Life and Legacy of Abraham Maslow By: Jassmere D. Smith Houston Community College The Life and Legacy of Abraham Maslow Young Maslow Abraham Harold Maslow was born on April 1‚ 1908 in Manhattan‚ New York to Rose and Samuel Maslow. He had seven siblings; Abe Maslow‚ Hympe Maslow‚ Solly Maslow‚ Ruth Maslow‚ Sylvia Maslow‚ Lewis Maslow and Edith Maslow who had died as an infant. At an early age Maslow developed a strong mistrust of religion and became a proud atheist. Due to his scrawny physique
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MOTIVATION MOTIVATION ROOSEVELT CASTILHO HOSPITALITY SUPERVISION Work motivation "is a set of energetic forces that originate both within as well as beyond an individual’s being‚ to initiate work-related behavior‚ and to determine its form‚ direction‚ intensity‚ and duration" Motivation is a person’s internal disposition to be concerned with and approach positive incentives and avoid negative incentives. To further this‚ an incentive is the anticipated reward or aversive event
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About a half-century ago‚ Abraham Maslow proposed on of the most influential ideas ever to come out of psychology. This idea says‚ "that different motives have different priorities‚ based on a hierarchy of needs." But what about the artist who‚ in the flow state‚ disregards the need for food or warmth‚ sometimes for days at a time? And what about those "instincts" that drive animal migrations and‚ perhaps‚ some human behaviors‚ such as nursing in newborn infants? There are a few things wrong with
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are unique because they have different needs‚ different ambitions‚ different attitudes and desires‚ different levels of knowledge and skills as well as different potentials. A manager should recognize these differences and devise different motivational programmes to meet individual needs. If an individual’s need is satisfied he will be motivated to produce more – All motivational programmes try to create conditions that encourage workers to satisfy their needs on one hand and to accomplish the organisation’s
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research II) The importance of employee motivation to increase productivity and stronger customer relationship III) Motivation Theories a) Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs b) McClelland’s achievement Theory c) Herberg’s Hygiene Theory of Motivation d) Vroom’s Expectancy Theory VI) Conclusion V) References I) Introduction a) Definition According to Sims (2002)‚ motivation is the process of satisfying internal needs through actions and behaviors
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Abraham Maslow: An American Psychologist Tyra Little Carman-Ainsworth High Abstract The life of Abraham Maslow started out rough because of the neglect he faced from his parents‚ that was a troubled relationship during his whole life. His marriage to his first cousin infuriated his parents even more. This traumatizing relationship influenced his interest in psychology. Maslow is a humanistic psychologist; most famous for his theory of the hierarchy of needs and his research on sexual behavior
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study Many researchers and authors have defined the concept of motivation. It has been defined as: * The psychological process that gives behavior purpose and direction (Kreitner‚ 1995) * A predisposition to behave in a purposive manner to achieve specific‚ unmet needs (Buford‚ Bedeian‚ & Lindner‚ 1995) * An internal drive to satisfy an unsatisfied need (Higgins‚ 1994) * The will to achieve (Bedeian‚ 1993). Motivation is defined as the inner force that drives individuals to accomplish
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MC CLELLAND’S THEORY OF NEEDS In early 1960s‚ David McClelland built on this work by identifying three motivators that we all have. According to McClelland‚ these motivators are learned (which is why this theory is sometimes called the Learned Needs Theory). McClelland says that‚ regardless of our gender‚ culture‚ or age‚ we all have three motivating drivers‚ and one of these will be our dominant motivating driver. This dominant motivator is largely dependent on our culture and life experiences
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