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Motivation
Dr. Andree Swanson
Opening Activity
What motivates you at work?
To go to work?
Consider what motivates you.
Management Skills: Having What it Takes to Get the Job Done
Motivation: Lighting the Fire
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• Good managers motivate others to reach their best.
• Motivated workers feel great about work.• Workers who feel good, produce more.• Diverse range of motivation theories
Question
Are any of you in a position where you need to motivate employees?
Consider… are you responsible for motivating others?
Theories of Motivation: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory
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Question
Have you heard of this theory?
Where are you on the hierarchy?
Please post your response in the Seminar
Theories of Motivation: Theory X and Theory Y
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Theory X Assumptions Theory Y Assumptions
Workers dislike work and will avoid it
Work is as natural as play or rest—workers do not dislike it
Fear is motivating—coercion and threats are vital
Rewards can motivate—people can exercise self-direction and
self-control
People prefer to be directed, avoiding responsibility
People can accept, and even seek responsibility
Imagination, creativity, and ingenuity is widely distributed
Intellectual capacity of average workers is underutilized
QuestionAre you Theory X or Theory Y?
Theories of Motivation: Job Enrichment
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Creating jobs with meaningful content, creative work:
Skill VarietyTask IdentityTask SignificanceAutonomy Feedback
Question
Do you use any job enrichment techniques on your job?
Theories of Motivation: Expectancy Theory
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Relationship among individual effort, individual performance
and individual reward
Question
Have you been involved in a program using the Expectancy Theory?
Theory of Motivation: Equity Theory
Perception of fairness directly impacts worker motivation.The response to inequity almost always involves:
Challenges to the system Changing work habits (negatively)
Distorting your perceptions Leaving the company
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Question
Have you been involved in a program using the Equity Theory?
Motivation Today
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• Range of motivation approaches
• Engaged and productive workers
• Emphasis on corporate culture
• Expanded incentives
• Focus on training and development