37:533:301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Motivation, Theory X And Theory Y, Equity Theory

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Human Resource Management
• Course: 37:533:301
• Professor: Hadi El Farr

Document Summary

Steps to human resource planning: 1. Assess current employee levels: predict future needs, predict employee movement, plan external hiring needs. Batch approach: -involves engaging in recruiting activities periodically. Flow approach: -involves sustain recruiting activit s to meet the ongoing need for new employees. Motivation: the process of arousing and sustaining goal-directed behavior. Maslow"s hierarchy of needs (lowest to highest order: physiological needs, safety and security needs, love (social) needs, esteem needs, and self actualization needs. Mcgregor"s theory x: lower order: little ambition, dislikes work, avoids responsibility, must be closely controlled. Mcgregor"s theory y: higher order: enjoys work, seeks and accepts responsibility, exercises self-direction. Mccelland"s three-needs theory: acquired needs, need for achievement, need for power, need for affiliation. Dominant need for achievement: you enjoy difficult and challenging goals; are competitive; plan for success. Dominant need for power: you desire to influence others; want to make a difference; concerned for others.