UGBA 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Motivation, Hawthorne Effect, Theory X And Theory Y

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Business Administration Undergraduate Program
• Course: UGBA 10
• Professor: Banks Cristina

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Classical theory : employees will work for money, if they can get more they will. Theory x : employees will work to receive rewards and to avoid punishments. job. Behaviour modification theory : behaviour that is rewarded continues, behaviour that is not rewarded stops. (ex. if you get a parking fine, you won"t forget to pay the meter next time) Management by objectives : employees will work to achieve goals set by managers (more motivated than if just told to do their best ) Maslow"s hierarchy of needs : employees will work to try to satisfy their needs. Lower-level needs must be satisfied before higher-level needs become motivating. Equity theory : employees will work if they receive fair treatment from managers (input/output ratio should be equal between employees) Theory y : employees are naturally motivated none of the above matters. Two-factor theory: (tendency to be energetic, growth-oriented, self-motivated, productive)