MHR 405 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Goal Setting, Belongingness, Job Enrichment

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What is motivation and why does it matter. motivation: the set of forces, internal (individual needs and motives) and external (environmental forces) that initiate work-related behaviour and determine its form, direction, intensity and duration. intrinsic motivation: a person"s internal drive to do something because of such things as interest, challenge and personal satisfaction. extrinsic motivation: is defined as motivation that comes from outside the person such as pay, tangible rewards or a promotion. need hierarchy: maslow"s theory that people are motivated by five sets of needs, and that as a lower need is gratified, the person becomes motivated by the next need in the hierarchy. progression hypothesis: the lowest level of ungratified need motivates behavior. theory x: a set of assumptions of how to manage individuals who are motivated by lower-order needs (physiological and safety needs)

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Motivation is a key component in employee productivity and overall organizational success. Understanding why people behave as they do is an important step in predicting and managing behavior. There are many theories of motivation. Three important theories are Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, McGregor's Theories X and Y, and Herzberg's two-factor theory.

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Describe and evaluate one of these important theories of motivation. First, choose a theory and describe the claims it makes. What does it say about why people act as they do? Then explain why, in your view, the theory you have chosen is or is not effective in predicting individual behavior. Do people actually behave the way the theory claims that they do?

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Go to the following link and watch the Ted Talk Video (Mr. Dan Pink) on motivation.

https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation

Summarize the main points of the talk. Finally, apply what the speaker shared with any of the motivation theories in the chapter (in this answer, you can either compare with a motivation theory or contrast with a motivation theory). [Examples of Theories in chapter to help: Hierarchy of Needs Theory, Two-factor Theory, McClelland's Theory of Needs, Goal Setting Theory, Self-Efficacy Theory, Equity Theory/Organizational Theory]